If that sounds harsh, it’s not to suggest that you are deliberately sabotaging your own weight loss efforts, but more simply that MFP makes it very easy for the user to make mistakes by misinterpreting the data it requires and provides. To try and help you use it in the most productive way possible MAN v FAT has engaged our think tank to come up with a list of the most commonly made MFP mistakes so we can all avoid them or fix them. In return you get some custom graphs and infographics that vary from useful to WTF. Unfortunately, if you’re using MyFitnessPal and you aren’t seeing positive results in your weight loss, the bottom line – nay, the fact – is that you as the user, whether consciously or unconsciously, are not being entirely truthful with the data you are submitting to it – either by deceit or by omission.

MyFitnessPal, if you’re not familiar with it, allows you to log calorie intake and exercise and to set goals. If you’re a MyFitnessPal devotee, make sure you don’t fall victim to these ways you’re doing MyFitnessPal wrong.

It’s one of, if not the, most popular tools for weight loss around, making calorie counting a breeze with its snazzy app and fancy barcode scanner.

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