Online Fitness Log Forums / Application Support / Feature Suggestions

Copy log entry

trevor — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:30:44 GMT

Someone sent me a suggestion to add the ability to copy a day's log entry to another day. Sounds like a great idea, so I will add it to the list.

Time Zone Preference

donovan_keith — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:52:41 GMT

I tend to keep pretty late hours, which means I'm eating and adding nutritional data up to midnight PST. It seems like the server is located in a time zone other than PST, which means that my eating from one day rolls into the next; not ideal. Can you add a time-zone preference to our user settings?

Public Accountability / Blogging / Emailing

donovan_keith — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:52:42 GMT

I am starting out on a fitness program with my father. We both have separate fitness goals and live away from each other, however we'd like to keep each other accountable. To that end, it would be great if a daily email summary of our progress could be sent to a specific address, or if our fitness logs could be posted publicly to the internet (perhaps via RSS feed).
Thanks.

Fitness Goals

donovan_keith — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:50:28 GMT

Feature Suggestion: Fitness Goals

I would like to be able to fitness goals for the various logs. For example, I currently weigh 165 lbs but I'd like to weigh 157 lbs in 8 weeks. This goal should be displayed on the various graphs for comparison purposes. That way I can see whether I'm losing weight at the rate that I need to in order to reach my fitness goal.

May be able to go in to the FAQ (although not frequently asked, it may be later)

patchrik — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:41:03 GMT

What is the bar reflecting when it shows a bar for a day that I have not entered anything for? At the beginning of the day I enter my caloric intake and notice that on the bar graph there is a calorie intake and expenditure. Is there an assumption?

Patrick

Nutrition Graph

patchrik — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:08:07 GMT

At what point does the Nutrition Graph on the Home page start to show up the input data?

Feature Suggestions

Tbaby — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:03:25 GMT

I would like to be able to click on the date, and be able to jot a few things about my day. Like a Journal.

Homepage graph scales

shiki — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:31:52 GMT

I've noticed that several of the functions being graphed on the homepage summary are using inappropriate scales/units.

In particular, on the 'Cardio' graph, the distance, max, and pace lines are all around or below the ten mark (out of sixty). The only part scaled reasonably is the duration line (measured in minutes).

Ideally a solution could be found to allow for mixing of scales, such as seperate scales on the left and right for seperate units. (I realise this might require a complete overhaul of a third-party library, so...) As an alternative measure, why not scale cardio duration by (tenths of) hours, and reduce the 'Y'-axis maximum to around 15 or 20? That would put all of the functions within the same range, and make variation in several of the functions perceivable.

Keep up the great work on a great site.

Graphs...

smmuirhead — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:27:20 GMT

Is there any way to adjust the graphs on the home page? I would like to be able to see the total graph, I'm guessing everyone else's are cut off too?

If this is not adjustable, it could be a good thing to add. Thanks.

Nutrition Entry

bryankehr — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:21:41 GMT

I've been having a lot of difficulty adding new entries to the nutrition list. It seems as though each field needs to be filled out in the exact order its listed and all fields MUST have something... even if it's zero. That's a major pain. If a field is required it should be marked required and you should be able to move back and forth among the fields as needed to correct mistakes.

Remember me?

smmuirhead — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:44:38 GMT

I would love for the site to remember me (username and password) on my computer so that I didn't have to sign in every time I visit the site. Is this possible? I'm here several times a day and get tired of logging in. Thanks.

Sarah

UI Enhancements

pbroderi — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:07:23 GMT

First off, I really like the application and am finding it very useful. However, I have a couple UI enhancement suggestions and they are in order of how much they annoy me.

1) The loading gif is displayed for a really long time. If this is a timeout you set in js I suggest only making it a second at most, just something that is annoying me a lot because it makes the entry process painfully slow.

2) Definitely low priority but I think it would be nice to have JS auto calculate calories when working through the form. I know that it calculates it server side after submit but if you have time down the road it would be nice to see it before submit.

