The FastDay Forum

How many of us use 'myfitnesspal?' I only heard of it when someone on here mentioned it, so I had a little nosey and signed up. I think the tools they have are fantastic and would advise anyone that hasn't had a look to go check it out for themselves and a big thank you to whoever mentioned it on here, your a star !!

Also is it the norm for people on there to request you to be a friend?(without trying to sound anti social)I didnt know if I should ignore it or not

Hi Shazzam,

I use myfitnesspal as my diet diary I find it very useful. I cook everything from scratch so I use the recipe section which is great. I even put in my baking as well lol.
I've been on the site and mentioned 5:2 and got 1 response. I think a lot of them in the chat are American. Still its up to you if you want to chat to em or not.
I also use runkeeper. I walk my dog’s everyday twice a day and use this to see how far and how slow I'm going. Its help me realise how different I am since using it.

I recommend this site too!!

Hiya jacqiann,
OOh whats the runkeeper? will have to check it out. yes, the diet diary is so helpful to have, I only joined on Monday (I think) but it will be fun to look back over in a couple of months time, I find I need things like that to keep me motivated.

Since my weight stayed the same for 2 weeks I have been monitoring my calories on non fast days just to see where I'm at.
I have done ww online in the past, and found their lists much more comprehensive, and the site easier to use, but hey MFP is free so it'll do.
I've found they quite often give different calorie counts for the same thing. When that happens I kind of pick the one in the middle.

Hi I was directed to myfitnesspal by a friend who is always dieting. I did have a look at the site but the thought of weighing every bit of food I want to consume (for my calorie intake) fills me with dread.

I may use the fitness bit though to see how many cals I may have burned with my cycling, dancing, cross training, weight training etc.

OOPs! Just did my TDEE and know I have been eating more on non fast days than I should be. (Thanks to my friend who told me about myfitnesspal). She input all the foods I had eaten last 2 weeks (I keep a food diary) and I've eaten 100- 300 more cals than my recommended intake nearly every non fast day! Now I know why the weight won't shift. But how have I lost cms from my hips + waist?

going to input what I have eaten today on myfitnesspal and see how many calories I've consumed (boring) AND how many I've burnt by cycling, doing exercises with2 kg weights and dancing.

Middle for diddle, always the best plan !!. prehaps we should go in mob handed and convert our American cousins to the 5:2 approach.

I love myfitnesspal and runkeeper.

Bala - you don't have to weigh everything - they have a huge calorie database and usually have shop name too eg Aldi cream cheese! I usually just roughly work out how much weight it is (except for fast days as I want to make sure I get each and every one of those 500 calories.)

Runkeeper is brill and can track cyling and loads of other stuff on there - free app. Unfortunately a jar of peanut butter fell out of my cupboard and smashed my nice phone recently so I'm using one from the dark ages. It dont do apps

Hi shazzam I had fitness pal on my phone but joined the 5:2 forum the other day (must say I much prefer it here!) Anyway someone pm'ed me the first day asking me my age and goals, which I also find a bit odd having not spoken to them before!

Hiya made109,
Yes, I much prefer the forums on here too, some of the people on there looked scary fit if you know what I mean.

Well the first thread I read people were having a go at each-other because some were calorie counting on their non fast days, it was rather messy

How do you measure your TDEE ? Weight loss slow but sure , and have dropped a trouser size ! !

@Nickyanne, I used this site to measure TDEE not sure if we have it on here ?

http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/ ... lator.html

Thanks just had a look , seem to be with in target most days , need to start exercising , roll on springtime and retirement ! !

I love Myfitnesspal and get great use out of the barcode scanner which allows you to count the exact foods you are eating. I also cook a lot and save my recipes on it. I haven't been down the friends route on there. I have enough on Facebook, Twitter and here! Would thoroughly recommend it to anyone.