On New Year’s Day in 2010, I didn’t think that weight loss would even be mentioned in my 2010 resolutions. At work on January 4th, I was asked to take part in an interoffice weight loss challenge. I balked at the idea but then was co-erced to at least weigh-in. I jumped on the scale with our campus nurse and also found out my blood pressure was really high. She advised me that I probably should lose a few pounds to get the blood pressure back in check. I am now (in July) 20 pounds lighter with good blood pressure numbers. This is all thanks to the Lose It Application. I highly recommend it …it’s a free application on iTunes.
Here’s why:
1) GOAL SETTING – In this application, you can set a reasonable program up that puts you on a weight loss program at your pace. I chose to lose 20 lbs at 1.0 lb per week. The app will give you a Daily Calorie Limit to manage to.
2) COUNT CALORIES/LOG EXERCISE - This thing has just about anything you can eat loaded inside of the program so you can easily keep track of the calories you eat. You can also log your exercise and it automatically subtracts the calories you burn (so you can eat more) …this alone caused me to be more active.
3) TRACK PROGRESS – The application has the ability to chart your progress over time…as you weigh in, the application will show you how your are progressing over time to get to your goal. You can also see at a glance how you’ve done each day managing to your calorie limit…if you go over…it turns red.
4)SHARE (ahmmm…let your friends ride you about it) -The app has the ability to connect with your Facebook page and post your progress (it has various levels of info you can choose to share). This makes the process fun as you will see that many of your friends will comment on good progress and will encourage you in times when you fail.
Do you have an application that has “changed your life”? Let us know about it in the comments section.
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