I would like to start periodically writing reviews for websites, fitness gear, and phone apps.
My first review is completely biased, I have been using My Fitness Pal for several years now and I am in love with it! This is the perfect food and exercise tracker. Every upgrade seems to make this app even better and more user friendly!
I'll start with the online version, I don't use this much but it's a good back up. On the website you can create up to 6 meals to add your food intake throughout the day. You can also set nutrition, caloric, and exercise goals for yourself! The features are similar to the phone app but I find the phone app much more user friendly.
I really can't talk about how much I love the phone app! In a perfect world, I would want anything I eat at a restaurant to be uploaded into the app, but then again a lot of smaller restaurants do not post nutrition information.
My first review is completely biased, I have been using My Fitness Pal for several years now and I am in love with it! This is the perfect food and exercise tracker. Every upgrade seems to make this app even better and more user friendly!
I'll start with the online version, I don't use this much but it's a good back up. On the website you can create up to 6 meals to add your food intake throughout the day. You can also set nutrition, caloric, and exercise goals for yourself! The features are similar to the phone app but I find the phone app much more user friendly.
I really can't talk about how much I love the phone app! In a perfect world, I would want anything I eat at a restaurant to be uploaded into the app, but then again a lot of smaller restaurants do not post nutrition information.
The loading screen, so beautiful!
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Side menu bar
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I love the new loading screen, it makes me feel healthier just using the app!
The side menu is easy access to everything you need to do. It is easy to get to the diary, see weight loss progress and create new recipes.
I love the new loading screen, it makes me feel healthier just using the app!
The side menu is easy access to everything you need to do. It is easy to get to the diary, see weight loss progress and create new recipes.
Home screen with calorie/exercise listing and news feed
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Diary page
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You are brought to your home page automatically after the app loads. This page gives you a quick snapshot of how your day is so far. Here you can also see how friends are doing if they are using My Fitness Pal (add me @ smooshedstrawberry!!) This is fun because you can see when friends lose weight, are under calorie goals, and when the work out! It is great encouragement.
The main diary page starts out like this. Up top you can see your goal, how many calories you ate, how many you have left, if you are over, and exercise. When you add foods, you can see its nutritional value -> calories, carbs, fat, protein, sodium and more.
You are brought to your home page automatically after the app loads. This page gives you a quick snapshot of how your day is so far. Here you can also see how friends are doing if they are using My Fitness Pal (add me @ smooshedstrawberry!!) This is fun because you can see when friends lose weight, are under calorie goals, and when the work out! It is great encouragement.
The main diary page starts out like this. Up top you can see your goal, how many calories you ate, how many you have left, if you are over, and exercise. When you add foods, you can see its nutritional value -> calories, carbs, fat, protein, sodium and more.
Add food
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Add exercise
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After you click the add food, you can choose which meal you want to add to. After clicking on the meal you want, My Fitness Pal remembers all recent and frequently used items for quicker logging. You can also use the barcode function at the bottom to scan your foods. This is a newer feature and I LOVE it!! It has a huge database and has so far found everything I have scanned into my diary.
Scroll down on the same page and you can add exercise and notes about the day. If I can't find the exact exercise I did during my work out, I pick the closest one and adjust the amount of calories I burned. Under the strength section, you can track how many reps you did at what weight to see progress!
After you click the add food, you can choose which meal you want to add to. After clicking on the meal you want, My Fitness Pal remembers all recent and frequently used items for quicker logging. You can also use the barcode function at the bottom to scan your foods. This is a newer feature and I LOVE it!! It has a huge database and has so far found everything I have scanned into my diary.
Scroll down on the same page and you can add exercise and notes about the day. If I can't find the exact exercise I did during my work out, I pick the closest one and adjust the amount of calories I burned. Under the strength section, you can track how many reps you did at what weight to see progress!
Diary home page
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Breakdown of nutrition percentages for the day
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This is what your Diary looks like at the end of the day! You can easily delete things by choosing the edit function and selecting what you want to get rid of. When you are done logging, scroll to the bottom and click finish entry. This function will also tell you your projected weight in 5 weeks if you ate and exercised the same way every day.
The breakdown shows your percentage goals and what you actually ate that day. This is great if you are trying to watch fat, limit carbs, or eat protein!
This is what your Diary looks like at the end of the day! You can easily delete things by choosing the edit function and selecting what you want to get rid of. When you are done logging, scroll to the bottom and click finish entry. This function will also tell you your projected weight in 5 weeks if you ate and exercised the same way every day.
The breakdown shows your percentage goals and what you actually ate that day. This is great if you are trying to watch fat, limit carbs, or eat protein!
App setting
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Recipe edit/add page
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Under the settings you can change and modify your goals. Here you can create new recipes. This is one of the only things I do not like about this app. You have to click through several screens to create a recipe, I just with it was on the side menu bar!
The recipe section allows you to store as many recipes as you want. Create them, delete them, modify, or just review them! When you are in your diary, there is a section just for your recipes for quick finding!
Under the settings you can change and modify your goals. Here you can create new recipes. This is one of the only things I do not like about this app. You have to click through several screens to create a recipe, I just with it was on the side menu bar!
The recipe section allows you to store as many recipes as you want. Create them, delete them, modify, or just review them! When you are in your diary, there is a section just for your recipes for quick finding!
There are tons of other great apps out there but the most important thing is to find one that works for you!! I would rate this app 4.5 overall. It is visually please, easy to learn, easy to use, and developers are constantly striving to make it better.
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