3) A message would be nice when doing a live search for a food and it isn't in the database. Right now it just resets to the Start Typing to select a food.

4)Not a UI thing but I keep seeing a JS error in Firebug: [Exception... "'Permission denied to get property HTMLDivElement.nodeType' when calling method: [nsIDOMEventListener::handleEvent]" nsresult: "0x8057001e (NS_ERROR_XPC_JS_THREW_STRING)" location: "" data: no]Line 0

two good suggestions

msb6622 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:41:47 GMT

Hi, just wanted to say i love your site. It has nearly everything you could ask for in a very well organized manner. I definitely plan on sticking with you for a good while. I'm a 5k/10k runner looking to make some big jumps this year, so i think this will help.

I only have two suggestions, and maybe they're already there and i'm just missing it.

1. reports for weekly calories in vs. out and translated into weight loss.
2. Have the program calculate the calories burned for doing certain strength exercises...say i would do 4x40 pushups and want to know the calories burned and have that added on to the main graphs. (i realize sometime this can be speculation or at least relatively difficult to calculate)

thanks again for the great site, Matt.

Heart Rate Zones

areianna — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:49:25 GMT

Now I know I'm just getting picky, and asking for a lot, but don't ask, don't get, right?

I just got a heart rate monitor, and I would love the capability to track the time I've spent in each heart rate zone (40%-50%, 50%-60%, etc). Now, I know I can create a custom list, but that doesn't seem to show up on graphs or reports.

What do you think?

Add Notes section to nutrition log.

MikeOnline111 — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:56:35 GMT

Not sure if im posting this in the correct spot but I would like to suggest a notes section next to each nutrional entry. I have food allergies and this would help me track how i feel when i eat certain things.

Thank You,

Mike

Graphs on Home Page

areianna — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:54:26 GMT

Could you make a way to seperate some of the graphs. For instance, the cardio graph show distance & MHR on the same graph, and while MHP is usuall around 160 for me, I'm not sure how many days I'll run anywhere near that!

If they can't be seperated - can you put a secondary axis? I love the site for tracking, and I'd like to be able to get excited about how far I've gone!

Thanks!!!:hehe:

Support for iPhone

MikeOnline111 — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:00:20 GMT

It would be great if iPhone support is added. :D

Strength

domenico — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:53:58 GMT

Can we do a reports for strength exercises?

Goals

sonicmotion — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:20:23 GMT

Is there a way to set a weight loss goal? or a total calorie intact per day? or a strength goal? I would love that and if that was on the homepage that would be great

Dates, Timezones & Countries

snucklepuff — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:11:43 GMT

Hello From Australia

Trevor, is it possible to identify which country the the subscriber is from. When I log on, OFL is always a day behind. This means that if I forget to go ahead 1 day, I often log entries into yesterday! Reports also do not show the information for today, because as far as OFL is concerned today is actually tomorrow! If you turn the report into a graph and change the date range, todays info is then included.

Keep up the good work

cheers
James

Wild card search

schmaltz — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:31:21 GMT

Would it be possible to add functionality to perform a wild card search when running a detail report. Currently, I typically type "Sta" or "Raq" then click on the filter icon, and choose "contains." It'd be swell if we could simply type, "%stair%" or "*raq*" and then hit [enter] to view the results.

Thanks very much.

measurements

gabenjenn — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:27:25 GMT

I was hoping to be able to graph body measurements.

Calories Total

jnjdiam — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:04:26 GMT

Is there some way to see how I stand nutrition-wise, especially calories, at a glance. I find myself adding up my numbers in my head or with a calculator to see how I am progressing throughout the day.

