I notice a lot of you use iPhone apps for counting your calories. So far I'm happy with my old-fashioned journal, but I would be interested in seeing what I can get on the iPhone.
What app do you use? Was it free? Likes, dislikes?
Well i just downloaded Lose It! on my iPhone the other day. I heard about it from some people on here, and it is free. The only thing I do not like about it is that it has my daily calorie level set to 1200 if I want to reach my goal. Although it does "give" you calories back to eat when you log your exercise, it freaks me out a little because I do not exercise every single day... I went to the daily plate and entered all the same info and according to them I can eat up to 1670 (without adding my exercise for the day) and still reach my goal in the same amount of time. I still do not eat that much I try to stay in the 1500 calorie range, but 1200 scares me because I am nowhere near my goal and when I lose another 15 to 20 lbs I will have nowhere for my calories to go if I hit a plateau. Anyway, it is really handy for searching for the calories in certain foods and it is a really easy way to track your progress if you actually enter everything in every day. Hope this helps a little!
I also downloaded Lose It! a few days ago, and so far I'm enjoying it.
fashinjunkie - it set my calorie limit at about 1250, which is a bit lower than I have been aiming for, but you can adjust your daily calorie target in the Goals section. I bumped it up by 100 calories.
Lose it! here too. I also got a lower calorie level on Lose It than on another website. Lose it has me at 1600, I don't remember the other website, but it said 1800+. So I am trying to just make sure I stay somewhere in between and I haven't been eating back my excersise calories. I just don't enter them on Lose it. I want to have somewhere to go if/when I plateau
I use the free Lose It! app. It has me at 1,485 calories a day. I like it, it makes me feel accountable and since i have my phone with me all the time, it's handy.
Lose it here too! I usually log my food into the bodybugg site, but my hubby drag races and there's no internet there so I use Lose It on the weekends I go with him so that I don't forget anything.
fashinjunkie - it set my calorie limit at about 1250, which is a bit lower than I have been aiming for, but you can adjust your daily calorie target in the Goals section. I bumped it up by 100 calories.
oh cool i was wondering if there was a way to do that, i hate entering my foods for the day and having it tell me im over and in the red on days i do not exercise! lol
Not helpful but I actually wish I remembered a little more programming from my school days and had access to a mac because I would *love* to write a calorie tracking app. My sister has a restaurant recommender where you put in the dollar range you're interested in and if you want a specific cuisine and shake it and it recommends something. I want something similar for calorie ranges. I want to spend 400 calories on lunch. Make a recommendation. There'ld be an awful lot of databasing involved with it but it would rock.
As it is I just keep a written list of the calories of my favorite foods and restaurants in a paper notebook.
I downloaded the free Lose It! program, but the app I use is Edibles. I love it, it can be configured for a variety of diet programs and it sync's with their website so I can browse through my log files easily. It did cost $4.99 but I think it's a steal at that price.
(there's a link in my sig if you wanna check it out)
Thanks everyone! Believe it or not, I just checked my iPhone and saw Lose It in my group of apps, so I must have downloaded it awhile ago and forgot about it! I think I will try it for awhile to see if I like using an app at all (normally I love electronic gadgets but for some reason I've enjoyed keeping my written log, I just know that eventually it's going to get old especially since I tend to eat the same foods over and over). Then I may check out some of the others. Lissus, I like Edibles, it sounds pretty cool.
Another vote for Lose It! too! I love it!! I started with it 5 1/2 weeks ago and since using it i'm down 15lbs... my calorie level started higher than it is now, i'm at about 1318 cals or something? But even that I have a hard time meeting.. I don't eat nearly enough most days.. Not on purpose, i'm just not hungry. Anyways.. it's super convenient for me, so it gets my vote too.
I've been using Lose it! too It's actually what got me started with calorie counting. I even got an (initially skeptical) coworker to try it, too, and he's lost over 14 lbs in under a month.
I changed my weekly goal for loss to 1.5 lbs per week when I felt that the goal was too low (under 1200). That seems more reasonable for me at this point, anyway. But I never eat all my exercise calories, either.
iPhone apps for calorie counters
Not on purpose, i'm just not hungry. Anyways.. it's super convenient for me, so it gets my vote too.
It's actually what got me started with calorie counting. I even got an (initially skeptical) coworker to try it, too, and he's lost over 14 lbs in under a month.
