I second what Improbable had to say about the downloaded version of Fitday. I love it! The best part, to me, is the ease of custom foods. I do a lot of cooking, and I change recipes and make substitutions frequently. Fitday allows me to easily show those changes. I either email or save my file to a flash drive, if I want to use it on a computer other than my laptop. It's simple enough to do that.
I use a combo of the downloaded version of Fitday and Mastercook. I use Mastercook to track my recipes and also to scale them down to 1 serving. Then, I enter it into my Fitday. I don't know how the downloaded version compares with the free version, but I love the downloaded version. It has a diary, tons of reports including a weight goal status, nutrition by reason, burn by activity etc. It has a calendar that shows your calories/fat/carbs/protein by day and then avgs it at the end of the day, mood by day and then avgs it, weight by day and then avgs it (although the avging of my weight doesn't work properly on mine, I have to avg that myself). I love it. Best money I've ever spent.
So, it looks like most of you like Fitday. I was wanting to just keep track of my intake for a couple of weeks, but now I am thinking I might get the DL version of Fitday and use it. It sounds like fun, and I seem to be needing something to freshen up my attitude.
Last edited by gailr42; 10-17-2007 at 10:51 AM.
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Call me old-fashioned, but I like to keep track of my calories using a spiral notebook and Corinne T. Netzer’s book The Complete Book of Food Counts. If the book doesn't have counts for a particular food, I'll use Calorie-Count.com.
My niece who is very techy found a calorie count site that works on your cell phone, if you have web access on it.
TheDailyPlate mobile site is an excellent resource. It has a large database of calorie counts so you can check calorie counts on the go with your web-enabled phone, PDA, or iPhone. This is very convenient if you’re in a restaurant and don’t know the calorie counts.
My niece searched for Timber Lodge Steakhouse on her iphone and she found calorie counts for almost the entire menu.
I use fitday as well. I purchased fitday pc, but hated it, so I went back to the online version. Plus, like others have said, with the online version, I can access my account from any computer.
I personally hated the download version of fitday.
I have had Fitday PC download version for several years now and think it's wonderful. I like it a lot better than the online version and have all my data for several years in my hard drive. I've used it every day since I've had it except for a period of three months or so. It's extremely intuitive and accurate as a planning tool and also easy to log meals, create recipes and meals that I eat over and over again. Yet it is simple to use without a lot of fussiness and it doesn't eat up huge amounts of computer space.
Could not manage without it.
Last edited by Amarantha2; 11-03-2007 at 09:21 PM.
I don't know how this compares to the web-based resources but I use a CalorieSmart handheld unit. It has the calories, carbs, fiber and protein of over 35,000 foods, including restaurant foods. It can also track your weight and exercise, and interfaces with your computer to generate custom reports and stuff. It has some annoying features, but overall I like being able to figure out how many calories I've had in the day while I am shopping for dinner on the way home.
