Every New Year, millions of people around the world pledge to lose weight by exercising and eating better. Many sadly do so with a piece of triple layer chocolate cake in their mouth. But we can't really blame them -- with busy schedules and easy access to junk food, it can be difficult to maintain an effective diet and worthwhile workout regimen.
Simplify these tasks by downloading Lose It!, an app designed especially for those trying to stay on top of their fitness goals. Once you start a free Loseit.com account, you'll be set to track everything you do from within the iPhone and iPod touch app. From caloric intake to exercises, it'll all be processed by the app and spit out in fancy-looking graphs and data tables that serve as a great motivator -- and occasionally a reality check.
Starting by setting a caloric budget is a great way to improve your diet. You can't fix it unless you know what you're doing wrong, and Lose It! isn't shy about presenting you with the facts. It's a great way to be held accountable for your eating habits, because you'll actually see the nutritional statistics of that entire carton of Oreos you ate. The nice part about the calorie tracking is that your budget is compounded across the full week; so if you stay under budget one day, your leftover calories are available for another. It makes it that much more satisfying when you reach a cheat day and have 4,000 calories available.
While eating healthy is great for weight loss, working out is your friend for full body fitness. Luckily, Lose It! is ready to handle that as well. With a full searchable database of workouts and fat-burning activities built in, it's easy to find exactly what exercise you completed and how beneficial it was. The app will even subtract your calories burned from your intake, giving you a more accurate picture of your daily health goals.
Lose It! has plenty more to offer, from sharing all of your tracked data with friends to the in-depth breakdown of nutrients like protein, carbohydrates, and more. It all but guarantees weight-loss, which over 85% of users have experienced, though you'll have to actually put in the effort to see it through. All of this for the low cost of free for a little personal betterment.
The Best is a weekly column in which we spotlight the most helpful or impressive iOS app to fit a certain need, whether it's a part of your day-to-day life or just something cool that might come in handy down the line.
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