Posts by whitewave

I just wanted to say thanks for the tips...I have been able to get it working since, makes it ALOT easier, I must say!! Now when I add anything custom I use that button (probably more than I should, lol) but at least I have been able to get things done here. 

I would hate to have to find a site as good as this one for keeping up on calorie counting, having been in "maintenance mode" for over 1.5 years now...I guess I'm just a creature of habit. But as I have found, by surfing the web, finding other sites that allow counting, this is by far the easiest one for me to navigate...which is why I hate to see changes that take away favorite features. 

Keep doing what you guys have been able to do so well...and thanks again!! 

Original Post by cgergely1:

It's easy and understandable to lose motivation, be isolated from others and get "down in the dumps" while unemployed.

My suggestion doesn't have anything directly to do with exercise or weight loss, but if you can get out and get involved in some volunteer activity that interests you, that could help improve your mood and increase your motivation.

Do you like helping young children, the elderly, do you have a special skill or talent that you can teach to others? Who can benefit from your expertise? Try to hone in on those skills and determine how you can put them to use helping others.

Who knows? It could even lead to job leads!

Good luck!

Excellent points!! Stepping out of oneself is the best way to stay involved...in life, in others, in everything!

Before you get too "down in the dumps" just remember that for every other person you help, you help yourself as well...get involved & get moving, so to speak! While you are focused on volunteering or w/e you choose to do, you won't be noticing the weather so much, the time will fly by much more quickly & you will find yourself in a better mood every day...

Also, as for the exercise DVDs, they are a wonderful source of inspiration, lol, if you can just pretend that you are taking a class & the instructor on the screen is monitoring your daily progress ~ you will find yourself more likely to stay on track ~ & before you know it, the pounds will just melt away! As long as your TV is on every day, you may as well get some benefit out of it, right?!?

Original Post by wielehunt:

Original Post by whitewave:

Original Post by heaven871:

Grasp change. OMG, I can't hear that anymore.
And no, I don't like the new logger at all. I came here because everything was easy, beautiful, uncomplicated. Now nothing separates this site from ALLLL the other food loggers out there. K, it's not that bad, but still, my opinion.

Well, anyway, I appreciate the effort the team has put into it and obviously the majority loves it so, who the h*ll am I to whine around.

One thing I really miss though are the nice graphics I had when I entered the site. Now there is just this excel style table with Eat meter, Burn meter etc. Before it was like a real welcome screen. I want that back.

EDIT: Probably I am too stupid. Obviously 'My Home' is just gone when 'testing' the new food logger. So I guess it will be integrated in the final version. And hopefully look as nice as before or better, and not like a stupid excel sheet.

EDIT2: Played a bit longer with it, still think it's unstructured and unnecessary complicated. All the elements by itself are great, but the way they are put on stage. I dunno, it feels like we have 10 components let's put one here, and maybe uhm, yeah one here, and another one, ohh, let's just put that here. Know what I mean? The design is a bit flawed.

EDIT3: Just minor changes in design and user interface would make it great. Since they will never come I am not happy. But who knows, maybe you find a trick or two and make the change worth it.

Hey...don't feel bad, I agree with you. I don't like the new format myself, either.

I miss the Home Page (I am one who used it every day, as a central HQ where I could find all in a central location, easy to see, not going to a separate tag for each page. I like to see my total calories (in and out) for the day up front, not in some obscure corner @ the top, off to the side, somewhere.)

As far as the "create a meal" option ~ not a plus to me, either. I have been tagging "breakfast" "lunch" "dinner" "snack" "dessert" "sandwich" "100 calorie packs" "whatever" all along...so this is nothing new to me. I just figured it was something we were all doing.

And I do miss the "notes" section when I would tag a new food item & write a note as to where different foods were found (we go out to eat nearly every day) or for example, this is so-and-so's recipe, if I ate a favorite food but divided it in half, or whatever...This was a very valuable feature for me & now it's gone?!? What's up with THAT??

Now, I will have to guess & I am guessing that I will stick with the old format for as long as I am permitted to do so. I have been using this site since June, 09, and have lost 114 lbs ~ I am almost in "maintenance mode" ~ & I guess I just like what I like.

But opinions, yours & mine, are just as valid as anyone else's...they asked & we answered them.

I am new to the site and have never really used the tagging because I didn't find it very helpful.  I always like to find ways to make things easier or quicker and it seams like adding multiple tagged items for a meal is allot more work then just adding a single meal that has been previously set up.  If you can explain how tagging is easier and better then the meal option & favorites that would be great. 

Hi there! Welcome to the site!

The main reason I use multiple tags for the same meal/food item is because I sometimes only eat a portion, or a certain restaurant might fix it differently than another.

