Who is this guy
| Dr. Christopher Mohr, PhD RD is a consultant to a number of media outlets and corporations including Discovery Health Channel, Clif Bar, and Fit Fuel. Through his company Mohr Results, Inc., he works with all types of individuals from soccer moms to collegiate and professional athletes. He can be heard weekly on WHAS radio in Louisville and often appears on WHAS TV as a nutritional guest expert. He has authored or coauthored several textbooks and book chapters to be published in 2007, including a book he consulted on with LL Cool J called “The Platinum Body.” He has written over 500 articles for consumer publications, such as Men’s Fitness, Weight Watchers, Men’s Health and Fitness, to name a few. Dr. Mohr has Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Nutrition from the Pennsylvania State University and University of Massachusetts, respectively. He received his PhD in exercise physiology from the University of Pittsburgh and is a Registered Dietitian and Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics. |
What does this product claim?
| If you’d like to get better results in the next 30 days or less, learn how to quickly and easily create delicious meal plans in just 14 minutes and turn heads when people see the new lean physique you’ve developed, then this will be the most important letter you’ll ever read. |
Where can I get it and how much does it cost?
Review:
Figuring out the calorie requirements and macros is typically pretty easy. Actually creating a meal plan for the week tends to be a pain in the ass. Half the time I eat the same thing or darn close to it near every day. I purchased this to see if it would help me meet my dietary goals and relieve a bit of the ass pain that comes along with those lofty goals.
Download and installation was easy enough. First thing you do is create a user (you can create several) and enter relevant information so that it can calculate your BMR (basal metabolic rate). Next it tells you how many calories your BMR is (you can substitute a number of your own) and then asks if you want to lose\gain\maintain. Next comes the screen where you make out your plans. You select your macro breakdown (or create your own), it tells you how many of each food category to pick, you drag and drop servings from each category, print, BLAM….you’re set.
The bad:
The biggest thing that really screams with this software is that it’s incredibly basic in that it looks and performs like something that an amateur created for their personal use. It’s not incredibly user friendly when you’re busting out with several thousand calories (23 servings of starches in ¼ bagel blocks) and the “create your own” macro doesn’t really seem to function like it should. It works…it just ends up with bizarre portions of things. The software expects you to keep track of what you’re putting in your log. It’d be really nice if after three fruit servings or 10 protein servings if SOMETHING would let you know where you stand!
The good:
It works. While the program might require a little thought on your part to make sure everything works out like it should. You can easily go from 0 to a full weekly meal plan in 30min. If you’re willing to duplicate some meals you’re done even sooner. I checked the totals VS fitday and it came well within the realm of “acceptable margin of error”. The program a bit of a learning curve in that some items aren’t as intuitive as you’d like, but after thinking outside the box a little bit (subtracting your shake calories from your total daily calories)…it works.
Final thoughts\Value:
It’d be nice if it were nicer. For damn near $100 I personally think the entire system should be well polished up and professional. For people that follow a loose meal plan or don’t mind sitting down and figuring things out for yourselves (or for those of you with programming\database experience)…this probably isn’t going to make you happy due to the amateurish and limited coding. For those of you that HATE coming up with meal plans and are willing to pay a little bit of money to take *some* of the sting out of that process then this may be worth checking out.
I’ve personally used it a fair amount and wouldn’t even think of going back to pencil and paper. That’s not necessarily a praise for the product at hand, but it’s not a shot on it either. The product does what it claims.
