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Chris Mattingly
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 # Posted: 18 Aug 2006 11:45 - Edited by: chris


Hi,

Just to keep you posted, we're working on a number of features to enhance you my account area:

- If you decide to alter your goal to maintain weight or even put weight on (e.g. for muscle gain), you'll be able to set this as a goal
- Ability to leave notes on your workout/diet
- Commenting system for your traineo.com home page so others can leave words of encouragement
- Photo Gallery

More coming soon!

Thanks

Chris
Justin Shearer
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 # Posted: 18 Aug 2006 15:31


What about having more than 4 motivators? I wanted to invite a bunch of friends and ask them to be motivators and in turn, be their motivator. I don't think 4 is enough, at least for me personally.
Chris Palmer
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 # Posted: 18 Aug 2006 16:00


Also, more workouts would be nice. In a given day I might jog, swim, weight train and do a lot of walking.

Adding hockey to the list would be nice too as hockey season startsup in a month.
Chris Mattingly
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 # Posted: 18 Aug 2006 16:09


Thanks for the suggestions re: motivators. We'll work that in very soon

Hockey has now been added to the workout list

Thanks

Chris
Eric Gruber
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 # Posted: 19 Aug 2006 00:36


How about adding a way to chart food intake. That is, after all, half of a great workout plan. Have you seen peertrainer.com?
Maxwell Lamb
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 # Posted: 19 Aug 2006 01:22


Hi Eric,

What do you mean by chart food intake? Do you mean along the lines of the diet tab?

Thanks,

Max
Eric Gruber
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 # Posted: 19 Aug 2006 05:04


I mean a place where I can write down what I eat.

I find that when I can chart (record) my intake, I'm less prone to cheat. Basically just a text field for breakfast, lunch dinner and however many snacks one chooses. I'm on body for life, so I eat six times a day (small meals).

Hope that helps! I really like this site. I think a way to track food intake would put it over the top.
Maxwell Lamb
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Posts: 369
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 # Posted: 19 Aug 2006 16:28


Hi Eric,

Thanks for the suggestion - we're actually currently working on the functionality you descibre, so you can set details of exactly what you eat in a day, using foods and meals taken from the USDA database. This'll all be stored for you, and will affect your diet score accordingly - the functionality will be optional, there'll still be the sliders for those who prefer it.

Thanks,

Max
Eric Gruber
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 # Posted: 19 Aug 2006 20:37


That sounds great! Since there are several programs out there that don't use calorie counting (Weight Watchers, Body-for-Life, The ABs Diet), I think a lot of people will benefit from this.

Keep up the great work!
J K
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 # Posted: 28 Aug 2006 22:00


What about a way to log partial kcals throughout the day. For example, it's 4PM here, and I just spent 10-15 mins figuring out that I've consumed app 1900 kcals today. I want to log that so I can add to it tonight after supper, but currently I have to rely on memory. Heck, even the ability to send a message to myself within Traineo would work fine.
Steven Klassen
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 # Posted: 3 Sep 2006 03:35


I still track my intake on backpackit until there's something here.



Jordan Husney
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 # Posted: 3 Sep 2006 04:37


I've been keeping my running log of calories for the day in a google spreadsheet. It's relatively easy to add as the day goes along...
Debbie vandeVen
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 # Posted: 3 Sep 2006 14:59


- I would really like 'spinning' as an activity in the workout section. It's a lot different than regular cycling and burns more calories than 'really hard'.
- I would also like to just erase a workout when I make a mistake, like when I enter it in the wrong date. I do that a lot. Now I just enter 1 minute and 1 custom calorie when I want to erase a workout.
Debbie vandeVen
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 # Posted: 3 Sep 2006 15:03


p.s: I like the sliders system. It's so easy and quick to use! I hope the interface will still keep it's simplicity when other features are being introduced.
Chris Mattingly
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 # Posted: 3 Sep 2006 15:35


Quoting: Shoegal
I would really like 'spinning' as an activity in the workout section. It's a lot different than regular cycling and burns more calories than 'really hard'.


Hi Debbie - good idea, we've added this to the Workouts

Quoting: Shoegal
I would also like to just erase a workout when I make a mistake


This is something we're hoping to complete in the next couple of days - we'll keep you posted on this one

Thanks

Chris M
Paul Horne
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 # Posted: 6 Sep 2006 16:13


I'm new and this seems obvious, but I can't find how to change it. Can you not go back a day or two to add/edit a specific day's results? Or are you stuck with having to enter data every night?
Jeremiah Utecht
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 # Posted: 6 Sep 2006 16:24


Quoting: romeodawg
I'm new and this seems obvious, but I can't find how to change it. Can you not go back a day or two to add/edit a specific day's results? Or are you stuck with having to enter data every night?


