help! fitday.com

Tiffersly343
on 3/15/06 3:34 am - San Jose, CA
i want to use fitday.com. does it work for us who have had the surgery even though our nutrution is a little different (calorie needs and such)? also i tried to put in a custom food and it would not let me use the amount of calories it was. i each a cottage double every morning and it is 140 calories and it kept telling me it was supposed to be 229 calories based on the amount of fat and such, why does it do this? is kcal the same as calories.. that may be the reason...? help me please! thanks! also i am three months out, about how many calories were you eating at this point? i tried to call my nutritionist but she never calls back so bleh!. thanks a ton! tiffany
sherry
on 3/15/06 7:00 am - deer park, TX
I use fitday.com every day and I haven't had the problem you are talking about. When I add a new food, I click "go" next to "New Custom Food". I put in the food name and in the serving size fields I put "1" "Serving". Then I put in all the information. It's never kicked anything out before. Maybe their is a glitch in the system today? I am three months out, too and the doctor told me between 1000 - 1200 calories. I am sometimes less and sometimes a little more depending on my choices for the day. Best wishes! I hope you get fitday.com to work. I love it! Sherry
Tiffersly343
on 3/15/06 8:58 am - San Jose, CA
hey sherry! i am glad you love it, hopefully i will too! i think i figured out my glitch.. it didnt have a place to put sugar so i just put it under where it said alcohol (thinking it meant sugar alcohol) but when i did that each time it messed things up and when i left it out it let me put it in right so i guess it just does not caculate sugar or something. i wanted to ask you what i asked someone else on the CA board too, do you mainly use custom foods or do you use the other types? or both? also do you measure everything you eat or do you guesstimate? if you do guesstimate do you feel it is working? i live in a dorm and eat in a cafeteria so i cant really measure everything.. some times i can like when i dont eat at the cafeteria, but for the most part i am left guessing and comparing things to what i learned in my nutrition classes before surgery (1 oz =size of 8v battery etc). i am wondering if this will defeat the purpose of the fitday or if it will still work for the most part in being accurate for me. thanks! tiffany
sherry
on 3/15/06 11:30 am - deer park, TX
Good. I'm glad you figured it out. I have a lot of foods in the custom food section! Anything in a box or a package I enter there so that it will be there next time. I do use the other part of the system for everything else that doesn't have calories listed on it. Fruit, veggies, meat, etc. And I guesstimate almost everything. If I'm home and can measure, then I do, but otherwise I just guess. I think it's working fine. The 19th will be 3 mos. and I'm down almost 50 pounds with 79 to go! Best wishes! Sherry
Laura G.
on 3/15/06 8:27 am - Federal Way, WA
That happened to me 2 days ago, I was trying to put in SF choc syrup and it wouldnt let me. I was told to keep the calories under 800 a day.
Tiffersly343
on 3/15/06 9:01 am - San Jose, CA
hey laura! if you read my reply above i think i figured out my glitch so maybe it will help you too! haha i feel so dumb trying to figure out all of this stuff sometimes lol. also, if you read that reply i can apply those questions to you too, so if you have any input that would be great! thanks for replying and take care. tiffany
kizie23
on 3/18/06 4:39 am - blacksburg, VA
I use fitday.com as well. I have not had the problems that you are talking about, but I have had days where when I go back to add a food that I have already put it I have to resave the information again. There may just be something going on with the system right now. Melissa
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