I have a question about meal logging. I have been using the daily plate, which works well for me. Is there a way for me to just input my total calories, or calories by meal into the GWF activity manager? Or do I need to log my food into that too? I tried to play around with the meal logging in the activity manager and couldn't get any foods to show up, nothing would happen when I clicked the buttons.

MamaP, go to the bing cashback store and search gowear fit, in the advertising section at the top you'll see the link where it says 20% cash back. It works, I just did it last week. But you have to go through the link at the top.

***it looks like it changed a bit, the advertised link will be on the right side of the page - not the top.

festivus - I am not finding one that is 20% cash back, but did find a link for 15% on the display and 10% on the armband.

Sorry MamaP, it must be a regional thing then :(

Can you send me the link you found and maybe it'll work?

http://www.drugstore.com/templates/b...8-f806bf57d9ca

http://www.bing.com/shopping/search?...scope=cashback

Try the Bing link first, I'm pretty sure you have to click through from Bing in order to get the cashback.

Thanks so much Festivus ~ I followed the Bing link and ordered. I anxiously await confirmation that I got the cashback bonus thing. It apparently takes a day or two to show up in my cashback account. I selected 3-day shipping so hopefully will have my GWF by the end of the week.

Congrats MamaP!! I'm so glad it worked for you! Just an fyi, it took like 5 days for me to get the cashback email. So don't worry if it takes a bit longer to get it.

festivus - You can view the info on any computer and you can also upload your data onto any computer as long as you have your USB cable with it (assuming you don't have the wireless device). It's web-based so you don't have to download any programs onto your computer. Instead, you go to the website, log on, and upload.

As for the wireless sync device. I didn't order one when I got the GWF thinking that if I want it later, I can always get it then. I've had the GWF for 7 months now and still don't feel like I need it (esp for the price!). I upload often enough to see my burn and at this point I can sort of figure out how I'm doing based on previous numbers, so I don't think it'd be that useful. I've also heard that it interferes with other wireless devices and has to be near you to sync well (and it's plain ugly! haha). So for me, it hasn't been worth it. For others, it is. Your call ;)

festivus - You can change your settings depending on how you want to do it. I started logging per meal, but found SparkPeople to have more foods on their site. That was 6 months ago, so things could've changed. Now I just input my total calories for each day and log by meal on SparkPeople.

To input total calories for the day:
- Put your mouse over "Settings" at the top of the page
- Choose "Preferences"
- Under "Application Settings", choose "Daily Estimate"
- "Save Preferences"

Now, when you click on "I want to log my meals" on the main dashboard page, it'll let you input your total calories for the day.

To food log, do the same as above but choose "Meal Logging" instead of "Daily Estimate".

I tried the meal logging option and when I chose "I want to log my meals" on the main page, it took me to a food logger. I entered "carrots" into the search box, for example, and a whole bunch of different carrot options showed up. So it should work.

Does this help at all?

Just got mine... Takes FOREVER TO CHARGE! And, although I've followed the set up steps (installing the software on my PC), whenever I plug it into my computer I get a web communications error message- apparently it is not connecting with the website. Do I need to wear it first for a few hours before I can sync it? Please help!

Oh but I do like the food logger- fastest loading logger I've found online so far :)

Thanks Augeremt! I still can't use the food logger, I've tried on both my home laptop and work computer. Nothing happens when I click buttons . . . strange.

Where do I enter in my daily calories? I've gone to the "Daily Estimating" section and don't see a place to enter the number.

festivus - Sorry that you can't get the logger to work :( :( :(

On the Dashboard, as they call the front page that lists everything, click on "I want to log my meals":

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Then this (below) page should show up. And then you just enter your calories for the day and click "Save Estimate".

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The page will reload and look like this:

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Does that answer your question? Or were you asking how to switch over to this method?

I already switched my preferences (thanks for your instructions!).

That actually isn't what I see when I hit that button. The screen looks just like the meal logging page, not what you showed me. I've logged out and back in too. Do you think I need to call them?