sac02

Are there any calorie-counting websites out there that have well developed mobile versions of their sites? I started using Fitday about a year ago, stopped using it, and now want to start counting calories again due to a recent injury (and the resulting time off the bike).

Fitday is fine, but it is slow and cumbersome (near impossible) to use on a mobile device like my BlackBerry. I would be that much more likely to keep current and stick with a log if I could access the site easily on my phone instead of having to remember my foods until I get home to my computer.

Are there any such sites that have a good mobile site for use on smartphones?

Mac

donhaller 

I just installed the Livestrong.com calorie counter on BB Curve and it seems to be working pretty good.
I found the link in one of the threads here on the training section.

sac02

Can you create and save custom foods when things aren't in the built-in database?

Mac

donhaller 

Not on the BB, at least not what I have seen so far today playing around with it. For example, if you were to eat 1.5 servings of something you would need to enter it as either 1 or 2.
I'm still evaluating this compared to FitDay. So far FitDay is such a great ap, I just wish it were available for the BB

smoothisfast

I use livestrong on my iphone.

If it is not in the database you can use the website to customize meals like unsweetened soy milk and cereal. These customized meals show up on my iphone.

I can edit the servings on the iphone.

sac02

But what about a customized food, not a customized meal? I have this lasagna in my fridge that I made myself, but I calculated the nutritional value of it - can I input that somewhere, or do I just have to choose the closest thing from the database? I looked at the website for a minute and didn't see anywhere to input a food that wasn't in their database already. I see that as a drawback, if I eat something that happens to not already be in the database, and I can't add the nutritional info manually.

I also noticed the lack of different serving sizes - I like how fitday lets you enter servings in grams, oz, cups, tablespoons, "large apple" vs. "medium apple", etc. - very handy.

Mac

smoothisfast

You can enter food not in the database, you can tell it the calories and give it a name.

Servings units can not be customized.

JimmyA

I use sparkpeople.com. They now have a mobile site.

donhaller 

I have been playing around with the Livestrong Calculator on my Blackberry for three days now. I think I like the website, and am learning to get around on it pretty good, however the application for the BB has some bugs and loose ends. I have been in touch with thier customer support a few times and today recieved an aknowledgement that they are working with RIM to fix some issues with certain BB devices.

For example, I am having trouble synching all my foods from the web site to the device. Sometimes a couple entries will synch and at others none will synch. I only had it synch all entries correctly one time. If it won't synch foods it is useless because it doesn't calculate total calories correctly unless all foods eaten are synched to the device.

I think that the device version is limited and for use just as the backup for quick entries when you are away from your PC and is not meant to be the full fledged tool you use on the PC.

I will try it for a while longer and see how my learning curve comes along with the website and the device software. I have used FitDay and WeghtWatchers in the past with no problems at all, but wanted something I could use on my BB when away from the PC.

Peter.J

On 'The Daily Plate' (Livestrong) you can create a custom meal, all the ingredients you use should be in the database you just need to enter how much of each. Once you're done creating the meal, such as your lasagna, you will have the whole thing as one serving, so if you cut the lasagna into 10 pieces you serving would be 0.1, make sense?

This also works great if you make certain dishes frequently, you create the meals on the site and it's always there, just make sure to enter the correct serving size.

Hope that helps