has anyone tried fitday pc?
 

i just saw yesterday on fitday.com that they have a pc version now available. i was wondering if anyone has tried it. i'm specifically curioius to know if it will "sync" with the web version. i.e. if i enter stuff that i eat at work on the website, will it dl to the software on my pc at home?

thanks in advance!

Didn't know that there was a PC version? How much is it?

right now they are having an introductory price of $19.95. i've sent them an email to ask about syncing and i'll post the response here. specifically i asked them if i'd be able to dl my custom foods etc. the features look really cool (being able to create a custom food by entering ingredients; being able to create "meals" so you dont have to enter individual ingredients every time; etc.) and i think chances are pretty good that i'll be purchasing it.

here's the response i got:



that's a bummer. if the answer had been yes, i'd have bought it immediately. at this rate though, i'll still think about it. but i really depend on being able to see my carbs throughout the day at work...

let us know if you do purchase it and how you like it. I saw another thread on this too, and wondered. Just being able to put in a dish would be almost worth it.

Hi Curly, from what I have read about it you can tranfers your days menus onto a disk and take that into work - which you can then open in Word (or something I think) you can then take it back home and update your machine at home. They call it a transfer disk.

They also allow you to have 9 people per version for that price, whether that means a copy at work and a copy at home? Not sure.

I am tempted but not sure how much I would use it..... although the interface looks a lot better than the online version - less cluncky

Sarah

Well, I'm going over to order it right now. I really don't mind entering custom foods again. I never liked how the online version handled custom foods anyway. For example, I entered faux mashed potatoes as a custom food, set the serving size at 1 cup, and entered the numbers based on 1 cup. Whenever I bring it up in my daily menu, it comes up as 1 liter!

I figure $20 isn't much, considering I've been using it for free for about 3 years now. Free software is nice, but I believe in proper compensation. That's why I became a contributing member to this board. Sure, I could have used it for free, but I want to encourage the kind of entrepreneurship that I see here. This board has helped me immensely and I wanted to support that.

So, I'll let you know what I think.

I've downloaded the FitDay PC and have started using it. It's really quite good. Of course, it takes a while to get used to things, but that's true with any new software.

It has a great overview section that shows on one screen your average percentages over time (you pick the timespan, like the past week or the past month), your daily weight loss, a graph that shows your projected weight loss (based on numbers you enter) from start to goal, number of calories burned based on number of calories eaten based on your custom day of activity, etc.

I've only been using it for a little over an hour, but I would recommend it.