I had kind of hit a wall with losing weight. I was doing great right after my surgery, then I became unexpectedy pregnant. As you can imagine, this pushed losing weight off the table. I got fills after my daughter was born, but found that I had lost some of my momentum.

I found a free app for the iPhone called "MyFitnessPal" (it's also a website!) It helps me track what I'm eating so I can get a better idea and make the band work for me! It also lets you input your workouts. It's very satisfying to fill it out every day and know I'm on the right path. After using this app, my weight started moving in the right direction again!!

Just though I'd share, in case anyone else was struggling!

Wow thanks!!! What a cool app! I downloaded it and wow! It's really easy to use and maps everything out!!! It even estimated my weight in 5 weeks and how long it will take me to get to my goal weight etc. Congrats on the baby!!

As I posted on another thread - be very careful with that application and website:

I use The Daily Plate / LiveStrong. It's $45/year for the gold plan, which allows online and app access, full backup of all of your data, sharing your data, tracking of any and everything, adding meals and recipes (so it figures out the nutritional values), forums, challenges, and much more.

Granted it costs, but 12 cents a day is a very small cost for such a thorough site and most importantly - a site that will not take control of your information.

For anyone using MyFitnessPal, you should know that you have given them permission and ownership to anything and everything you upload including information, your photos, your journal entries, etc.

They can use your name, your username, your photos, your entries, anything you post at the site for their own gain. Including selling the information. And that doesn't apply to just them but also their affiliates, their sublicensees, their employees, etc.

I don't know how you feel about your personal privacy but I'm willing to pay 12 cents a day to make sure my information is kept private.

From their site:

“User Content” is any content, materials or information, not including personally identifiable information (e.g., first and last name, address, phone number, email address, etc.), that You upload or post to, or transmit, display, perform or distribute by means of, the Website, whether in connection with Your use of Services or otherwise. YOU HEREBY GRANT MYFITNESSPAL AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AFFILIATES, REPRESENTATIVES, SUBLICENSEES, SUCCESSORS, AND ASSIGNS (COLLECTIVELY, THE “MYFITNESSPAL PARTIES”) A PERPETUAL, FULLY PAID-UP, WORLDWIDE, SUBLICENSABLE, IRREVOCABLE, ASSIGNABLE LICENSE TO COPY, DISTRIBUTE, TRANSMIT, PUBLICLY DISPLAY OR PERFORM, EDIT, TRANSLATE, REFORMAT AND OTHERWISE USE USER CONTENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE OPERATION OF THE WEBSITE, SERVICES OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR OR RELATED BUSINESS, IN ANY MEDIUM NOW EXISTING OR LATER DEVISED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IN ADVERTISING AND PUBLICITY. YOU FURTHER AGREE THAT THE MYFITNESSPAL PARTIES MAY PUBLISH OR OTHERWISE DISCLOSE YOUR NAME AND/OR ANY USER NAME OF YOURS IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR EXERCISE OF THE LICENSE GRANTED UNDER THIS SECTION. YOU AGREE TO WAIVE, AND HEREBY WAIVE, ANY CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE EXERCISE BY THE MYFITNESSPAL PARTIES OF THE RIGHTS GRANTED UNDER THIS SECTION, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY CLAIMS RELATING TO YOUR RIGHTS OF PERSONAL PRIVACY AND PUBLICITY. YOU WILL NOT BE COMPENSATED FOR ANY EXERCISE OF THE LICENSE GRANTED UNDER THIS SECTION.

I love MFP! Definitely helps keep me on track. We can buddy up if you like...I'm on there as chloes_countdown. just send me an invite to connect. I find the whole thing very motivational

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