Could be so much better!

Ive used computer diet programs in the past on a PC, in particular DietPower 4.0. While Diet Tracker doesnt hold a candle to DietPower (which currently has no Apple compatibility), Perfect Diet Tracker is about the best program Ive found for a Mac. What it wont do surprises me though. The serving sizes can be difficult to navigate. Its tough to add recipes and there is no progress tracking graph for nutrients. It would provide great positive reinforcement if I could simply click on the pie chart to find out how well Ive eaten over the past week or month. A calorie bank would be nice, to help spot trends toward overeating over time instead of just day to day. It would be great to see the big overall progress picture instead of just the daily entries. And as big as the food dictionary is, it isnt big enough and seems to be regional, as my area of the country doesnt carry most of the brands listed. I enter a lot of food items by hand. Sometimes my Notes disappear for no earthly reason, and when the cursor or mouse pointer is in the Notes window, you get an unhelpful help bar across the box that blocks the note. But if you have a Mac and youre looking for a good basic program to track your calories, this one isnt bad. After all, the real work isnt in the data entry, its in the effort of actual weigh loss, but any reinforcement I can get from the computer aids my goals. I wish this program had just a little more oomph.

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