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12-22-2006, 06:04 PM
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Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 36
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Fitday
Decided to start using FitDay again. For those who use it, how do you keep yourself motivated to update every day?
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12-22-2006, 06:19 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: New England
Posts: 497
S/C/G: 154/148.6/119
Height: 5'6"
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I don't think this requires motivation. Just plain ol' discipline. Kinda like brushing your teeth or showering.
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12-22-2006, 06:32 PM
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Let's do this!
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Toronto
Posts: 346
S/C/G: 300/235/190
Height: 5'7
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I keep a short cut to it on mydesk top.
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12-22-2006, 07:09 PM
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#4
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Midwest
Posts: 640
S/C/G: S:157/C:121/G:125
Height: 5'4"
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I find it fun, so I actually look forward to it. I learn a lot about food and nutrition, and it's interesting to look back at trends.
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12-22-2006, 08:04 PM
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#5
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Starting Fresh
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Beautiful BC, Canada
Posts: 4,834
Height: 5'2"
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Motivated to use Fit Day? I have 35 more pounds till goal... thats all the movitvation I need. I wouldn't lose weight without - simple as that. Sure it takes 10 mintues out of my day, but its been worth it.
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12-22-2006, 09:03 PM
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#6
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Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: MO
Posts: 11
Height: 5'8"
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I love Fitday!! I did the buy version ( suggested by my nutrionist) I swear having to take a weekly report in is keeping me honest!
I find it does really help me plan meals and snacks, I would be so lost without it. I have never journaled my food before and it is one of the biggest helps so far, and it made me realize how bad I had been eating.
It's worth your time
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12-22-2006, 09:14 PM
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Just Yr Everyday Chick
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Florida
Posts: 10,852
S/C/G: Lost 50 lbs, regained some
Height: 5'3"
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I'm on the computer a lot, so it's easy for me to update it every time I eat something or get through exercise.
I agree that it really helps as a reality check. I had lunch out today with friends, and when I entered what I ate, it added up to 762 cals! Well, that's a lot more than I usually eat for a meal, but because I knew that, I was able to adjust what I ate later, and how much exercise I did. So, I am still well within my restriction amount for the day.
Jay
198/180/155
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12-22-2006, 10:09 PM
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Moderating Mama
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Woodland, CA
Posts: 11,712
S/C/G: 295/200/175
Height: 5' 8"
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I agree - its discipline, not motivation for me.
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12-22-2006, 10:25 PM
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Boston Qualifier and MOM
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Oregon
Posts: 6,346
Height: 5'3.75"
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I cant do anything else on the computer until I update my fitday...so I cant cruise the boards until I do!
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12-22-2006, 11:08 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 188
S/C/G: BMI:32.1/27.1/24.6
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IMO, journaling your food with a plain old notebook is far easier than Fitday. I find Fitday's calories off quite a bit. And too often they don't have the food I eat listed. I found that having to enter in all the nutrition info manually would probably make me postal.
Get a notebook and make four columns. Cal., Carbs, Prot., & Fat. Add them up at the end of the day.
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12-23-2006, 01:58 AM
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Starting Fresh
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Beautiful BC, Canada
Posts: 4,834
Height: 5'2"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MissH
IMO, journaling your food with a plain old notebook is far easier than Fitday. I find Fitday's calories off quite a bit. And too often they don't have the food I eat listed. I found that having to enter in all the nutrition info manually would probably make me postal.
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The custom food collum works great. And look at it this way, once you enter its always there. Seeing as I eat a lot of the same food this works great for me. Why write down the same thing over and over and over, when it adds everything up for you with a click of a button. I have been using fit day for 10 months now, I enter about 3 custom foods a month now. I also just adjust, if I know the begal I ate was 190 cals and fit day is showing as 210, I make it a little less then one serving so it says 190.
I tried the note book things many time, and I never did it cuz it took way too long, plus I always have to have the package in front of me - when I use fitday its all right there, no hunting for the package and digging thru the garabge if I already thru it away, plus it takes half the time.
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12-23-2006, 02:39 AM
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#12
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 188
S/C/G: BMI:32.1/27.1/24.6
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sotypical
The custom food collum works great. And look at it this way, once you enter its always there. Seeing as I eat a lot of the same food this works great for me. Why write down the same thing over and over and over, when it adds everything up for you with a click of a button. I have been using fit day for 10 months now, I enter about 3 custom foods a month now. I also just adjust, if I know the begal I ate was 190 cals and fit day is showing as 210, I make it a little less then one serving so it says 190.
I tried the note book things many time, and I never did it cuz it took way too long, plus I always have to have the package in front of me - when I use fitday its all right there, no hunting for the package and digging thru the garabge if I already thru it away, plus it takes half the time.
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That's true to a point. Maybe it depends on what a person gets used to.
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12-23-2006, 05:30 AM
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#13
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3 + years maintaining
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 12,070
S/C/G: 287/120's
Height: 5 foot nuthin'
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I don't use Fitday everyday. I too, eat very similiar foods everyday and therefore I know exactly how many calories I'm consuming. Especially during the week, it's the same breakfast, same 2 snacks, one of 3 or 4 lunches, and one of several dinners. I already know exacty how many calories I'm eating. So that's when I don't bother with Fitday. I definitely at this point have a mental Fitday in my head. I find it more helpful for the weekends and other times when my food intake varies and I'm having something that I don't normally eat. That's when I use it the most.
Experiment and find what works best for you.
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12-23-2006, 05:49 AM
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Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 36
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Thanks for the tips. The main thing which always gets me is, because I'm in the UK, I struggle to find a lot of the brandname stuff we have over here. Which means always going to custom foods/estimating if I don't even get the chance to see the packaging!
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12-23-2006, 10:53 AM
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#15
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Boston Qualifier and MOM
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Oregon
Posts: 6,346
Height: 5'3.75"
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Its a pain in the beginning until you get a chance to get your custom foods set up, but after awhile you have 90% of your food in there.
I will say the download paid version is much easier for custom foods and if you cook a lot.
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