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I've been using it recently, not to lose weight, but just to monitor what I eat....I'm 26 weeks pregnant.

My biggest gripes are how it counts sugars. There's no distinguishing between types of sugars, so a banana is just as "harmful" as ice cream on MFF. Every day I eat the correct amount of fruit, it says I'm way over on my sugars. I realize its for non-pregnant people, but that part sucks. If I eat a small bowl of fiber 1 cereal, with a banana and 1 cup 1% milk, immsupposedly not supposed to eat any more sugars that day.

Same with carrots, carrots have a lot of natural sugars...but they are also really good for you. Eat a few servings as snacks and you're over the amount of sugars for the day.

I used it prior to being pregnant and even a little on/off during pregnancy. Should probably get back to using it soon! I didn't use it so much for losing weight and exercise, but I loved the app for just keeping track of what I ate. I found it had a better database of items than a lot of other apps. It's amazing how calories easily add up!

No advice on how to get DH on board though. I can never convince DH certain things are bad for him or not as good for him as he thinks! i.e He thinks a big restaurant sized Cobb salad is good and healthy - when a small hamburger probably has less calories!

When I first started eating better after DD, I ate awful during my pregnancy and gave into every possible craving. Luckily I only had about 8lbs or so to lose, I used it to see what my intake levels were at calorie wise with certain foods. I never used it for the output as I wear a heart rate monitor to the gym, I also never used it to check my macros.

I do think it good for people who want to be 100% aware of everything they are putting into their bodies! But, if DH isn't interested health/ weightless isn't something you can 'convince' someone to do. Great work for yourself though!