gzar
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So, what do you all use for keeping track of what you eat?
I have been a MyFitnessPal user for about 4 years now, and I tried a few other apps prior to it that I didn't like for one reason or another. It is a completely free app, by Under Armour and is very simple to use.
The stuff you eat, you can simply hit "scan" and use your phone to scan the barcode to automatically get the nutritional info & servings. You can also create custom meals & foods and plug in the nutritional content manually, and re-use it in the future with a single click. When i first started using this I bought a digital scale and started weighting what I ate religiously until I could "eyeball" portions with good accuracy.
For tracking your calories, it doesn't get any easier. You can eliminate all the mystery as why you aren't losing weight at an expected rate vs what you are consuming. You can also use it to log / track your exercise whether you are strength training using weights, or walking, or taking a spin class.
If you are honest with what you eat, this app (or others like it) can really educate yourself on what you are really eating, what kinds of calories you are really putting down, and can be a very valuable tool in your weight loss / management lifestyle. You can set daily caloric limits / goals and keep a real-time running tally on how much you've eaten each day, and how much remains of your goal.
You can also link it up with another Under Armour app MapMyRun for mapping, tracking distance, pace, calories burned, and even further link to fitness monitors like Fitbit, etc.
What apps & tools do you guys use, and would recommend? I'm always open to improvements.
I have been a MyFitnessPal user for about 4 years now, and I tried a few other apps prior to it that I didn't like for one reason or another. It is a completely free app, by Under Armour and is very simple to use.
The stuff you eat, you can simply hit "scan" and use your phone to scan the barcode to automatically get the nutritional info & servings. You can also create custom meals & foods and plug in the nutritional content manually, and re-use it in the future with a single click. When i first started using this I bought a digital scale and started weighting what I ate religiously until I could "eyeball" portions with good accuracy.
For tracking your calories, it doesn't get any easier. You can eliminate all the mystery as why you aren't losing weight at an expected rate vs what you are consuming. You can also use it to log / track your exercise whether you are strength training using weights, or walking, or taking a spin class.
If you are honest with what you eat, this app (or others like it) can really educate yourself on what you are really eating, what kinds of calories you are really putting down, and can be a very valuable tool in your weight loss / management lifestyle. You can set daily caloric limits / goals and keep a real-time running tally on how much you've eaten each day, and how much remains of your goal.
You can also link it up with another Under Armour app MapMyRun for mapping, tracking distance, pace, calories burned, and even further link to fitness monitors like Fitbit, etc.
What apps & tools do you guys use, and would recommend? I'm always open to improvements.
