DailyBurn.com

July 28, 2009 by Colby
Filed under: Fitness 2.0, Nutrition 2.0 

DailyBurn is another social health tracking website that has an easy to use interface.  It allows tracking of body weight, nutrition, and workouts.  You can set challenges, connect with others for motivation, and socialize in the forums.  The unique aspects about this website is that it allows contributions of custom recipes and workouts, and lets everyone use them.  So you can select a workout that others have created and see feedback about it.  Or, customize your own.  There are workouts created by licensed trainers, but you have to upgrade to a PRO account to see them.  With a PRO account, you can track fiber, sodium, cholesterol, and potassium along with total calories, fat, carbohydrates, and protein that come with a free account.  Though limiting in both cases, most won’t regard detailed micronutrient data as important anyway.  Unfortunately it does not split macronutrients into the various types (e.g. MUFA, PUFA, etc).

One thing I don’t approve of are their “facts” advertising their PRO accounts, such as:

PRO Fact: PRO users lose 20% more weight than free users.
PRO Fact: PRO users burn 3x more Cals than free users.
PRO Fact: PRO users lift over 2x more weight than free users.
Obviously a causal relationship can’t be drawn between those, but perhaps a PRO account would increase your motivation to make the most of your money.  It isn’t a bad price compared to similar websites at $15 for 3 months and $45 per year and comes with some unique features like a grocery list based on meal planning that other websites don’t offer.
I also disapprove of their support of the 8 glasses of water per day recommendation.
In sum, though, it is one of the best I have encountered for health journaling.

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