My Fitness Pal - MFP

As my husband and I got new Iphones this past weekend, I decided to give My Fitness Pal (MFP) a whirl. Once I finally got Thanksgivingand my sister’s birthday out of the way, I figured today would be the day I start MFP. I have been utilizing an MS Excel spreadsheet as a food journal/calorie counter for the past year, and while it totally does the job and I have all of my research linked in, it falls to the way side on weekends as I am not usually on the computer all weekend long. This leaves my diet to struggle in a downward spiral of a rampant, food orgy, as I seem to throw all accountability to the way side as I stuff my face with everything around me.

Now as I mentioned earlier my Excel spreadsheet has links to many websites listing food calories and websites showing calories burnt; I have many of my regularly consumed foods’ calorie counts memorized (plus a handy little reference sheet I keep imbedded in my spreadsheet) and benefits of certain exercises, but this has taken a year to accumulate. I enjoy that MFP has all of the information right there, or I should say most of the info I need. I enjoy that you can scan a barcode of the item you are eating and enter it into MFP. That’s super handy. As I will always have my phone with me, I have no excuse to not account for what I eat.

One huge plus for the MFP, it allows you to enter recipes. While I could sit down and work out a recipe with my spreadsheet, this was far more enjoyable using MFP, and I dare say, quicker.  It stores the recipe for you which I find great as chances are, I will be making said food again.

 

Like my graphic?  I made it myself to spice things up.  LOVE Hallowe'en!!!
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1. If I don’t exercise I treat that day as a free for all. Why? I don’t know, I know it’s self destructive, but I can’t seem to break it. Perhaps playing with MFP as a new toy will help inspire me to clean my act up. I am far better at eating healthy when I have worked out that day, it’s like I don’t won’t to erase all of the good work I just did exercising by stuffing my face with crap.

2.I need to keep track of my calories; I know this doesn’t work for some people. However, I am a numbers person. I have to see what I have eaten or else it’s a free for all, I like keeping track.

So now, I am back on track. I have nothing huge coming up in the future that requires large copious amounts of food until we hit Christmas, so this means I have to will be on my best behaviour between now and December. Well except, there is Hallowe’en and those cursed little chocolate bars; they are always so fresh, sweet, and delicious and … *wipes drool from chin. Bah.

P.S. I apologize for bouncing back and forth with exercise updates and fatty recipes, this is my on going struggle in my head.... bah. Must workout! Must!