Hi Everyone,

I am a fellow lap-bander (banded October '09) and I use MyFitnessPal.com to track my foods, exercise and weight loss goals. It's a great tool. Are any of you members? It is free, if you are interested.

If you are members or become members, what do you think of becoming "buddies" on this site so we can look at what each other eats and excercise, etc. for help and tips?

Reply here or PM me if you're interested. I can give you my email address and you can look it up on Myfitnesspal.com so we can be linked.

Be well,

Renee

Under the "MY HOME" tab there is a sub-tab for settings. You can go there to change which nutrients (carbs, protein, etc.) that you track and how often you eat. Then, again under "MY HOME", there is a sub-tab for goals. If you go there and choose "custom", you can change pretty much everything from calories to sodium.

For carbs I think, and don't quote me on this, it should be less than 40g per day. But probably want to check with your NUT on that.

Thank you, Abaco - that's exactly what I was looking for!

You're welcome... BTW: my username is the same on MFP, "AbacoRaveness" you can add me as a friend there if you want :-)

I'm not able to find how to track the proteins or carbs in my fitness pal??

I'm not able to find how to track the proteins or carbs in my fitness pal??

From the main page after you log in, go to "Settings" - "Account Settings" - "Diary Settings". From there you can pick which items you want to track (up to 5). Hope that helps!

I'm not able to find how to track the proteins or carbs in my fitness pal??

Not an expert but when you enter the item u ate, the program analyses it for the various nutrients. When you click on nutrients on the tab, it gives you a count for the day...click on weekly for the week.

Did you get a ratio of fats/carbs/protein? I didn't. I wasn't even told calories. Sigh.

Not an expert but when you enter the item u ate, the program analyses it for the various nutrients. When you click on nutrients on the tab, it gives you a count for the day...click on weekly for the week.

Did you get a ratio of fats/carbs/protein? I didn't. I wasn't even told calories. Sigh.

Are you doing it from your smart phone or from the actual website?

On the website, when I enter a food I have it set up to show me calories, protein, fat, carbs, and sodium. On my smart phone when Ienter a food I have to go back to the home page then click on "daily" and it will show me a full report. I haven't ever seen a ratio function on the site.

I log in from my fone...too lazy to fire up computer and yes, it gives the food values from the daily or weekly summary page.

As to ratios...no, not expecting the prgm to provide that but wish the doc would. Shoot. Frustrating as all get out.

On the home tab there is a tab marked nutrition that gives the break down.

Ok guys, I deleted my original account because I got a fitbit and was going to do all my food logging there as well. But, alas, I don't care for their food logging program or database, so I am going to link it with myfitnesspal. My new account there is:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/susanelackey

Please add me back. I won't do anything silly like delete the account again, lol.

Ok guys, I deleted my original account because I got a fitbit and was going to do all my food logging there as well. But, alas, I don't care for their food logging program or database, so I am going to link it with myfitnesspal. My new account there is:

http://www.myfitness...om/susanelackey

Please add me back. I won't do anything silly like delete the account again, lol.

I was wondering the other day why you haven't logging lately LOL I saw you added me Thanks!!!

LOL, I know. When I got my fitbit, I thought I would do all my food logging there. But, I am really unhappy with their logging program and their very limited database. For some silly reason, I deleted my original MFP account. So, now I had to create a new one and find all my friends again.

LOL!! Ah well, your back. I'm surprised I'm even logging in right now myself.

I am in desparate need of accountability. So far no one at they gym I can meet up with. I might post something on the board?? If anyone is on the MFP wants to be a buddy I would appreciate it.

Feel free to friend me on MFP... I am untfluter on MFP