This product delivers! I order this item to better understand my calorie intake and be able to analyze what I am eating. I spent hours and hours on at the gym and wasn't seeing results after 6 months of intense training. Through research I realized the foods I was eating wasn't the healthiest to say the least and that all my efforts in working out was going to waste due to my diet. In fact, it is proven that 75 to 80 percent of work that goes into sculpting a good physique, is your diet. Therefore, I realized in order for me to see results, to reduce body fat percentage and overall calorie consumption, I need to better monitor my diet. I looked around at several products but the only one that caught my eyes was the Orange Chef Prep Pad with all its functionality. It’s not just a scale; it is a smart scale! Its light, small, and portable if you ever need to take it with you anywhere but for the most part it will be placed in the kitchen. It has got a mini Chef logo on it and the product is made in our good ole' US of A. The application is great! It knows what you are eating and it saves your meals so you can go back at the end of the week and see how you have been doing. My favorite part of the app is at the beginning when you are setting up the account: you can allocate your daily calorie goals however you like. If you are like me and would like to take more protein and less fat in your diet, or like many others who are on low carb diet, you can easily adjust the pie to your liking (I have mine at 40% Carbs, 40% Protein and 20% Fat). Every meal that you cook, the app gives you a score and so you know how what you ate actually measured up against your goals. I was surprise the first few times to see how much carbs I was eating and how little my food contained protein. A nice little addition to that is that you can name your meal, take a picture of it, assign it as your breakfast, lunch, dinner, etc and indicate how many servings of the food you just prepared. I know many people prep food ahead of time for another day or another time so this function can definitely come handy. The product can be used with a plate or container already on it. Once its placed on the scale, it asks you what it is and if you indicate that it’s a container (prior to adding your food to the container) it will zero out the weight of the container so it will only measure the weight of the food you will be adding to the bowl or plate or whatever you have on it. Lots of the products we use these days have barcodes, including pasta, salmon, eggs, or whatever else you buy from your “joes deli shack” or Safeway or wherever. This product has a barcode scanning function which comes very handy. You can simply scan the items you are using and it will tell you exactly what it is. I like this function since it is definitely more accurate than typing the food and trying to figure out the exact product to choose from the list. In addition, since in general people tend to eat the same types of meals, this app allows you to add your frequently used ingredient into the app as your favorite for easy access. For example, I consume a lot of eggs and yogurt and it’s nice to be able to select them from my saved ingredient. I really like this product and I fell like it is a hidden gem and that’s why I was compelled to write this much up. If you care about your diet and your health, this product can be very useful. It would also make a great gift for that health-nut family member or friend that we all have. I will be on the lookout to see what other enhancements or additions will be made to the app as this is still a relatively new concept with a lot of potential.
