Dr. A’s Habits of Health

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This app leaves much to be desired... There is no way to change your eating schedule for less than 3 hours and there is no way to change what you entered when you downloaded it... This thing has me having my 6th meal at 11pm which is inaccurate because I eat every 2.5 hours and since I’m usually heading to bed by 11, it shows that I didn’t complete my day because if you forget, there is no way to go back.. some of my details were a guess when I downloaded it just so I could see what it was about and now i’m stuck with that inaccurate data because I’m only able to edit my date of birth.. what?? We should be able to track more than just whether it was the L&G or not.. we should be able to checkoff our healthy fats, snacks, etc... There are knockoff apps out there that have done a far better job. Please work on fixing this, the plan WORKS, and having an app to help stay on track is such a benefit... but this app is not going to cut it. I’m ready to delete it.

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I did not download the app right away and can not back date information to get a true picture of my journey since my launch date. When I was setting up the app I guessed at some of the info and I was wrong. There is no way to change that data. I’m very frustrated. There is no place to track my weight loss. The times for meals is fixed so they are completely off. It makes it hard to keep track of when my next meal should be. I should be able to input when I eat my first meal and the the app send me reminders based on that time. (It doesn’t send me any kind of reminders though even though I selected that option.) Then I should be able to input the actual time of each meal so I can see where I might be having a problem. I like the stop, challenge and choose option but don’t like that there isn’t a journal function. I drink 20 8oz glasses of water a day but the app cuts me off at 10 glasses. All of the above things are important things you are teaching in the paper journal that came with the system but are not present in the app. How am I supposed to have a complete view of my progress if 85% of it is not even trackable in the app. Now I’m going to have to download another app just to properly track my progress. Very disappointed. ☹️ Would love to have more freedom in the app. Any information I input I should be able to edit.

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Loving the HOH plan, but this app is worthless. With meal times basically unable to be customized (you can only set your first meal between like 5am and 8:30 am) and SET at exactly 3 hrs apart, it isn’t helpful for reminders or accurate reporting/diary. Obviously the goal is to get up and be active, but not everyone works a normal 9-5 schedule, so some people’s window will look different. And some fuelings are 2hrs apart while some are 3...so you need to be able to adjust. As others have noted, you cannot actually record WHAT you ate, nor keep track of fulfilling healthy fats or using condiments for the day. Having the option of “healthy, ok, or unhealthy” (??) for the lean and green meal is not really even helpful as you either are eating on plan or not. And again, not being able to edit the starting-out info or demographics is just ridiculous. There are other apps that do a better job at meal reminders, but it would be nice to have that integrated with the HOH progressive steps of this app. (And to be able to look back at trends and what you ate/times/that kind of stuff- like a lot of health and activity/sleep apps allow) As it is now, this app is something I’m just checking off meal boxes that I ate...even if they’re at totally wrong times...so that I can get to the other interactive things in the app that don’t “unlock” until certain days of progress.

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I understand the app is trying to get you to set habits, but the inability to set first meal time and frequency within guidelines is a no starter for me. I am not going to stay up past my bedtime to log my last meal to pass for the day. I don’t see me passing the first phase due to that reason alone and it is really counterproductive to the program. I eat within guidelines at every 2 1/2 hours and the app should allow for that. Additionally, I should be able to log my snacks and condiments, weight, all measurements etc. the app is nice, but needs more flexibility and functionality to be effective. Update: I have deleted and started over twice already due to time between meals being too long for me. I am still having to stay up later than I should just to log my last meal. This time, I have been using the app for 9 days and there is still not place to change weight or measures on the app. I’m going to delete and start over again with a fake start time so I can go to sleep on time. It really needs to be updated ASAP with the basics. Ability to log Start Time everyday with choice of how often to eat (2-3 hours within guidelines) and weighs and measures weekly - MINIMUM updates. Then ability to add condiments and snacks.

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I’m excited to see Optavia developing an app! It would be a great way to track your progress if it were a bit more customizable. I’m on 5&1 and I don’t like that the app locks you into specific times to eat. Every day is different therefore the app should allow you to track your own time, that way you would get a more accurate evaluation of your progress. Also, I’m surprised that after only 2-8 oz glasses of water the app congratulated me on meeting my daily water goal. I’ve been told from day one that this program requires a lot more than 16 oz of water! It would also be nice to have the dining out guide as well as a condiments and healthy fats guide on this app. Also a place to type in what specific fuelings you ate and your L&G meal ingredients would be helpful. I love Optavia and was excited about the app but I don’t see myself using it very often. I will go back to my old fashioned paper and pen method bc I feel it is more accurate and I get a more clear picture of exactly what went in my mouth that day.