Monday 9th July weigh in

Thanks for that rosie, it sounds really good, I'm off to download it now.

Bez, have you got the hang of it? I found that if i just entered what i ate on the first day, it told me how much I would lose if I carried on like that, so then I adjusted my calorie intake the next day and have gradually changed over the course of the week to keep fat and sugar consumption 'in the black.' It's really helpful for making you notice where you are having too much of certain ingredents and I've just amended the recipes to keep on track. Haven't eaten any less.

notso thanks for that link, I'll eat more than I was! They are not as heavy in calories as I thought they might be. I knew bananas were bad but don't eat those very often so now I can nibble away at my fruit in the evenings.

Just getting my head around the www.myfitnesspal.com site.

Fascinating information and it's easy to see where you need to cut back. I didn't realise dried prunes were so high in calories!

I know Notso and now I've been put off having dried dates or raisins with my morning porridge. Takes me over the sugar limit or the day! Will have cranberries instead.

A good site tip, when. I'm going to have a more thorough look later this evening.

I love the fact that you can add your evening glass (or two!) of wine under 'snacks'.

Found out what was wrong - downloaded the iPad app and I didn't find the bit where you can work out the calories - loaded the one from the main website and no problem. Thank you ladies for the input

Stayed the same. when what a brilliant app, can see just where I've been going astray, horrified to realise breakfast is half of my total daily calorie allowance. I thought it was healthy, muesli etc!, had been blaming weight gain on being unable to move but not the case! A bit daunting but at least I can see what I need to do,Thanks for that.

I know Sewsilver I was merrily making Oat-So-Simple porridge with semi-skimmed milk and adding 1 of my 5 a day, by having raisins or dates, then discovered that it has far too much sugar in that breakfast. Having porridge oats, half milk, half water, with dried cranberries now.

....repeating myself - I'm going to bed!

That's such a great app - thanks for suggesting it. I did get down to my target weight but it's now beginning to creep up again slowly so I'm back with this thread please. I'll try using this app to keep a record of what I eat and can already see, after just one day, that I have far too many "snacks" - AND I've just remembered that I haven't included the glass of wine that's in front of me now!
It's very scary that it calculates what you will weigh if you continue to eat the way you have done today

Just downloaded it too and stayed up far too late adding the shocking things I've eaten today!No, I don 't want to weigh that much in a month's time

Quite a few of us seem to be getting on to the MyFitnessPal site or app....many thanks for pointing us in the right direction when

Sewsilver, well done with maintaining your weight loss so far! You're right, the site/app is very helpful and I've been surprised at the calorific value of quite a few things I thought were healthy. We've no excuses now though!

Yoga, you're very welcome to join us again, most of us are still here You'll soon get back to your target weight, especially with the prompts from the app. It's making me watch my snacks too!

Grannylin - it's a real eye-opener isn't it? At the end of yesterday I had consumed just under my daily allowance of calories, but only with the help of an extra allowance of calories by virtue of an hour Nordic walking. Without that, I would have been way over!

I'm determined to 'beat the app' again today, which may be tricky as I'm going to a wine-tasting/ploughmans supper thingy tonight

('Beat the App' sounds as though it should be on the 50 shades of grey hair thread )

Forget to post on Monday! Have lost half a pound,better than nothing. But the best bit is I've lost a whole inch and a quarter since starting this walking malarky!Maybe if I stuck to the diet advice and cut out nearly of all the carbs I'd lose more :-)

Well sone to all the losers!

Alightly better on scales this morning but not by much - I too was horrified by the calorific value! Will try and do better!

GrannyH, measuring yourself is such a good idea because the inches sometimes reduce when the pounds don't. You've lost half a pound as well, good for you! You'll need braces for your trousers soon

Bez, slightly better is progress, so well done you! Now you can keep an accurate eye on things with the app, it will be easier to check that you're still heading in the right direction

Isn't this a brilliant app! It's telling me I'm not eating enough! I'll have to eat some more!
Eat more and lose weight?

Eh? jeni how come you get positive messages off your app? Mine only tells me I need more food at breakfast time. By lunch, it stops giving advice!

After I'd completed the day! I talk nicely to mine!
Try being polite to it!

Ah! So insulting it doesn't work then?

No! They start sulking. It's obviously male!

I'm doing it online and it hasn't sent me any messages! So far it seems to be confirming that the reason I don't lose weight is having no thyroid gland. I haven't eaten as much as it says I should.

Mine came when I clicked something day complete.

And is under news!