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Old 11-05-2019, 01:21 PM   #1
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Default Fitness and eating apps?

I've been using carb manager to keep track of calories, carbs, and adding in exercise, but find it's limited. I want to track steps and have it integrated. I heard an ad for Noom on a podcast I listen to, and thought I'd seek the CP braintrust on their experience with these kinds of apps.

Ideally I'd like an app that has:
1-Good nutrition database for lots of food
2-Step tracker that integrates into your daily tracking
3- Is either free or cheap cuz im a cheapskate
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Old 11-05-2019, 01:24 PM   #2
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My Fitness Pal works pretty well and met all 3 of your criteria when I used it.
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my fitness pal is good, but if you want a step tracker too you could get a fitbit since it has a step tracker + food tracking built in
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Old 11-05-2019, 01:37 PM   #4
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I used myfitnesspal for a while and lost a bunch of weight. I sort of stagnated, but I started cycling more and more, aided by my longer commute (15km each way) and I've lost a lot of fat, though not much weight overall.
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Old 11-05-2019, 01:37 PM   #5
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If you're planning on bringing your phone with you everywhere you go, the iPhone, and presumably other phones, will do a fairly good step / stair count. You can link the data to MyFitnessPal if you choose.



Just as a note, I also tried FatSecret for nutrition but it's food database was severely lacking, and also not even synched up between countries databases - so people could add food items from Europe (I do some shopping once in a while at a Dutch store) and you can't find them until you log off and log into the the Netherlands site. It got annoying really fast and I went with MyFitnessPal.
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Old 11-05-2019, 02:49 PM   #6
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As a 47 yr old, who until recently didn't need to worry about what I ate or drank or how much activity I did, this interests me.

I believe I will give it a go, 30 pounds since Feb 2019 and it has to go.
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MyFitnessPal is a great app. It also is compatible with quite a few step counters, but you'll have to check which ones are compatible with it.
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Old 11-05-2019, 04:58 PM   #8
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I use the Lose it! App on IPhone, works well, down about 30lbs.

I use the free features, food data base is vast, ever growing as people add info too. Can pay for extra features/nutrient tracking.
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Old 11-05-2019, 10:16 PM   #9
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I used noom for a long time and found it worked very well for me in terms of calorie tracking. I still prefer it to Fitbit for tracking food intake, but I've switched over to Fitbit anyways because it lets me tie together the wristband with the app and the scale. My Fitbit scale tracks my weight and body fat %, syncs that data automatically with the app which sets calorie limits based on weight. The wristband tracker records activity levels, heart rate, sleep etc. and automatically adjusts calorie allowance in the app based on how active I am. I really like that integrated set up.
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Old 11-06-2019, 09:14 AM   #10
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I find Samsung Health is quite good for tracking fitness/food. I presume other phones would have something similar...
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Old 11-06-2019, 05:24 PM   #11
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If you try Noom, here is a tip from my experience.

I signed up for the trial last month and cancelled it when they wanted to charge for the trial. Then they gave me the trial for free. After a couple of weeks, I went to cancel the free trial (or you get billed for 3 months at a time in advance on your credit card) and I was then offered a month to month service at a discounted rate. Hope this helps to save some $ if you want to try it. I haven't used it enough yet to recommend it or not.
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Old 11-07-2019, 11:35 AM   #12
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I've used My FitnessPal in the past but recently switched to Weight Watchers to shake things up.

without changing my activity level, dropped 3lbs in the first week and I'm eating much healthier as most fruits and veggies have a 0 point value!
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Old 11-09-2019, 10:16 AM   #13
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Another vote for MyFitnessPal. The food database can’t be beaten; with such a massive user base, the sheer volume of food nutritional data they’ve been able to crowdsource is going to be hard for any competitor to beat, especially with the head-start they’ve enjoyed. People have even done their own calculations for certain foods like fast food burgers without buns for the low-carb crowd, so you can usually search “Teen Burger no bun” and actually get the right data.

I also use Zero - Fasting Tracker for iPhone to track my 16 hour intermittent fasts. The wife has Android, and she uses Vora - Fasting Tracker in the Play Store for the same thing.
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Old 11-09-2019, 11:41 AM   #14
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MyFitnessPal is great and you can get it to focus on macros if you do keto diet. Keto is awesome, btw, if you can get into it. Easiest diet i've ever tried.
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MyFitnessPal is great and you can get it to focus on macros if you do keto diet. Keto is awesome, btw, if you can get into it. Easiest diet i've ever tried.
If you load up Tampermonkey on Edge, Edge Chromium, Firefox, Safari, or Chome, you can use the MFP Macro Script to add a 'Net Carbs' column to MFP.

Kind of surprising that MFP hasn't opted to add this functionality themselves, since all it does is subtract your dietary fiber from your total carbohydrate count.
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If you load up Tampermonkey on Edge, Edge Chromium, Firefox, Safari, or Chome, you can use the MFP Macro Script to add a 'Net Carbs' column to MFP.

Kind of surprising that MFP hasn't opted to add this functionality themselves, since all it does is subtract your dietary fiber from your total carbohydrate count.
Ah cool
Yeah I use the App on my phone and just calculate my net and keep that number in mind. Can I use the tamper monkey thing with the app on my phone in any way
Or it’s only when using it on computer?
oh and kind of off topic but I just found a diabetic bakery in the SW called Just Sweet Enough. Dayummmm delicious baked good with no sugar super low carb keto friendly stuff. Takes the edge off those sweet cravings when dieting in any way.
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Ah cool
Yeah I use the App on my phone and just calculate my net and keep that number in mind. Can I use the tamper monkey thing with the app on my phone in any way
Or it’s only when using it on computer?
oh and kind of off topic but I just found a diabetic bakery in the SW called Just Sweet Enough. Dayummmm delicious baked good with no sugar super low carb keto friendly stuff. Takes the edge off those sweet cravings when dieting in any way.
Only available on PC for now... maybe Android phones? No idea.

Just Sweet Enough is great, we're big fans in our house.
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Bumping this thread as I'm thinking of downloading either Noom or MyFitnessPal. I'm not really overweight, but I've definitely packed on some pounds since Covid started and I desperately need to get in shape and I want to get into better food habits. It looks like some of you were going to be starting on these apps, what are your thoughts? Pros & cons? Any other apps you'd recommend?
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I still really like MyFitnessPal. Would recommend.
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Bumping this thread as I'm thinking of downloading either Noom or MyFitnessPal. I'm not really overweight, but I've definitely packed on some pounds since Covid started and I desperately need to get in shape and I want to get into better food habits. It looks like some of you were going to be starting on these apps, what are your thoughts? Pros & cons? Any other apps you'd recommend?
They're really 2 different things.

MyFitnessPal is the go to tracker but you'll want to know what your goals are already or use other resources to set those.
I don't find it to be a coaching app, which is what Noom is supposed to be (haven't used Noom, but that's my understanding).

I'm on my 281st consecutive day tracking with MyFitnessPal and can say it completely changed how I approach eating and drinking. Very eye opening to the diet decisions you are making and what you put in your body.

Probably the most important app on my phone; complete game changer.
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