MyFitnessPal Blog

An app to help you track your habits and write your digital autobiography!

• The addition of "add food" and "add exercise" buttons to the home page to help you get logging even more quickly!
• The addition of a smart calorie meter on the home page to see where you are against your goal, how much exercise you've earned, and where you've netted out with regards to calories.
• Removal of the left-hand column on the home page to allow for more space to view content
• Streamlined re-styling including a new navigation bar.
• Improved reporting:
  
  • We're now using HTML5, not Flash, so you can even view your reports on your phone.
  • You can hover over the chart to see actual values.
  • Instead of having to go back-and-forth between pages to view different charts, you can now see them on a single page.
  • We've added your goals to the relevant charts, as a reference point!

• Improved navigation: Including the latest sliding menu, which makes it easier than ever to access the features you care about. For example, App Gallery and Messages are now easily accessible from the new menu.
  
  
  
• Improved user experience and design: We've worked hard to ensure that MyFitnessPal provides an experience that meets and exceeds your expectations – no matter what device you're using. A new toolbar at the top of each screen focuses you on the most important actions, including Add to Diary.
  
  
  
• Cleaner screen structure: We made the user interface as clean as possible, so you can scan information and digest data more easily on the go. Graphs are now easier to view, update and understand.
  
  
  

• French, German and Spanish language support to make it even easier to use MyFitnessPal for our international friends
• Expanded unit support for weight, height, distances logged, and energy consumed and burned

1. Log diligently – Logging foods daily creates an awareness of the energy foods provide in relation to the energy our bodies need.
2. Listen to your hunger cues – Decide if eating is a want or a need. If it's a want, try to save those calories for when you physically feel hungry.
3. Eat nutrient dense foods & balanced meals – Get the most nutrition out of the calories you eat by consuming more whole grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, fruits, vegetables, lean meats and reduced-fat dairy – foods that will provide protein, fiber, healthy fats, vitamins and minerals at every meal. These will leave you feeling satisfied longer than foods that are high in calories but not much else – like sweets and sodas.
4. Plan & prep meals for the week – Jot down some healthy breakfast ideas, brown bag lunches and spend some time cooking up a meal to reheat for dinner during the week. This will minimize the impulse to grab take out or make poor choices when hungry. Check out our Summertime Shape-up Meal Plan for a handy, printable planner!
5. Work in any activity you can do – Small things like walking meetings, parking farther from the grocery store, taking the stairs instead of the elevator, creating a standing work station or doing chores while watching television add up! Take advantage of burning a few extra calories whenever you can.
6. Be realistic – The truth is, dropping pounds will likely take longer without exercise. By setting a realistic weight loss goal of ½ to 1 pound per week, you’re less likely to feel deprived or discouraged and give up. Improving our health should be a life-long journey, not a race to hit a certain weight or fit into those skinny jeans.