For example, I frequently order a BLT, extra tomatoes. But @ one place, they might only serve it on rye, whereas another favorite place they might serve it on whole wheat, or both...so, if I order it a certain way, I will keep track in my Blackberry & tag it when we get home. I will have to look up different breads, how many slices of bacon, or w/e, & I am constantly re-working the same sandwich over and over again, if you get my drift.

So I simply figure out the total calories per sandwich, depending on where I got it, approx. how much mayo (I always scrape the bread, so it isn't much, lol) or if I got extra "anything" on it. That way, if I get the same dish consistently, I can simply add the tag to my food total for that day.

This is what I like to use the "notes" for in my tags ~ I know exactly what I ate, where I ate it & how much is in it every time. But if the notes are taken away, I might as well figure out the sandwich every single time I have one. And if I have to resort to that, then I may as well join any other site "out there" where this feature was never offered in the first place! (I know this might seem like alot of extra work, but that's only in the beginning, when I was first adding things, lol...now, it's a "piece of cake" cuz nearly everything I like to eat is already tagged. So my cal. count for each lunch, or w/e, is simply a click away.)

LOL...Like you, Geekgirl415, I love to eat really good food & still lose, and I have amazed myself time & time again over the past 14 months with how easy that is!!

Once I got it into my head that all I had to do was count, it was all over. I didn't have to give up french fries ~ just take a taste or so & don't forget to count it. Of course, the best part of all that is the fact that I have found really wonderful dinners just by reading nutritional info on packages, recipes online that I never would have tried otherwise, all the while learning to actually live what I never wanted to practice before ~ & that I could do this! Since I have begun, family members have followed suit & we have all become much healthier for the experience!!

One other thing that I was afraid of starting ~ the dreaded workout ~ I began slowly, but surely, every day a bit more. And I found, much to my joy, that I didn't have to give up sitting at my drawing table all afternoon, lol, as long as I didn't skip my morning work-out!

These little changes in my lifestyle are what made this whole experience as easy as it has been, how easy it continues to be ~ even with the ups 'n' downs ~ & I'm sure will be for the rest of my life. I will NOT listen to those who nay-say anything I have done; on the contrary, I will continue to believe in those who believe in me.

thanks! That time it worked, lol...

Mission accomplished!

Just last week my dear husband (who is my biggest cheerleader) talked me into going shopping IN THE STORES! for a new outfit to wear to a family function coming up. So, I went into Catherine's & then Dot's, thinking that "I'm a Medium/12T in my catalogs, so..." and let me tell you, I have never been so proud of myself in my life! Nothing fit! Everything was huge on me, lol  ~ I was shocked that I could not find one thing to buy.

Then, we went to the Dress Barn, I entered on the LADIES side, lol, & promptly found two pairs of dress slacks, two new button-down blouses, and to top it all off, some new bracelets (just to celebrate).

Well, when we went to the gathering this past Sunday, everyone was shocked to see this "new me" walk into the room! "OMGosh!! Look at YOU! How did you do it? You look fabulous!!" (Let me just say here that in the past 13 months, I have lost 91 lbs, with about 5-10 yet to lose. I'm big-boned, too.)

When I explained that I just counted & worked out every day (except Sunday) they were stunned, lol. Right away, this one said, "Oh...diet? exercise?" That one remarked, "I need to lose. My hips are really showing a gain lately." But no one wanted to believe that I eat crepes with whipped cream every Tuesday, I have pizza at least once a month, chocolate in moderation, etc.

I don't know what they think that nutrition info on packaging is for, but I love to use it religiously nowadays! Thanks to CC, I am finally "home" ~ .

Good for you!! Feels good, doesn't it?!?

I think this is a great idea! That's one heck of a motivator, lol...Good luck to everyone!

And, like you said, there are NO losers ~ only in weight!!

I'm afraid I don't know about the backwards lunges...how do you do them?

My trainer tells me that there are other exercises that I can do as well that won't burden my joints so much, but the only backwards things I have tried are Leslie's backwards "walk" lol.

I would be willing to try them if I know what they are...

Like you, I like to feel like I've really worked out when I'm done; there is nothing like the feeling of breaking a sweat, and I canNOT believe I just said that! lol...

Hi there! I was just trying to remember if I've ever heard of either of these two women, but I must confess my mind is drawing a blank.

I'm sure you must know about Jillian Michaels? Or have you ever done anything with Leslie Sansone?

I love both of them, for different reasons...Jillian's calisthenics & weight-lifting are darn near perfect for me, for the most part, altho' there are a few things I can't do for health reasons ~ bad joints, mostly. Leslie is more gentle, lol ~ she does the "Walking at Home" series.

I have taken things I've learned from each of them & incorporated them into my own workouts ~ 3 days a week, I do just about everything, and the other 3 days I do strictly cardio. Sundays I rest!

I've been doing this since last June & so far I've lost 60lbs...so something must be working for me, lol ~ that plus the whole calorie-counting thing, of course...

I think I might look up these two that you are talking about & see what they are all about!