I tried using Fit Day and didn't like it much. Mainly because since I have a Mac, I can't download the real program and am just using the free one, which isn't that great, IMHO. I found that Calorie King has a similar program that you can put in your food and excercises and shows your where you are getting your percentages of fat, fiber, calories and carbs. I just downloaded a free week version. Anyone else tried Calorie King?

I haven't tried the calorie king program. I have tried their website and used their info. I find it limted in that it doesn't provide the nutrition info that fitday does. They do have many more choices (especially in the name brand and fast food foods). I would go with whatever your puter is compatible with as your first priority. The rest is up to whatever your own personal goals are.

i bought the calorie king program and use it regularly. i like it.

fitday is very "americanized" with brands and not friendly for me so calorieking (australian version) was the answer.

i have found the layout a lot friendlier with calorie king too - much easier to read.

fitday is free though and you do get what you pay for. i understand the PC version is alot better than the online one.

Hi Daisy
Ha Ha... when i first read your stats i was thinking, "whoa! 108 lbs and she wants to lose weight?!?!" but then I realized it was in kg. Sorry. Stupid American. I had to do the math to figure it out!

I use nutridiary. The free version doesn't have as many fast foods restaurants etc, but I like some of the other features. You can add your own foods and meals and I love the reports! And the version you pay for does have all those restaurant items.

I use Calorie King, I like the layout and its very easy to use.

I like using a program that I can access thru the internet since I am mainly on the computer at work but still need a program for when I am at home. I tried the free version of Fitday and it's ok. Someone told me about Myfooddiary.com and I decided to try it out for a few months (not a freebie). Its a great program and I love how it lets you know when you're doing good and not so good. Example - it gives you a "frownie" face if you go over your sodium or fat levels or you can get a "smiley' face for meeting your water goal for the day. It is actually helping me to make better choices. Their forums are great also. We are finishing up a 30/30 challenge which is exercising 30 minutes a day for 30 days. I've already completed that challenge for July and am trying hard to make it 40 minutes in 30 days.

I've used FitDay for several years and am happy with the free version.

Calorie King is good, too...

I love Calorie King -- I belong to the on-line site. I did not buy the software.

It does provide nutrition information for all foods in their database. For example, for chicken it gives me calories, fat, protein, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, carbs, fiber, sugars, potassium, calcium for a serving of chicken when I tell it how much I'm eating.

It tracks for me weekly any nutrients I tell it to - but you have to set that up in your profile. I can find out how much sodium I consume. I can find out how I'm doing with saturated fat, sugar, calcium, etc. in my daily food intake. It also allows me to set targets for grams of protein, carbs, fats, etc that I want to consume daily and tells me how well I did.

It tracks my exercise and my net vs gross calories. It gives me a pie chart to show the % of fat, carbs and protein I consume in a weekly average.

I can add custom foods that aren't in the database to my list. I can add recipes and it will calculate the nutritional information per serving for me. I can save meals so I can load them automatically. It will generate a weekly meal plan for me if I want it to based on parameters I set. It tracks my daily water consumption and my steps.

There is also a 13 week CK University that is a series of classes with a test at the end on all kinds of topics from self-sabatoge to carbs vs protein to good fats. At the end when you pass all the tests, you get a crown on your profile.

It tells me how many calories to eat per day and adjusts as my weight adjusts.

The boards there are very active too with a lot of great people and a lot of success stories.

I've used Fitday before, but I purchased the Calorie King software for my Palm Pilot and love it.

calorie king has more foods available than the online free version of fitday. What I meant by calorie king not offering all the nutrition info is that fitday has all the vitamins, etc listed (not just the 4 you always see on labels). I personally like that bacause it is reminding me that nutrition isn't all about calories, but also about balance and health. I've heard many people like this program and that program, etc. I think journaling takes time to get used to, no matter what program you use. I probably should have tried more programs when I started but I didn't know they existed. Now I've got all my foods and info in a program and prefer not to change. Having said that, I think if you look at each program and make a decision based on what YOU think is important, you can't go wrong. Journaling is a very good (important) tool for a weight loss journey.

Now THAT I would have done!! Unfortunately sidekick doesn't have the best options for compatible software downloads.

Hockeyfan: where do you add the recipes in Calorie king?

I have been a member for about 3 months now and love C.K.!! I tried fit day but did not enjoy as much as C.K. I purchased a whole year for 19.00 I think that is pretty good value....Blyn

Blyn - go to a blank meal in your food diary. Add in all the ingredients for your recipe. Click "Save Meal" when you are done and give it a name and tell it how many servings the recipe feeds. The servings must be whole numbers.

Then your recipe is saved. You have to delete the information from the blank meal you used.

When you eat that recipe, click Load Meal, find your recipe and tell your food diary how many servings of that you ate.