Paul if you look for the yellow bar in the upper right hand of the page (but below the upper navigation tabs) you will see a "Go To Date" highlighted.

Hope this helps.
Amy Mahon
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 # Posted: 6 Sep 2006 17:42


Quoting: grubesteak
How about adding a way to chart food intake.


I also have to write down everything I eat or else I get off track. Maybe somewhere that I could check off how many glasses of water I've had would be helpful, too. Water is KEY for losing weight.

The site's looking good, boys! I love that you are continuing to improve it.


Chris Mattingly
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 # Posted: 6 Sep 2006 19:05


Quoting: amerz
Maybe somewhere that I could check off how many glasses of water I've had would be helpful, too


Hi Amy,

Good idea - we'll add this to the to-do list (getting quite long now!)

Thanks

Chris
Jeremiah Utecht
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 # Posted: 6 Sep 2006 19:11


Quoting: chris
Good idea - we'll add this to the to-do list (getting quite long now!)


Are you able to use the polling module for miniBB? If so maybe putting the Wish lists up to vote on would be a good way to let the community point you in the right direction.

That is just my thought anyways.
Austin Frank
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 # Posted: 6 Sep 2006 22:01


Just a quick request to think about reporting different kinds of information on the graphs. Some sort of moving average would really help.

Also, as requested elsewhere in the forums, an "I did not work out today" button would be appreciated too. Don't want to get credit for days when I'm lazy ;)

/au
Maxwell Lamb
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 # Posted: 6 Sep 2006 22:17


Hey Austin,

All on the todo - I did not work out today should be in the next rollup (early next week), but the moving averages will be a little longer - it's pretty tough to draw anything other than straight lines, and keep things fast, so we're still working on that!

@Jeremiah - we're not going to use the miniBB polling option - we're actually going to throw together something of our own - we want to give a little more flexibility with re: people adding ideas and people voting on them, and a way for us to show which are coming, which aren't, and when things are happening.

Thanks

Maxwell
JiFF - The soon to be 200 lb groom
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 # Posted: 27 Sep 2006 19:55


I see a lot of wants and suggestiosn.

I only have one.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK


Thanks
JiFF
Brandon Miller
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 # Posted: 8 Oct 2006 17:49


Great website--I'm using it together with the Caloire King software (very, very easy way to record calories (but also fat/ protein/ fiber, etc.) and the Men's Health Personal Trainer (good idea, but with some kinks they don't appear to be working on.)

I would make one small suggestion--that you can manually add the calories for your work out. I use a running calculator to figure out how many calories I burned on a run and would like to be able to just enter that figure.

Thanks!
Chris Mattingly
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 # Posted: 8 Oct 2006 18:25


Quoting: bmiller
I would make one small suggestion--that you can manually add the calories for your work out


Hi Brandon

It is already possible to do this. If you go to your 'My Workout' page and click the 'Enter Exact Cals' above the 'Enter Data' button, you can enter a precise figure

Hope that helps!

Thanks

Chris M
NYCinephile .
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 # Posted: 7 Nov 2006 15:55


Just noticed some of the changes you introduced over the past few days...thanks--and well done!
Matthew Frederick
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 # Posted: 7 Nov 2006 18:12


Some frustrations I have with the interface:

1. Unable to delete a workout. I added a workout that I was going to do in the afternoon (hiking with friends) but it turns out we didn't go. I have no way to delete it. I set it to 1 minute, but obviously I'd prefer deleting it. Not sure why setting it to 0 minutes doesn't delete it.

2. Unable to reset my start. I joined the community and guessed my starting weight since I wasn't near a scale. I didn't actually start my new lifestyle until almost a month later, and I did weigh myself then. I've since gone back and set the first day's weight to my actual weight, but it shows that I gained 6 pounds as a result, which didn't actually happen. It's disheartening to see it say I've gained 6 pounds every time I look at it, even though I know it's an interface issue.

3. Error with weight loss/gained. Since I set my first day's weight to my actual weight, it now shows my total weight lost correctly (19.5 pounds), but says that it's 19.5 pounds gained, which clearly isn't correct. Again, I know it's an interface issue, but seeing "Weight Gained: 19.5 lbs" is also pretty disheartening.
Matthew Frederick
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 # Posted: 7 Nov 2006 20:07


I do see where I can reset my start, but it still erroneously indicates that I've gained 19.5 pounds instead of losing them.
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