I love My Fitness Pal!

[DesertGal]

I am extremely thrilled that I had read on here early on by someone about the My Fitness Pal website. I have faithfully been using it for everything that passes through these lips and it's a Godsend to have all the calories, protein, fat, sugars,etc... right in front of me. I am printing out each sheet and bringing my folder to my next nutrition meeting/class. I'm on 1200 calories a day (most days for some reason I barely hit 900) and I can look up everything I have eaten and it's in their search tool. I love it.

[Christie13]

I really, really need to start tracking but so far I am doing ok without tracking. I know that eventually I'm going to really need to focus on my foods as well.

[DesertGal]

The site is GREAT! Seeing I eat the same things almost everyday, they come up on your menu and you just check the box and add it, and BOOM, it's logged down for the day. And today, I actually got to 1194 calories...just short of 1200. Yipee!

[Leslieann]

Sounds wonderful! What is the site? Thanks!

[Sandra3]

I tried MFP but for some reason preferred Sparkpeople. I don't really remember why, it was years ago. But Sparkpeople have the same tracking thing and many videos available, I like it a lot, and if today I'm not tracking all the time, it's always good to be able to check my daily food consumption from time to time.
I used Sparkpeople during my one year diet in 2012/2013 and that was a huge help to track every day. Tracking is still important for us post-sleeve to make sure we have enough protein in our diet (and not too much carb).

[DesertGal]

Sounds wonderful! What is the site? Thanks!

www.Myfitnesspal.com

[Sandra3]

I really, really need to start tracking but so far I am doing ok without tracking. I know that eventually I'm going to really need to focus on my foods as well.

My nut said to only "track" my protein. I usually track things I don't eat often or may be a treat to make sure I don't go overboard. The rest of the time I don't track. I did it for so long I usually do know the nutritional value of what I eat.
But at the beginning right after surgery I did it a little because the quantities changed so much I wanted to make sure about my daily protein intake.
That's when I realized I couldn't go without those (mostly awful) protein shakes because my protein intake was always too low without.

[Ann2]

My Fitness Pal is the bomb! I've been using it daily for nearly 3 years now.

It's easy. It keeps me accountable. It helps me plan my daily meals.

And you know what they say about planning: "Failing to plan is planning to fail."

[ghost_ryder]

I use Sparkpeople now but used MyFitnessPal in the past. Both are very good and work well. But as a patient, we all should use them religiously for the first year or two then checking ourselves in the intermittently afterwards. If you notice weight gain, track your intake and you will figure out why it is happening.

[Leslieann]

Thanks! You're a doll!

[Pam G]

I found out that Splenda has carbs through MFP!

I "thought" I was eating low carb, until I started tracking.....what an eye opener!!!