Thanks

jnjdiam

Site Suggestions

Reji — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:55:06 GMT

Trevor,

Good luck with this new site...I'm glad to see it on here. As an active amateur triathlete, I've just recently left beginnertriathlete.com. I left because a lot of the forums/public chat/blogging & trash-talking stuff gets out of hand on there and away from the core of the fitness/training/nutrition goals that drew me to the site to begin with; this doesn't appear to be the case with the way this site is set up. However, there are many (fitness only, as opposed to blogging) tools on the site that are very useful and I kept my account open to be able to use them. I'd love to see OFL adopt some of them if you'd care to check it out. Or, here's a couple that are favorites of mine:

Instead of (or in addition to) max speed...perhaps a calculation tool for average speed on categories such as swimming, biking, running, etc.

A route mapping feature for running/cycling/walking, etc. for which routes can be saved and made either public to the whole online community or private to an individual's account (for things like your home neighborhood routes). The mapping helps to provide both elevation and distance.

The ability to save workout templates in weightlifting and simply select them from a pull down menu when entering exercise.

Also a fan of the way their exercises are entered. I understand that categories for (since it's a triathlon site) the three disciplines (swim, bike, run) could just get moved into sports on OFL, but the site also has a very large list for strength - instead of just "weightlifting" and an extensive list for sports.

An event search feature (race nexus) where you can find races and other formal fitness events in your area in which to participate.

A reporting feature for those events where you can record your experience and results and some comments are public so that others on the forum can read them to determine if it's an event they'd be interested in as well.

There are other features as well, but many of those that remain to be mentioned are also those that tie into some of the negative community potential. These are just a few features and I appreciate a lot of the unique ones on OFL, as well, and I look forward to familiarizing myself with them. But, as it's a new site, these are just a few things that come to mind that are keeping me from exiting that site in the meantime. It may be worth checking out. Congratulations on what you've created so far!

Reji

Some ideas for the near future

trevor — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:04:53 GMT

I have several ideas for new functionality, but I also want to hear yours. This application is made for you, so please let me know of any features that you would like to see. I'm open to anything you have in mind and will prioritize my development based on the popularity of feature suggestions from members. Need a new report? Want to record something that doesn't currently exist? Don't like the home page (me neither!)? Let me know!

Here's a few items I have on the list for the near future:

Ability to track strength workouts in detail
Ability to save and schedule workouts
Adding several new reports (exercise distribution, calorie distribution, exercise frequency, etc)
Ability to save food combinations (i.e. meals)
Modifications to the home page - looking for suggestions as to what to include here. Will probably set it up like a portal page and allow members to show/hide modules and modify layout.
Adding totals and distribution pie charts to exercise and nutrition log entry pages

Let me know what you think of these and which are most important.

Thanks,

Birth Date

trevor — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:34:40 GMT

Received a comment that women are sensitive to having their age displayed publicly in the forums. :) The birth date is actually required because it is used to help calculate BMR and calories burned during exercise. However, I've removed the year from populating in the forum profile during registration. This will still keep your birthday available without knowing your age. I did not go back and update existing members, so if you are interested in modifying this information, please feel free to edit your forum profile personal details.

Custom Foods

trevor — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:31:10 GMT

Had a suggestion to allow members to search custom foods from all other members, which I've implemented. In other words, when you create a custom food, it will be available for all other members of Online Fitness Log to add to their nutrition log entries. Conversely, when you search via the combo box on the nutrition log page, you will be searching not only the USDA database and your own custom foods, but all other members custom foods. This will help us build a large community database of foods not in the USDA database and avoid a lot of duplicity.

Share Log

trevor — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:17:02 GMT

Had an email request to add the ability to share your log with another specified user. I think this is a great idea and have added it to the update list (although behind several others). Probably this will take the form of allowing users to publish their logs to the public. Let me know if you have any additional thoughts.

Thanks,

Elliptical Machine

trevor — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:58:09 GMT

Had a couple of requests to add Elliptical Machine to the list of exercises. It has been added with a METs value of 7.0. Also, seems like a good place to mention that custom exercises can be created (from the menu item Custom -> Exercises or the icon next to the Exercise dropdown on the log entry page).