Weight Loss/Maintenance

At least the free part I am using. It doesn't seem solely for those who are trying to lose since some of the forum sections are for people trying to bulk up.

I LOVE their food diary - you can enter generic food (say a cup of milk), brand names (great for boxed or premade stuff), or restaurant items. Last weekend I ate at Perkins and could pick stuff off their menu and check the calories against their claims - or as I did one morning, build my own omelet so it was stuff I liked. A two egg, cheddar cheese, bacon and mushroom omelet was 290 calories.

There is a recipe function where you can enter your recipe ingredients and number of servings and it estimates the calories per serving. Since I mostly cook at home this is wonderful. I can even enter brand name boxed mixes and what I am adding to them, estimate servings and get a calorie count. Once you have the recipe saved, you can log it to your food diary anytime you want to repeat it.

You have a check in for entering your weight and measurements. So far I have NOT measured myself. I just don't want to know! I need to as I lose weight so I can keep track of what size I am down to. right now I am between the sizes I own so most of my clothes are too large. I have a big bag of slacks and jeans two sizes down which I should fit soon.

They have a report feature for seeing where you are with charts or you can prints reports on calories, weight, or the various nutritional items they track. Apparently the paid version adds to what you can track, but I am not concerned about adding more details.

They also have a community area with forums for discussions about the functions, cheering each other on and so forth. I haven't used it much other than to discover why the app wouldn't work on my tablet and to read a few of the messages. I may jump in at some point but I am more comfortable here with the people I already know.

For free it's got a lot of features but it does not have that personal coach part that PN does. That works better for me. I am not a social person and am not used to being "coached" by someone else about anything. It's hard enough when I go through physical therapy to have to deal with people every session!