I use MyFitnessPal to track all my calories and exercise – and everything is so much easier. Well, I find it easier because during the week, I tend to eat the same breakfast/lunches, including on my Fast Days so this makes it easier to track. With MyFitnessPal, if you are using a phone or tablet, you can scan a lot of the foods into your daily diary, which makes it easier too.

I use MFP to track my food. It’s easy to use and free! Yesterday morning I sat down and plugged in my favorite meals, then saved them in My Meals with the # of calories in the title of the meal. I hope it will make it quicker and easier for me to track this way esp on fast days.

I use MFP, haven’t tried Vida yet.

MFP has served me well for the last 6 months but I guess it’s time for me to venture into another program and I think Vida is something that has a solid program. I have heard a lot of good feedbacks from friends so I might as well try Vida.

Yes. I just started this 5:2 diet and went to My Fitness so I could keep up with my calorie intake. I’ve used it intermittently for a long time. It really helps you track your calories so you don’t “fool” yourself. I recommend it!

I’ve been using MyFitnessPal for a very long time (several years) and frankly would be lost without it. I’m a ‘visual’ kind of person and MFP is just the ticket for me. I find their charts and graphs very useful for my analysis. It also connects seamlessly to a number of the ‘activity trackers’ like FitBit, Garmin ( I use the VivoSmart HR model) and many others. There are so many tools available these days.. just find something that works for you and stick with it.

Good luck to all!

gabills

Hi, I’m relatively new to th 5:2 diet but have been using MFP for a long time. The scanner tool is an easy way to log calories from packaged meals, but I have been logging my own regularly made recipes which encourages me to cook healthy food and still know the calories. I use MFP to track my non fasting days, which encourages me not to snack on sugary food. Be careful adding your exercise, because I think this lulls you into a false sense of security. I log mine last thing so I don’t think I have got lots of extra calories to eat!

Hello All! I have been using MFP for a very long time and wouldn’t be without it. It tracks everything needed to be successful at losing weight and is the major things that keeps me on track. I’ve lost 13 lbs since April 19th and have fasted 7 times during that period. I actually look forward to fasting days as it sort of brings things back into balance. I Fast on Monday and Thursday’s. Fasting days are a ‘critical’ part of my weight loss plan. I typically eat a small breakfast (200 calories or less) then dinner with the remaining calories (typically around 400 calories). Sometimes I’ll eat a small snack at lunch. But I try my best to never exceed 600 calories on fasting days. I believe that Fasting holds the key to weight loss success at least for me.