Good Morning Healthy Peeps,
Wow! What can I say, you are sure a terrific bunch. Thank you for all of the positive feedback both here and other places. Putting the pics up scared the bejeezus outta me, but you guys are aces.
You look fabulous. And as frightening as it may have been for you, it was incredibly inspiring for me!! So, I thank you for your bravery.
Going forward, because I still have work to do, I wanted to drop in with a take on tracking tools.
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The database is pretty good but it ticked me off when I would put in something like “apple” and it would come up around seventh on the list well after things like apple pie or apple crisp. It just seemed both wrong and cruel somehow. That said the weight progress tracking, under stats is really very good and encouraging, with the ability to really drill into things like weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, etc, averages and changes. It is a very flexible way to pinpoint exact timing of changes for reviewing and learning.
I like the points you are making here. I think during my process I have had to change things along the way as things stopped working. Or perhaps were not working in the same manner as they used to. The beginning weight loss is generally pretty easy for me. I did hit plateau's this summer. I don't think I would have hit those plateau's if I had continued tracking and learning my body's "ins and outs".
For the last month or so I have been using
Perfect Diet Tracker and so far, I think this is where I will stay. ... It is really easy to create your own custom recipes and exercise routines through “groups” and it tracks sugar grams, sodium, and amount of fats that are saturated. This works well as I now want to track more health oriented stats than just fat loss. It also breaks out individual meals/snacks for better balancing through the day.
This seems like a great feature. I am not sure how I would fair using a program such as you are suggesting. I do like what you have said about it quite a bit. If I was technically driven this may be what I would look at. I am a techno phobe on so many levels. However.... what compels me to check this out further is tracking my nutrition. WW is good for lots of different things, but the majority... and I mean the vast majority...of their material listing points is for meat eaters. I also don't eat Dairy, so there are nutritional niggles I need to figure out. You have me 
I need to pay closer attention to my whole nutrition, along with my points system.
Costs;
Perfect Diet tracker = $30 or $25 through the Apple app store, one time expense, unlimited users and custom fields.
That is very reasonable. Much more reasonable than WW!!
There are lots more to choose from, I would love to hear what others are using and how they stack up too. It could help out folks that are thinking of starting.
I’m sure some of you are wondering if I can keep it off.
I don't wonder. Not at all. I believe you have changed.
Well, my feet are pretty far into the fire now, lol. Besides, I know what it takes to get where I got, and what it takes to get back.
Supposed to be stormy today; rain gear at the beach it is!
