The ShapeUp Blog

This Sunday a new version of our iPhone app was released, and together with the new release we lowered the price even more, the iPhone app is now totally free!

Tuesday morning we noticed that the website was down so we called our hosting company to ask what was going on. They didn’t really know, but started working with the problems right away. 
After a while they found out that there was an error with a server and the domain ShapeUpClub.com had therefore stopped working.

The hosting company were able to solve this problem fast, BUT problems never seem to travel alone. When the first problem was solved we also noticed (and you aswell) that the site was crazy slow! 
It wasn’t even possible to load the diary page and the search-field in the iPhone app had also decided to stop working. Why?
The database behind ShapeUp Club had crashed and it took the whole day to get it back from the backup. But we did solve the problems, and now it is hopefully working properly. 

While working on fixing the database our hosting company noticed an error with the server which have made ShapeUp Club Online quite slow, now that this have been fixed the site should work a bit faster.

All these things took some time off our work with improving the website but now we can continue, and in some weeks you will see an improved diary and a faster way to add food!

We apologize for these problems and send you a huge thank you for your patience during the downtime, and please contact us if you have questions about this or anything else!

Sincerely
Martin and Tove

This week we have finally started to do improvements on the website. We are currently focusing on is to make the site faster to load, and also faster in the meaning of user interface. We will for example make it much easier to add food to the diary.

Thanks to you and the survey we now know what parts of the site you think needs improvement and what we should do.

We will look over most parts of the website but for now focus on the core, the diary and the way you add food. Since we are going to make a lot of changes we will add a page online where you can follow our work and read news.

And as usual, if you have any ideas or questions don’t hesitate to contact us!

Best Regards
Martin

I would like to welcome our new user bloggers to ShapeUp Club. These four are going to share their experiences and let you join them on their journey to a healthier life.

First out is Lee Bennett from England but now settled in New Zeeland. Follow his way to a healthier life right here.  Welcome to ShapeUp Club Lee, and all the best of luck to you!

Second off is Airy Devesa from Mexico City. She is a psychology senior and will write about how to keep motivated and the importance to also take care of your mind as well as your body.

Next man out is Jonathan Elcombe, a busy family man from Australia. Read about how he balances family life with his own business with long hours and many travels. Jonathan is now not only the CEO of his company but also “The CEO of my body”.  We are really looking forward to read your blog!

Now, I like to welcome Sarah Cassidy. Sarah has so far lost 18 kg (that’s more than 39 pounds or 2.8 stones)! Wow, really impressive! In her latest blog post she shared some of her tips on how she did to get started with on new lifestyle.

So, all in all, very welcome to ShapeUp Club Online guys, we are thrilled to have you with us on our site!

It is very possible that one of the biggest shopping sprees throw all times just occurred today in Stockholm, Sweden. Me and my friend Lina made the streets unsafe and purchased some autumn essentials. A wonderful day, apart from the storm which decided to pop up for a visit around two o’clock, but no worries, we took a well deserved lunch instead.

I bought this hat as a storm protector, absolutely necessary of course.

Now, this blog isn’t a fashion blog, but still, here are my finds:

The afternoon and evening will now be spent on debugging the new sync for the upcoming version of ShapeUp Club mobile.

Look, I’m working so fast you can hardly see my hands! (Or am I just a really bad photographer?)

A lot of you have been annoyed at the removal of the custom measurement possibility when creating a new food. Perhaps Martin said this in a previous post, but it will re-emerge, hopefully improved, in the next update.
I will upload some pics of this as soon as we are happy with the way it works and looks =)

With my hopes that you will have a lovely Saturday!

//Tove

Hello!
This Sunday it’s the cinnamon roll day in Sweden. This means that all Swedes stuff themselves with these tasty pastries, unless they are a ShapeUp Clubber of course…
No, I’m just kidding, I think it’s important to let yourself of the hook now and then, sometimes you also need to treat your soul =)

But, just because something is tasty, does it have to be unhealthy?
In the forum our users, me and one of our bloggers Maik, who is a personal trainer in NY, discuss and share some of our best healthy dessert recipes.

What do you do if you get the cravings for something sweet, but still do not want to sneak away to the candy shelf?
Perhaps you can share your best recipes with us and your fellow ShapeUp Clubbers in the forum?
I’m sure you got a lot of healthy dessert tips, and I think it would be really fun to try to gather them all and share to all users. What do you think? Would you like a place on the website where you could find healthy recipies?

All the best!
Tove

Yes! Finally, after all this time, ShapeUp Club 2.0 is released on AppStore! So, be sure to update to the new version!

As a thank you to all of our loyal users we would like to give you one free month on ShapeUp Club Online. To activate your online account, tap the sync button in your iPhone application, enter your email address and follow the instructions you receive in your mail.

Hopefully you won’t get any problems with this, but if you do please contact us at contact@shapeupclub.com

Yours truly
Tove