Additionally I may wish to share that with MY followers, further motivating me to get moving. How? By seeing what one person does, say 30 minutes of running at 5mph, I may be inspired to do my own. Other users of the app (both people I know and don’t know outside of the MyFitnessPal-sphere) appear in my feed One of my favorite features of MyFitnessPal is its feed and its community oriented user experience. Key Features that reeled me in…and have kept me a loyal member: It reminded me of those little food diaries Weight Watchers used to sell, but 1) free and 2) digital. I saw an ad for MyFitnessPal and joined on a whim. But alas, I would lose that piece of paper, forget, and gone was that semi-formed habit.Īfter years and years of struggling to find that magic tool I needed to constantly be there for me, I finally found what serves as the perfect solution. In one of my Weight Watcher phases, I found that logging what I ate on paper was helpful. I needed someone to really be on top of my game and cheer me on. But I lacked the constant reminder I needed. I knew what to do, I had to eat healthy and exercise more. I had been to countless dietitians, Weight Watchers meetings, you name it. Considering a 10 minute walk to the supermarket my workout for the month (or year). Eating a donut on my way to meet a friend for dinner. Up until six years ago, you could say I was super lazy with extremely unhealthy eating habits. Instead of “oh, I love that” or “ugh should I delete this app already?”, I’m finding my self saying “wow, this is a great feature”, or “who was that designed for?”. I hold a new view towards the apps on my phone. Of course, this has me paying more attention to features more than ever before. I recently took a change in career path from HR/Psychology into UX. How the user experience of an app changed my entire approach to health and fitness
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