Tracking Foods

Amber2280
on 11/28/15 8:28 pm

Hi All, 

I am trying to get in the habit of tracking all my food, water, exercise etc.....My questions are:

Do you have a favorite app for this purpose?

Do you pay for a membership to the app or just use the free version?

Is there a website you can use as an alternative?

Is there anything free that does the job quickly and easily? 

Thank you! 

Amber   

"I was born to be a nurse; to comfort, to aid, to save, to teach, to inspire.

It's My Calling, My Passion, My World...It's My Life!"  

    

psychoticparrot
on 11/28/15 9:14 pm

myfitnesspal.com. It's free and tracks everything.

 

psychoticparrot

  "Live for what today has to offer, not for what yesterday has taken away."

beachybikegirl
on 11/29/15 1:19 am, edited 11/28/15 5:18 pm

Yes, my fitness pal!  I track everything!  The great thing is that they have such a huge data base, you can type in pretty much anything and it will already be there like Chipotle chicken or Trader joe's yogurt it's there and you can adjust the amount.

 

Check it out...

RNY on 6/25/15 Height 5.8 HW/SW 247 CW 142 (Normal BMI 21.5) GW 145

Hit my Goal on 5/1/2016 going for more...

SDenae
on 11/28/15 11:04 pm - Greenwood, IN
VSG on 09/23/15

I currently use the MyFitnessPal app and I used to use the LoseIt app. I actually prefer the LoseIt app, but I switched to MFP because I wanted to have a ticker in my signature here that I didn't have to manually update every day and LoseIt didn't have that.

Both apps can be used for free, but they do have premium versions for $30 or $40 per year, and they both have websites that you can use along with the phone app.

If you want to track your water with the MFP app, I think you have to pay for the premium version. LoseIt does it for free *I think*. But, I'm not 100% sure on either case. I paid for the premium versions of both shortly after I installed them.

Age: 40 | Height: 5'3" | HW: 245 | Program Start: 231 | SW: 208.5 | CW: 148.2 | GW: 130
M1: 15 M2: 15 M3: 6.7 M4: 10 M5: 6.6 M6: 3.3

^ Total weight lost
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hollykim
on 11/29/15 8:33 am - Nashville, TN
Revision on 03/18/15
On November 29, 2015 at 7:04 AM Pacific Time, SDenae wrote:

I currently use the MyFitnessPal app and I used to use the LoseIt app. I actually prefer the LoseIt app, but I switched to MFP because I wanted to have a ticker in my signature here that I didn't have to manually update every day and LoseIt didn't have that.

Both apps can be used for free, but they do have premium versions for $30 or $40 per year, and they both have websites that you can use along with the phone app.

If you want to track your water with the MFP app, I think you have to pay for the premium version. LoseIt does it for free *I think*. But, I'm not 100% sure on either case. I paid for the premium versions of both shortly after I installed them.

my fitness pal tracks water for free

 


          

 

Grim_Traveller
on 11/29/15 2:11 am
RNY on 08/21/12

MFP

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

rhudson
on 11/29/15 7:28 am - Melrose Park, IL
VSG on 12/09/14

I've been using myfitness pal from the beginning.  It's free and I can track my food, water and I use the notes section to track my vitamins. It's been so helpful. I also now use the weight loss ticker there as the one on OH stopped updating.

Surgery Date: 12/9/14 - Highest Weight: 349 - Surgery Weight: 305 - Current Weight: 137
Goal reached in 13 months - 212 total pounds lost including pre-op
(M1: -20) (M2: -18) (M3: -11) (M4: -11) (M5: -14) (M6: -1) (M7: -18) (M8: -7) (M9: -15)

(M10: -13) (M11: -7) (M12: -10) (M13: -10) (M14 -6) (M15: -7) - 168 lbs lost post-op

    

(deactivated member)
on 11/29/15 9:52 am

I prefer Livestrong.com over My Fitness Pal. It's free and has both an online version and an app. The app and online version "talk" to one another, too, which is convenient. 

Pretty much everyone on here uses MFP. 

TrulyPhoenix
on 11/29/15 1:31 pm - Calgary, Canada

My husband and I both use MyFitnessPal.  We chose to upgrade to the pro version as it allows you to see more detailed breakdowns of your daily nutrition (you can click on protein for example and see exactly how much was in each food item that day).  It's cheaper to pay for an annual subscription, as it then works out to less than $5 a month (totally worth it!). 

I also like MFP because I can use it on my desktop computer as well, sometimes it's easier when creating recipes that have a lot of ingredients.  It's super fast and easy to use on both your phone/tablet and desktop versions.

MFP syncs seamlessly with my Jawbone Up fitness tracker as well, so my steps show on MFP and my food/weight transfers to my Jawbone app.  I tried many different food tracking apps and none of them were as good or easy to use as MFP.

Amber2280
on 11/29/15 1:48 pm

Thank you Everyone for all the info! :)

Amber   

"I was born to be a nurse; to comfort, to aid, to save, to teach, to inspire.

It's My Calling, My Passion, My World...It's My Life!"  

    

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