Hello! I recently signed up for Connect+ in order to gain access to the Nutrition feature. Having also purchased an Index S2, being able to have everything in one place is a plus. However, my experience so far while attempting to move over from Cronometer, is that I feel like I'm paying Garmin to be a beta tester, as the feature definitely feels unfinished and lacking in some important areas: I've had at least 2 barcodes scan as the wrong flavour/variety of the product. (Vanilla Muscle Milk from Dollarama scanned as Chocolate, a Grab & Go Stack of Salt & Vinegar Pringles scanned as Sour Cream & Onion) There is no ability to scan the nutrition label to auto-fill a missing food like there is in Cronometer There is no "community database" to submit foods to, which in conjunction with the nutrition label scanning in Cronometer is a huge factor in their comprehensive database No ability to set different targets for different days of the week No BMR + activity level calculation, only a "fixed number of calories" with the option to add activity calories to the goal. No ability to set a fixed target for some macros and leave he others variable I hope that this feedback will be taken into account and we'll start to see such key functionality arriving soon, as I'm very much a fan of having all my activity and nutrition data all in one ecosystem

Nutrition Feedback

Hello!

I recently signed up for Connect+ in order to gain access to the Nutrition feature. Having also purchased an Index S2, being able to have everything in one place is a plus.

However, my experience so far while attempting to move over from Cronometer, is that I feel like I'm paying Garmin to be a beta tester, as the feature definitely feels unfinished and lacking in some important areas:

I've had at least 2 barcodes scan as the wrong flavour/variety of the product. (Vanilla Muscle Milk from Dollarama scanned as Chocolate, a Grab & Go Stack of Salt & Vinegar Pringles scanned as Sour Cream & Onion)
There is no ability to scan the nutrition label to auto-fill a missing food like there is in Cronometer
There is no "community database" to submit foods to, which in conjunction with the nutrition label scanning in Cronometer is a huge factor in their comprehensive database
No ability to set different targets for different days of the week
No BMR + activity level calculation, only a "fixed number of calories" with the option to add activity calories to the goal.
No ability to set a fixed target for some macros and leave he others variable

I hope that this feedback will be taken into account and we'll start to see such key functionality arriving soon, as I'm very much a fan of having all my activity and nutrition data all in one ecosystem

0 3445701 28 days ago

Agree.

Also, many barcodes are unlinked, most for local or artisan foods. It is like the approach pushes the folks towars industrial and highly processed alternatives.

Most of thumbnails are missing.

A community database with moderation/verification seems a must.

There is no snack option. ??

All seems like a stub, will Garmin explain the roadmap? The pricing is similar to much more mature services.

0 8067272 27 days ago

Adding on:
- No fiber or other nutrient tracking

- Weird bug with needing to set activity level to 'sedentary' to auto adjust calories

-Weird fractions (just set it to 1g/1oz and enter a number)

0 StephanKistner 20 days ago in reply to 8067272

On the activity level - it took me a while to figure out this one (as there is no guidance).

You can work on 4-week average calories (every day your target is the same, doesn't matter the exercise - it is accounted for in your 4-week average activities). OR
Daily excercise-adjusted where your calory target varies from day to day based on that day's exercise. For this one you need to use "sedentary" + activity adjusted.