Cyber workout buddies, really?

In terms of time commitment, My Fitness pal requires you to log in your meals and your daily exercise every day.  For that reason, it is a daily commitment.  This of course can be a challenge for some people.  However, I did find it got easier and less time consuming the more I logged in and recorded my daily meals.  The main reason for this is because My Fitness pal keeps track of everything you eat.  That is, they keep a list of your most popular breakfast, lunch, and dinner items.  Therefore, if you are the type of person, which I am, who has the same items for breakfast every day, it is very easy to just check the items already listed and add them to your daily log.

My Fitness pal also keeps a list of your most popular exercise routines.  Again, this makes it easy to just check the box in the list and update your daily exercise.  For example, I commonly use an elliptical, walking, and bike riding as some of my normal exercise routines.  My Fitness pal already has those listed for me, which makes tracking daily exercise much less time consuming.  Overall, even though it is a daily commitment to log in and track your daily food and exercise, My Fitness pal does try to make it easier for you by these convenient shortcuts you see here in the picture below.     

In regards to the time commitment required to actively participate in the My Fitness Pal community, I did try to join a group and I made a few friends.  All in all, it does take some time to read other peoples' posts, to read blogs, and to post on friend's walls.  I joined a group and introduced myself to the group; however, I have yet had anyone respond back.  As I said before, I am on every day, so I frequently check in with the group and have written some replies to other group members.  Unfortunately, no one is responding back just yet.  We will have to see whether or not I ever hear back!

 Personally, I have not found My Fitness pal to be all that helpful when it comes to motivation or finding others to interact with during my personal fitness journey.    I only got a few friend requests when I first joined and introduced myself to the site.  I don't foresee using this site in the future after this class is over.  Mainly because I have plenty of friends who are motivated to stay healthy; moreover, I believe I could find "live" partners to work out with as opposed to "cyber" partners.