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I looked at alot of different options that track workouts and also track nutrition, etc. I purchased a different program (workoutware) and after inputting all the necessary data, the output was unsatisfactory. I returned it and then bought this program.

I have to say that this program is outstanding! It not only tracks all different types of workouts, it also will track meals/nutrition, measurements, medical and general information.
There is a USDA 7000 food database that is included and inputting any additional foods was really easy!

There are also options to create custom workouts and food plans for those of us that usually eat the same thing in the morning.

Another great thing about this program is that you can cut and paste things from one page to another. I took certain workouts and cut and pasted them to another day and changed certain info. It worked like a charm!

I recommend this product to anyone that is looking to not only track their workouts, nutrition, body mass, etc, but also to those people that are just starting out exercising or watching what they eat. If I would of had this when I started to workout, I could of tracked different aspect of my overall plan and then seen the results and what trouble areas that I have to work on.

Now after inputting my info in this software (no more than a few minutes after each meal or workout) I can "see" what I am doing and how it looks over days/weeks/months.

I also emailed the technical support on a question and had a reply back within 24 hours. They were friendly and answered all questions.

If you are looking for the cadillac of workout/meal tracking software, you need not look any further.

After playing around with the program for awhile I finally figured out how to use it. You can put your before-and-after Pictures on it, track what you eat for weeks, Track your workouts for weeks, it shows you a percentage of carbs, fats and protiens you ate that day. They have about EVERY food in the data base that can automatically be intered for you instead of manually entering it (which takes a little time). This can help ANYONE with ANY health issue. Its an extremely indepth, almost too indepth and detailed! The first 2 weeks of using it takes sometime and work to remember to write down EVERYTHING that you eat and drink. But Once you have entered the food once, the program remembers it. So you only have to enter it once and all you have to change is how big your portion or how much you ate. It helps to carry around a note book that has labels saying What it was that you ate, how much of it you ate, then Carbs, Sugars, Protien, Fat, Sodium and Fiber. Also helps to write down your workouts too, even if it was just a 10 minute walk! It does all the math for you! You have a personal journal you can write it, and you can put a password so its totally private! And you can add the whole family or more on here! The only down side is that it takes sometime to figure how to use it and where everything is. I use computer every day, and it took me a week to figure it all out. So I can see it being a little difficult for some people.

I bought this package for my wife based on the above reviews. Never have I wished more that I had downloaded the free trial first.

The user interface isn't intuitive (understatement) and the initial database is extremely lacking in the exercise area. The nutrition database search doesn't offer a smart search like diet power does which makes finding things rough for the first time user and the charting feature was so ill explained that it should have just been left out of the tool altogether.

The download didn't include any user manual beyond the help, which lacks a searchable index.

Do yourself a favor and check out the free trial on their website first. We opted for Diet Power instead of this tool as a result of their trial software.

I just started using this software and I am stunned at how much I can track with it and how much I can customize the program to fit my own personal plan. Whatever you want to track, it IS possible. I have already recommended this software to several friends and will continue to recommend it for those interested in health and fitness. This is even BETTER than five stars!

I downloaded the trial and used it for days. I have used three other diet and exercise software on PCs and PDAs almost every day over the past 7 years. This software has a lot of things you can track, but in comparison to the ease of user interface with other products, this software is really lacking. This is a rather pitiful user interface with none of the nice ease-of-use features found in other products that track less detail. At the end of the day, if I am trying to input a walking exercise and cannot ever figure out how to get the thing to work, or make an entry for walking on a treadmill at 4.0 MPH for 60 minutes its useless to me. As a software guy for twenty five years, from a design perspective, this product is really a disappointment. What are all these other people talking about?

Who would, knowingly, buy diet software that didn't make it obvious how to get the number of calories one has just consumed??

Of course you might be inclined to say RTFM (read the manual).

Well I say PHOOEY.