I have been using MyFitnessPal for about a month now, and must say that it is easy to use. It has made me realize just how bad most of the food I eat is. I have started to make different choices on what I eat, and eat less of some stuff that I am not as willing to give up.
Also, what is rarely mentioned is that they are not just a calorie counter to track what you eat, but also track the calories you burn doing exercise. This feature has also helped motivate me to do more exercise. My family has a trampoline that we are using more to burn calories, and we go swimming more (that burns some mass calories in a relatively short amount of time). We are also going riding on our bikes several times a week.
I must say that as this is a newer site, there are some problems I have with it. Their food list is still a bit lacking, but you can add foods to it if you have the basic nutritional values. It seems that they are adding more, probably from the submission of other people. The same problem also exists for the exercise list.
Also, they do have message boards, but most people are not using them. I feel that if more people would use them it would help make a better community experience and you would be more likely to succeed as you can read the experiences of others.
This is a great site, and the price cannot be beat as it is free. If you need to lose a few pounds (who doesn't? I have lost nearly 5 in the month since I joined), I would really recommend you give it a shot. If you do stop by the message boards and drop me a line.
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