So Today I downloaded a new app to help me get back on track with my diet and monitoring my intake. I have fallen off track since early april.  I made the decision last week to start again fresh on June 1st. I bought a new notebook to , but realized that I wanted to try something different. I really wish Dietwell was on android already. I am trying to be patient since I am such a big fan of Cambrooke and I know how busy they are. Such a big company and popular in the community.

So I googled PKU in the Google play store and found My PKU Diet . I have spent the day trying to work through it and figure it out. Also discovered I am way over range. I am going to start to aim for 400 mg phe.  I have had to input alot of my regular foods in manually and there is no where I can find on adding your own recipes to the food list. The food list is limited and out dated. But the scanner is a useful tool  . You can scan the items in your pantry or kitchen and it searches for information, If none is found it gives you the option to enter it in manually. Most everything I have I had to put in manually and saved them in the favorites section. I can also track my phe levels and weight. I still however wish there was an app for PKU that not only tracked phe and diet but also activity, weight and water intake. As its plainly obvious that weight and activity are issues for Adults on diet.  I have written cambrooke in the past to mention the above.  I am hopefull and confident that they will be success in developing an app to those standards , or updating dietwell to include thus.

Its frustrating having to go between 2 apps such as a pku app and something like my fitness pal.

So above are screenshots from my tablet, where I have installed the app. I have it on my samsung galaxy s3 as well but I do not think it syncs between the 2 devices. I wish that it was able to sync to multiple devices would help when on the go and do not have my tablet. Also a computer version that syncs with the devices would be great as well.

All in all I give this app 3 out of 5.  Its successful and gets the job done however there is room for improvement. I will see how easy it is for me to adjust to using an app again. Or how convenient it is . Will also be an adjustment for me  going back to using my scale over measuring cups or eye balling again.  Most of this app using weight in grams and ounces. I do however like not having to do the math any more. I select the food enter in weight used and it calculates for me! That is one of the biggest reasons why I am trying to use an app again, to save time!

I would be curious to hear from anyone who has experience with this app and what your thoughts are. Please feel free to message me or leave a comment.