Weight loss troubles??

SharynP · September 11, 2006

Trouble I find with fitday and sparkpeople is that it isn't geared to Aussie food products.

tolmc · September 12, 2006

Hi Rania,

You poor thing. I can totally understand you feeling that you are doom. I am sure its a normal fear that many of us have with set backs. Good thing is, its a fixable problem. Hopefully it will all get sorted out quickly and your journey will begin.

take care

virginia · October 8, 2006

Hi, Ive been at stand still for about 3weeks now, I was banded july 22nd,06 Im from Arkansas, was banded in Mexico. I Gain 3lbs then lost 3 lbs, up and down, I will be get my first fill Around the first of Nov, I hear people lose weight very quickly after a fill. so im really looking forward to it, but at the same time nervous. good luck ! :lol: All together ive loss 23 lbs whoo !! who!! Sorry to hear about Steve Irwin

cammy · October 10, 2006

The Aussie equivallent of FitDay which is also a million times better is CalorieKing.com.au - i've been using it since day #1. There is both an aussie and USA version of calorie king and it beats fitday hands down - it's more accurate in being able to enter food poriton and brands (not all that guessing which makes cheating too easy with fitday) and with a much greater food database. You can download the desktop version (faster) and it's free trial for a week or so. Eating less than 1000cals (30% fat, 30% protien, 40% carbs) worked best for me even though the software recommended eating 1400cals.... that was too much for my body since a lot of my weight was loose skin and that doesn't use energy the way fat & muscle do (a flaw in the calorie requirement calculation as it is unable to calculate for our MO circumstance). I lost all my weight (over 50kg) in just under 12 months. I used fitday pre band for years and it allowed me to cheat myself - one of my biggest regrets because I really didn't realise I was cheating myself until I started to use Calorie King which really tells it like it is, espeically if you weigh and measure all your portions (like you need to to accurately calorie count).