So I officially broke up with my app today

(Robin) #1

Day one. After three months of obsessively counting and charting every macro that entered my mouth, I decided I know what I’m doing. I came to that conclusion by spending a week waiting to enter my day’s food info into the Carb Manager app at the end of the night and I was always spot on. So yes, I dumped my app. It was the usual, “It’s not you, it’s me.” It took it pretty well, considering. No big scene. I’m over it.

(Butter Withaspoon) #2

I feel this is a graduation of sorts. Congratulations!

#3

Wow! You were quick :smiley: It shouldn’t have been a long term relationship. You appreciate what you get from it when you needed it but now you move in. Great! You did well.

(Keto Koala 🐨) #4

You have carb manager too??? Hahaha I divorced mine too.:joy_cat::joy_cat::joy_cat:

(Robin) #5

I suspected there were others. LOL

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #6

You gals are just TOO MUCH! Love it. :rofl::rofl:

(Tracy) #7

Three months seems to be the running relationship with a macro app. You go through about 2 days of anxiety then you feel free.

(Keto Koala 🐨) #8

@robintemplin It was a messy expensive divorce too cos, I was a sucker and paid premium.:see_no_evil:. And it was 6 months of codependance. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:.

(Bob M) #9

I got over those decades ago, back when I counted fat grams to ensure I never got more than 10% of my calories from horrid, artery-clogging fat!

I also think the accuracy isn’t great. Went to Costco and compared Prime versus Choice ribeyes. Prime were way, way fattier. Sadly, got the Choice, which weren’t great, but were cheaper. But these programs only have one entry for “ribeye”.

They’re like ketone meters: as a gross measure of ketones (or calories in the case of an app), they are OK, but if you want real accuracy, forget-about-it.

(Robin) #10

Oh, No pre-nup, no pay up. I kept my cash.

(Keto Koala 🐨) #11

@robintemplin See… you were smart.:joy_cat::joy_cat::joy_cat::joy_cat:. I just seriously after 6 months together. Can’t be bothered…I eat a lot of the same stuff anyway so I guess our relationship taught me to estimate a bit.:upside_down_face: sometimes I typed in high carb foods to see what it would do
… it would say In red letters
…AVOID!!!:scream:. How abusive.:upside_down_face:. We had to split.:stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

(Robin) #12

There should be a tee shirt! Oh wait… there is. It says ME TOO.

(Keto Koala 🐨) #13

@robintemplin Or I TOO broke up with carb manager.:upside_down_face::joy_cat::joy_cat::joy_cat::stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

#14

I’m a tracker and use Cronometer, I’ve tried Carb Manager a hand full of times over the years because it had a couple things I really liked (macro scheduling) and wanted to like it but holy crap! The design and slowness of that thing is terrible. I almost threw my phone at a wall every time I tried it. I can enter almost any meal into crono in less than a minute. CarbManager is convoluted as hell. Not surprising you dumped it.

Good luck! For me without seeing those numbers it’s gets…bad :grinning:

(Robin) #15

Totally get that. Maybe if I had a better app, we would still be together. But I am at the point where I feel ready for this to be second nature, not a homework assignment. It did leave a vacuum for a hot minute, like when I gave up facebook. But, I am an all or nothing gal. I am a recovered alcoholic, ex-smoker, and now a recovered carb addict. I know that no means no.

(Murphy Kismet) #16

We’re on a “friends with benefits” basis now: when I need it, it provides. :joy:

#17

I’m tracking since many years (on/off) but I use a Hungarian site that only helps, never says silly things to me. I don’t know Carb Manager but @Bubby1 complained about it to me a few times and it sounds idiotic… And why to pay for such a thing, I can’t comprehend. Without a free program I would track by hand or not at all. It’s not like I eat any less when I track, well it helps with carbs but it’s easier not to eat carbier items or track the little we still have (not like I could do that without many low-carb years before)…

MY program has faults but it’s not annoying and keeps all my recipes :smiley: My paper notes are a bit messy, it’s good to have the option of searching on the site…

Of course, certain items can’t be tracked well. Fatty meat is like that, mine don’t even have a label :D. But half-ripe fruits and pumpkins are quite mysterious too, well that’s not my problem and most people probably uses the ripe version and that’s it.

It’s best if one can avoid using tracking or can do it simply and without mental damage…

(Robin) #18

Oh wait, what? Nobody said anything about mental damage. It all makes sense now.

(Robin) #19

Friends with benefits, lucky girl. I don’t suppose there is a perfect program out there, since we all have different tastes and attitudes. But as with everything in life, if it’s working for ya, keep working it.

(UsedToBeT2D) #20

Me too after 6 months.