In fact, isn't Crossfit pretty big on tracking? Recording times, rounds, etc. is a great way to push yourself next time. Crossfitters are normally really into nutrition as well (particularly Zone and Paleo diets). We plan to have tools to support this some day…

You run marathons all the time. Will a new app really help?

You want sustainable change. You need structure and accountability to help make changes in your life, unless you want to yo-yo on and off various jihads.

You are a smart, successful guy, but you can't do this by yourself. Obviously.

You've received the advice already, but so far as I can tell, it's been ignored. And yet you still need to lose weight.

Lose the scale, focus on fitness.

CrossFit in boulder:
http://www.flatironscrossfit.com/
http://bouldercrossfit.typepad.com/
http://crossfitroots.com/

Choose your favorite. Go as consistently as you can for 3 months. Then try not to sign all your friends up.

Shiny new apps won't help you now. If long slow distance work was effective, you wouldn't be here. Why not try Short, hard as hell. What do you have to lose?

Time to stoke the flame.

We are not aware of any data loss issues, so please report your problems at http://support.dailyburn.com. Even if you switch back to Lose it, we would still like to look into the issue for other users.

The crashes on the iPhone app have been fixed, we are just waiting on Apple to release the update. Hopefully that will be soon… we had them fixed the day after the app was released.

Also, if you were not pleased with the food portion of the iPhone app, stay tuned… We have a food tracking specific micro app for iPhone coming out very soon and it should be very fast.

I hope you will stick around!

I used "Lose it!" before and I'm going back to it. It's a pure iPhone app that does almost everything that DailyBurn does, except the social aspect, which I thought was a great idea. However, it's better design and without wiping out my data. Crashes I can live with. Data loss, however, I cannot!

So, sorry to say, but DailyBurn is missing the mark. Nonetheless, thank you for inspiring me to get back on a regular schedule!

Rely on the simple stuff:

1) Eat less, more often. Try oatmeal for breakfast, apple for morning snack, salad for lunch, cottage cheese in the afternoon, lean protein and vegetables for dinner, plain yogurt before bed. No hunger, plenty of food to power a runner.

2) Cut out calorie-containing drinks. No sodas, juice, alcohol, etc. Drink water, and eat your fruit whole, not as juice.

3) Eat three servings of fruit and veggies each day. Yeah fruit is sugary but it's good for you. And getting those veggies in will likely displace something else less good for you.

4) No processed grains. Only whole grains. Ezekiel bread is delicious and a complete protein.

5) No "modern" food. No processed sugars, chain food, etc. Basically only eat things whose origin you can easily trace.

Here's a post I reluctantly wrote on the topic a few weeks back: http://www.fistfulayen.com/blog/?p=420

I actually highly recommend the "Muscle Chow" book for someone like you who exercises a lot and wants to eat cleaner, too.

ian