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Re: Gold version.
I've been using Gold for almost a year and it's been extremely valuable in so many ways. It helped me get off most of my vitamin supplements because it became easy to figure out which foods meet my nutritional requirements (through the Oracle function, where if you are low in, say, potassium you can easily get a list of foods that are high in potassium that you can then use to boost your stats, same for every other nutrient). By figuring out this way which foods are my personal superfoods (I'm a vegetarian) that I can eat every day.
I have shrunk my body mass index by choosing the "lose 5 lb a week option," gained a lot of energy and reduced my dependence on supplements (which are more expensive than food). I can also print out my nutritional records in a number of different formats (week, 2 weeks, month, year, etc.) and take them to my doctor or just save them in my own health records. I can also track my blood pressure and other vital signs and see the changes over time, which is useful for me because I have inherited high BP.
It's inspiring to see your trends in Gold. You can easily call up graphs of how much weight you lost, how your consumption of saturated fats (or other things) changed over time, etc. That was a real motivator for me to keep going with the program. ]You also see how much your exercise intersects with your consumption, and how many more calories you can eat over your baseline based on that day's exercise, without gaining weight.
I decided recently to try the Zone diet because although I'm at my ideal weight, I want to reduce fat intake which causes a lot of health problems. Cronometer Gold lets you choose from different diet plans (the Zone is 40/30/30 carbs/protein/fat) and if you choose one of the preset diet options, it automatically calculates the target percentage of carbs/fats/protein you can consume each day and you can see how you are doing in real-time as you input your food. That is an ingenious feature, I would have had trouble trying to do those calculations myself. You can also set your own parameters for carbs/protein/fat targets based on whatever diet you want to follow, and can reset it to another diet whenever you choose.
I guess what I'm saying is that the cost of Gold is minimal compared to the excellent value you receive, if you are prepared to take your health seriously. I love it and plan to renew my annual membership when it comes up (shortly). I recommend Chronometer to all of my friends who are complaining about their weight.
Lin
STARTING OVER, JANUARY 2019
Hi, I am a 65 yr. old refugee from the discontinued site, "CalorieCount," where I had lost 125 lbs. But, since knee replacement surgery, rehab, and the shutting down of that site, I have unfortunately regained 50 lbs., which really disgusts me. I had made such great progress before, felt very healthy and fit, but now, some of the old problems have returned. I am now stopping the madness, so that I get back the good habits and discipline I had before. I am aiming to drop these 50 lbs. by summer. I wish us all luck!
itsclose
Re: Help Us Improve Cronometer
What about those of us who bought the Gold upgrade within 15 minutes of using the free version? I'm sure I might offer some value. 
finnd1
Re: Chronometer or MFP?
Hi Rameshsalvi,
There is a free mobile app available as well, if you would like test Cronometer without committing $2.99 for the ad-free version.
My two cents as a former MFP user: the main reasons I like Cronometer MUCH better than MFP is the ability to track micronutrients, more flexibility to customize my nutrient targets (for example, tracking net carbs rather than total carbs). As a data nerd, I also like to ability to track my health biometrics in Cronometer. I can look at my food intake and biometric charts and look for trends that help me improve my health.
Best,
Re: Keto - any helpful hints for hitting fat and not going over on protein?
Hi Karen,
Thank you for that response. After reading the prior responses about this known bug, I did figure that out, and did set custom macros. However, Cronometer should be very concerned that the PRE-SET keto macros are WRONG - less than half the protein that any typical keto diet would require. This is not a matter of differing opinions of what is keto, but rather, an actual malfunction or bug in your internal program. There is no way that an adult over 120 lbs on a keto diet should be told to eat only 42-44g of protein per day; it should be between 75-90g depending on what program or keto theory to which a person subscribes.
For those of us using Cronometer for medically-required reasons, we should not have to find out the hard way (being tired, very hungry and unable to function for days) that we cannot rely on the PRE-SET keto macros because they are wrong. Please either fix this issue, or remove the pre-set keto diet option altogether so that those doing keto know from the outset that they need to input custom targets.
I would like to upgrade to the Gold version, but cannot see spending money on a program with a known bug that has been reported by more than one person, and yet remains unfixed. More importantly, no doubt you want to ensure that others are not harmed by Cronometer's incorrect, pre-set keto macros; these have real medical effects on those of us who are doing this per doctor's orders.
Respectfully,
Alison
Dali
Re: Welcome to Ask An Expert!
Hi Everyone!
I'm one of the nutrition experts at CRON-O-Meter. Check out my bio below and feel free to start posting your burning nutrition questions!
Hi! I’m Susan Macfarlane, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and nutrition contributor at CRON-O-Meter. I hold a BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Saskatchewan and a MSc in Human Nutrition from McGill University. I’m here to answer all your nutrition questions with practical, evidence-based recommendations and support. I will also be contributing nutrition articles on a range of topics that will be posted to CRON-O-Meter’s blog on a bi-weekly basis. My areas of specialty include: weight management and bariatric surgery, eating disorder recovery, gastrointestinal health, and vitamin and mineral requirements. I’m also an expert on plant-based eating and have been vegan since 2008.
I currently call Canada’s capital of Ottawa, Ontario home and love partaking in all things Canadian, such as watching Hockey Night in Canada while drinking craft beer and wearing plaid, along with my favourite toque (which also happens to be plaid). I play Ultimate Frisbee year-round, and am an avid snowboarder and cross-country skier during the winter months. I also love weight-lifting and have occasionally dabbled in body building.
No two days are ever the same for me. In addition to my role at CRON-O-Meter, I also run a private nutrition practice, where I provide nutrition counseling services, seminars, and radio and TV interviews. As much as possible, I like to work from my home office where I spend the day drinking iced coffee and hanging out with my cats, Odette and Sadie.
Any chance or plan for an API to track foods?
Is there any chance or plan for you guys to make a public API? Even a simple, "Log 20g xyz food" would be awesome.
I've cobbled together some custom code with IFTTT and Google Assistant to make logging foods via voice possible. I'm currently just using a basic food tracker that I made to put everything together, but I'd love to be able to tap into cronometer to track my foods. Would definitely pay for access to this as well.
Thank you!
Matte
Dandelions
My aquaponic buddies are making fun of me for planting weeds in the growbed.
There is so much Vitamin K in dandelion greens that it seems too good to be true; way more than any other greens I normally eat. A few leaves are the equivalent of a whole bowl or Romaine.
Plus the flowers and roots are edible although I haven't stumbled across the numbers for them yet.
OldHobo
Re: What integration would you like to see next?
I would love to see further integration with Apple Healthkit. As example, someone above mentioned Omron integration. I get this using Healthkit - Omron App->Healthkit->Cronometer. Others mention fitness trackers - I also get this via Healthkit
Polar H10-> FITIV(workout app)->Healthkit->Cronometer. I really love seeing the impact of exercise and the extra available calories! Currently you write nutrition data to healthkit (dietary energy) but don't read. I wish to add a smart kitchen scale to further automate data collection. If you would read nutrition data there are already scales that interoperate with Healthkit so same process - scale->scale app->healthkit->cronometer. I believe Google fit is the android equivalent. Cover that and health kit and you cover android/apple integrations.
Other thoughts - would love to see my weight tracked against the projected weight loss based on my goals. The current weight chart + projected weight loss + either calories consumed or calories deficit would be very helpful/motivating.
Re: What integration would you like to see next?
I would love to be able to import or copy recipes from Paprika recipe manager into Cronometer. It would be a great time saver.
wonner