Anyone using My Fitness Pal?

Mindy D · ‎05-23-2010

I find My Fitness Pal very useful in keeping track of what I eat. The only problem I have is with food makers nutrition information on their packaging. The makers’ serving sizes and calorie counts are not standardized, making me have to convert the calories I input into MFP more difficult than it should be.

Winkk · ‎03-15-2010

I use it a lot to track my calories. I especially like to track my carbs and protein. You can plan what you want to eat for the day and then adjust as necessary.

ScarletDove · ‎07-11-2010

Yes, I use My Fitness Pal daily in coordination with my Garmin Tracker. Been using it for about 18 months and have lost 51 lbs so far. I do well when I count calories and I have to watch certain food intake due to health reasons, so I am able to track calories, sugar, sodium, carbs, potassium, etc in this system. The ability to set up exactly what you should intake on a daily basis has been a great benefit for me. I can see what foods work and what food causes problems.

I agree that trying to find certain foods in the database is not easy, requiring us to do some calculating, but mostly, I find the system works extremely well for my needs. Hope it is working as well for you.....best of luck!

Mindy D · ‎05-23-2010

@ScarletDove wrote:
Yes, I use My Fitness Pal daily in coordination with my Garmin Tracker. Been using it for about 18 months and have lost 51 lbs so far. I do well when I count calories and I have to watch certain food intake due to health reasons, so I am able to track calories, sugar, sodium, carbs, potassium, etc in this system. The ability to set up exactly what you should intake on a daily basis has been a great benefit for me. I can see what foods work and what food causes problems.
I agree that trying to find certain foods in the database is not easy, requiring us to do some calculating, but mostly, I find the system works extremely well for my needs. Hope it is working as well for you.....best of luck!

So far, it’s the only thing that has ever given me a feeling of real control over what I’m eating. It’s like balancing a checkbook or keeping tabs on your spending of money. It gives me a true picture of my spending=calories and helps me set calorie spending limits.

ScarletDove · ‎07-11-2010

@Mindy D wrote:
@ScarletDove wrote:
Yes, I use My Fitness Pal daily in coordination with my Garmin Tracker. Been using it for about 18 months and have lost 51 lbs so far. I do well when I count calories and I have to watch certain food intake due to health reasons, so I am able to track calories, sugar, sodium, carbs, potassium, etc in this system. The ability to set up exactly what you should intake on a daily basis has been a great benefit for me. I can see what foods work and what food causes problems.
I agree that trying to find certain foods in the database is not easy, requiring us to do some calculating, but mostly, I find the system works extremely well for my needs. Hope it is working as well for you.....best of luck!
So far, it’s the only thing that has ever given me a feeling of real control over what I’m eating. It’s like balancing a checkbook or keeping tabs on your spending of money. It gives me a true picture of my spending=calories and helps me set calorie spending limits.

@Mindy D I agree with you 100%; it works beautifully for me and my needs, and I see it is giving you what you need...best, best of luck on your journey..MyFitnessPal is helping me on mine!