MyFitnessPal Sucks: Here’s Why + What I Use Now

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[@phil33603]

when inputting food like chicken does it assume the cooked weight or raw? I was told if I'm eating 5 oz of cooked chicken then I had to input on the app as 6.5 oz because the app thinks of it as raw.

[@feast_good]

For both branded and common foods, unless specified, meat entries are likely to be based on raw weight. You can assume a roughly 25% reduction in weight when cooked, so what you logged (6.5 oz) is close enough. However, if you bought a rotisserie chicken, there is a food item for that which accounts for the cooking method, so you’d log the actual weight of the chicken because it’s cooked. Therefore, look for a cooking method to be listed, or otherwise assume raw weight.

[@imdaddio]

does macrofactor have bar code scanner, image scanner, custom recipe, or restaurant meals ? also does it link to fitbit ?

[@feast_good]

Yes to everything.

[@chuckp342]

The user interface is hot garbage now. I havent used it in several years, but $20 a month is wayyyy too much.

[@feast_good]

Agreed. The ads are 100% annoying on the free version. Like I said, I'm not against ads, but it's practically unusable the way they have it designed right now. And ya, $20/month is far too expensive given other (better) options in the market.