FitDay PC Diet and Nutrition Software
by Cyser Software, Inc.
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Software Reviews of FitDay PC Diet and Nutrition Software
Customer Review: Poor customer service
Summary: 1 Stars
Won't reply to emails.
That reason alone is why I would never buy a product from this company again. When you buy a product, you need to know that the company is responsive. Not responding to email questions within 2 weeks, really sends the wrong signal. :-(
Customer Review: Best diet tool i have ever used (and i have tried everything)
Summary: 5 Stars
I have used this diet tool for over a year to shed pounds and/or maintain and absolutely swear by it. You need to be extremely dedicated to adding everything you eat. (Always add it BEFORE you eat it, it's amazing how you will eliminate.)
It has any report or allows you to create any report you will ever need. Although, (as some have mentioned) it lacks food items I don't find that much of an issue. It is very simple to add foods with as much or little information as you want, although I do wish you could save foods to multiple accounts. In addition, anything made from scratch can be added by ingredients and combined into one item.
The metabolism feature is fantastic as you can customize the exact number of calories you burn every minute of the day based on activity, age, and current weight. It even calculates calories burnt during digestion of the food you consume that day. It doesn't get much more accurate than that.
I highly recommend this program and don't think you will be disappointed. I certainly wasn't.
Faithful user for 1+ years.
Customer Review: Decent Product
Summary: 3 Stars
Decent Product. Drops downs on food items could be better, but good enough for the price. Customer Review: SMART DIET TOOL
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been using this program (both the online version and the PC version) for over two years. It is an amazing tool for anyone who is trying to be smart about weight loss.
Not only are there a multitude of tools at your disposal- calorie tracker, goal tracker (estimated calories per day you should restrict etc) but in simple analysis of you'r input you can understand exactly what you eat and how it affects your body.
This tool encourages you to understand the science behind weight loss, the ideal calorie and fat-protien-carb ratios.
I agree with another revewier who commented a down-side was that the pre-programed foods do tend to assume butter and salt, but If you enter as many "custom foods" as you can, i.e. condiments etc, and type in meals not based on pre-programmed recipies (I do ingredient by ingredient-- its much easier than it sounds!), then this is no worry-- and I find that once I look at the nutrition labels as I type in the food, not only do I learn more about the food itself, but it can act as a deterrant- for example: Today I entered a couple of salad dressings into custom foods and noticed that my "diet" dressing actually had fewer calories than my regular, but more carbs and fat per serving. Based this-- it is actually better to eat the regular because of the lower fat content. Odd. (PS a lot of diet foods are like that, low in the buzz (calorie or fat) but higher in something else.
So, in short- understanding more always helps you more. This program does that. In the two years I've used FitDay, I've lost 60 pounds-- and kept it off~
Customer Review: Good program, with limitations
Summary: 3 Stars
I am coming up on two years of using this program, and it works well. It has been a key tool in losing 40 pounds in two years. The activities section is quite detailed. There is a large database of food items, however they tend to be rather inaccurate. I have gotten around this by adding custom items, which is easy to do, especially for one person. For all the functionality there are some limitations that warrant a couple points off, in my opinion. These include:
- FitDay assumes that you add margarine and salt to everything. This includes vegetables. A work around is to use raw instead of cooked, or enter every little thing as a custom. If you are tracking sodium this is a must.
- Even without added salt, Fitday sodium values tend to be much higher than normal items.
- The custom database is not accessible by anyone else in the house, on the same computer. That means you have to enter every custom food on each family member's account. Considering most things we eat are custom items, this is a good chunk of needless work.
- The program now costs $10 more than I paid for it a couple years ago, yet the current version is 1.0. There have been no updates in over two years, and I understand its about 3 years on the first version now. Greedy?
- The reports are great, yet there is no way to export the data, or even print it, to take to a doctor or nutritionist.
- There is no entry for trans fats.
- There are few brand name items, and because there are no updates most of the branded entries are obsolete.
- The search function seems to be based on the last word entered, only.
- The listing of search items is weird. For example, search on Chicken, and the first item listed is chicken feet (then Chicken Kiev, then skin). Chicken breast is 14th on the list.
There are plenty of other minor things to squawk about, but the bottom line is that the program works really well if you stick to it, and add custom entries weekly. I'd recommend using the free on-line version for a while first to make sure you can stick with it. The on-line version also has the advantage that you can access it from any computer.