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Rating:  - Great Software but too many bugs
I really love this fitness software but I hope the fix all the bugs in it soon. Its strange but in all my years of trying to lose weight and stay in shape, I have never had anything that has motivated my like this little application. Since I purchased the software 6 weeks ago, I'm running 5 days a week and have really improved my eating habits and lost 9 pounds (11 more to go). Its simple and easy to use and its fun and discreet. I can enter my information in my palm wherever I'm at and know exactly where I stand calorie-wise for the day. My only complaints are as follows:1. There is a bug in the code where it begins to delete information that is more than 2 weeks old. I have emailed their tech support twice and tried all of the suggestions on their web site and its still not fixed. I never received a response to my tech support emails. 2. They could significantly improve their reporting capabilities. I understand this is an early version of the software, but I'm really looking forward to seeing later versions with enhanced reporting and other improvements.
Rating:  - Good Nutrition and Excercise Tracker
I had been using Richard Simmons "Food Mover" but it wasn't giving me any insight as to what I was doing wrong. After using the Vivonic for a couple of weeks I could see my problem was in carbohydrates. I also wasn't exercising enough. With the Vivonic and my Palm Vx (I keep it in a wallet holder so I have it with me all the time) I could add foods as I ate them and could see how many calories I had left. The software comes with a wide selection of foods so it is relatively easy to add them into the system. You can also add custom foods and yes, it has fast food listings also. PROS: Convenient to have with me especially since I already own and use a Palm Pilot. Easy data entry. Large database of foods, including fast foods. Easily can add additional foods yourself. Can create your own exercise programs. Updates are easily downloaded from the Internet. Good reporting on calories consumed and calories burned. CONS: No snack areas so must enter snack times with meal times. No weight progress chart in the reporting system. (i.e. it doesn't show statisitcs from my measurements, weight, and body fat percentage). I would like to see my goals being obtained.
Rating:  - A Great Help
I think this is a great tool to help with fitness goals. I think there are a lot of positives about this program. It's helped me out, I started a weight loss and health improvement program about 10 months ago. I've lost 55 pounds, my cholesterol is way down, and I feel great. I found that the Vivonic app on my Palm really was a helpful part of this success. Here is what I like about the program: 1) A well written, easy to use program. Very easy to enter food intake, there is a built-in database of nutrition values plus you can enter your own as well. Same with the exercise info. 2) The graphs showing your daily and monthly exercise AND nutrition results are most helpful for me. As they say, a picture is worth a 1000 words (and often, a 1000 calories!)All your progess and daily nutrition analysis is done relative to a program that you set up on the desktop part of Vivonic. 3) I use the Palm quite a bit for work stuff, so I've almost always got it around. I have no excuse not to enter the exercise and nutrition info. 4) Helps with the discipline of maintaining a program. Best of luck on your fitness endeavors! Tom (not associated with the product, just a pleased user)
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