Sunday, May 22, 2011

Food Icons you can find on LoseIt!, even though they have no icon for Bread

So I keep thinking that I need to write some posts to update people on what's going on with Ben and Rachel.  I've done lots of mini-updates via Facebook but figured it would be good to just recap what's been happening with both children.  But that requires time and thought and stresses me out a little just now, so instead I'm writing this post about the ridiculousness of icon options in the LoseIt! app.

I love the LoseIt! program, as I've mentioned before.  But one thing that is weird about the app is that, when you're entering a new food not contained in the database, you can use the default icon for your food, or you can select from the available icons listed.  Many a time I have entered a particular kind of bread, but when you look through the icon list for Bread, you won't find it.  You can find specific kinds of bread products, like Bagel, Breadsticks, Cornbread, Hot Dog Bun, and even White Bread, but no just "Bread."  (What do you have against Wheat Bread, LoseIt?)  I find this annoying.  Sometimes I just want to call something "Bread" and would like to use the appropriate icon for it, because I am anal-retentive.

Still, it's good to know that if I have one of the following items, I will be able to find its accompanying icon when I enter the food enter LoseIt!'s database:

  • Bamboo
  • Chestnut
  • Coca-Cola (yes, it has its own icon - where's the love for bread?)
  • Falafel
  • Fern
  • Gobo Root
  • Gourd
  • Hershey Kiss (another brand-specific item listing)
  • Marshmallow
  • Okra (yeah, that'll happen)
  • Seaweed (see above comment)
  • Seed
  • Spice, Brown
  • Spice, Green
  • Spice, Red
  • Spice, Yellow (do we seriously need 4 separate color-coded listings for Spice?  How about doing something wacky and lumping them all together under "Spice"?)
  • Starfruit
There you have it, folks.  The goofiness that is LoseIt!'s icon listing.