Fitness Assistant 2.3

“ I have achieved success with Fitness Assistant. I downloaded the trial version on March 16 and chose a one month goal of a 10 pound weight loss. At the end of the month and with the loss of 10 pounds, I purchased the software. I subsequently chose two smaller weight loss goals and to date (August 20) have lost 24 pounds.

I find the software easy to use. I particularly like being able to enter the nutritional information of my favorite products. And I like that it makes my favorite foods easy to find putting them at the top of the list each time I search for them. It takes the guess work out of calorie counting and has made me aware of the nutritional content of the foods I eat. Previously I would only track calories, but now I can track and control my protein, fat and carbohydrate intake.

I am thrilled with the results. „

“ Let me start off by saying that I purchased your program because I was struck by your straight forward, no nonsense approach to fitness. Most other programs lure customers by offering 'lifestyle' packages and promises of weight loss, which you do not do. You provide a software package based on sound principles and clients can clearly see what they are doing to their body. No surprises, if you do the right thing you get the right result, end of story.

Furthermore, I appreciate your personal involvement in the development of the product. You answer questions precisely and comprehensively. Software support is always prompt.

Over the last few months, I have managed to lose 10 kgs by using FA. Most of my friends thought I was mad when I said I had to lose weight because I appear quite trim. FA made it easy for me to remain on target. The daily log kept me focused and involved in what I am eating. I quickly realised how a nibble here and there can affect my goals! On the other hand, it made it easy to compensate for such things when I had my next meal.

I love the way the program 'predicts' your weight the next day and how it learns your metabolism. This adds a level of expectation and it is a joy to discover that your body works like a finely tuned clock; if you do the right thing - it responds in an expected manner.

I have recommended this program to many friends. In fact, I have done so today. I hope she will download it tomorrow so that she can prove to herself that she under-eats in a big way, which explains why she is not losing weight. „

“ I have been using Fitness Assistant for more than 3 months and I'm very happy with it. My main problem was that I didn't pay so much attention to the "small things". I was eating during the day and I wondered why I don't lose any gram - in fact - why do I still put on!

The use of the program is very easy and after some days you get used to put in everything you were consuming during the day and also which physical activity you have made (best is to do it immediately - then you don't forget something). In real time the program calculates how many calories you have taken and how much is left for the day. Also you can follow the three parts - Protein, Fats and Carbs. Whenever you don't find a meal in the database you have the possibility to put in all information by yourself.

My wife is also using it on another PC and we can share the user food database via export and import functions. So that you don't have to type in the information several times.

More important to say now is that I have constantly lost weight and I was using the "Goal setting" which calculated how much calories I have to "miss" every day to reach my goal. With that system I have lost 4 kg (from 92kg to 88kg) in 3 months without making a real diet! It is more that you pay attention to what you eat. Now I still use the program and the goal is to keep the reached weight. I can fully recommend this software which you can also use for putting on weight (if needed) ;-). „

“ Dear Fitness Assistant - I wanted to write to tell you how much I love your software. Like many good tools it requires some effort, but if one takes the time to input all their own recipies as you cook each day it is unbeatable. For much of the year I weigh a lean 186 lbs (or 84.5 kg) on a 6' 3" (or 192 cm) body frame. During competition season I like to weigh about 10 lbs or 4.5 kgs less. They say that the last 10 lbs are the hardest to lose and that is so true ! Despite what I know about dieting, I have never been able to drop the weight and keep it off just trying to do it myself. Every time I use Fitness Assistant I always drop the weight by my goal date at the start of the season.

The other HUGE advantage I find with FA is that it allows me to keep my cholesterol in check. When I don't use it my values are almost always a bit over 200 even though my Dr wants them under 200. When I use FA and set my diet composition goal to 20% fat, 20% protein, and 60% carbs I find my cholesterol stays consistently around 190 where my Dr wants it. I think this is an untapped market for your software but it is certainly a very valuable one. „

“ Pros: The program is dynamic and learns based on your average loss over a week. It properly calculates your BMR based on average weight loss vs calories eaten. Calculates your activity levels based on information you provide and has thus far been right on the money. My wife and I have been very impressed losing an average of 8-lbs a month just from exercise and eating right - basing our nutritional input on this programs recommendations. Prior to using this program we've only been able to lose 3 to 4 lbs a month by excercising and guessing how much we needed to eat.

The program is overall easy to use - it does have a learning curve of about two or three days to really understand how to input data - user defined foods, etc. Definately worth the $50 price tag. I've used others that were equally and or more expensive and not been as impressed. There's a couple of programs out there that are free and seem to be OK - but no comparison to this one. I worked in the fitness industry many years ago and still work in healthcare - this is definately a tool worth having wether you want to lose weight, gain muscle, increase your cardio-vascular fitness or all of the above. „

“ I've been using this program for just shy of a month, and I've already lost 14 pounds! I've always had the hardest time losing weight, and could never understand why until I started using this software.

The theory is so simple: To lose weight, just burn more calories than you consume. However, in practice, I personally have always fallen short because I never really knew how many calories I consumed. With this program, it does all the work for me, and all I have to do is log my weight once a week, and my food daily.

Once I achieve my goal weight, which is now only 11 pounds away, I will continue to use the program to monitor my food intake so the weight doesn't come back. In a vastly overweight nation, software like this should be on everyone's computer! „

“ I have been working out for 5 months now. I have reduced my body fat and increased my lean muscle mass but have not been able to reach certain "timed" goals. I did much research and needed a simplistic way to modify and track my protein, fat, and carb percentages in conjunction with calories expended, resting metabolic rate, lean muscle mass, etc. I wanted to keep all my lean muscle mass while losing fat, and then increase my lean muscle mass. This program fit the bill perfectly! I downloaded the trial version 2 weeks ago, and lost 6 pounds of pure fat in 13 days and gained over one pound of muscle. It was EXACTLY what should have happened! I could not accomplish this in the previous 5 months. The software is just what I needed! „

“ Since I started using it to model my diet and exercise regimen, I have been faithful to updating all details. I completed a weigh-in this morning and compared my weight to the predicted value based on the calculations used for calorie/exercise burn. And, the application was off! Yes it was - a whole .02 pounds, yes, point zero two pounds! This was astonishing to me and more importantly, provided the kind of feedback one would like to see in this effort. More importantly, I am using calories, fat content and exercise as the key discriminators for my diet, rather than some "fad" approach. I am eating what I want within reasonable limits but always meeting the calorie intake suggested or slightly less, to meet weight goals. „