There’s an App for That

 If you are like me then keeping up with a diet or exercising daily does not last long. As a full time student,  working two jobs it’s hard to keep track of what you eat but that all changed when I got a new app called MyFitnessPal. With MyFitnessPal I can keep track of what I eat. With over 5,000,000 foods and as well as several restaurants in their database I can quickly add what I have eaten and allows me to keep track of my daily calorie intake. I don’t have to worry about reading labels or remembering to write down and count the calories, I can easily go to the food tab and enter anything from a Jimmy John turkey tom sub to an Oreo Blizzard. The labels can bog you down, so now when I enter a fast food restaurant I already know what my better choices are. It takes the thought process out of the equation. Not only does MyFitnessPal help me keep track of my calorie consumption but it also helps me to keep track of how many calories I have burned. Everyone knows that working out is always better with a friend. MyFitnessPal enables me to add as many friends as I would like. I have the control over what I decide to share with them. One of the features I really like is sharing my daily plan with my friends and hearing their feedback. It gives encouraging and sometimes discouraging feedback on my friend’s progress. At this point we can send positive messages to each other. I really like that it feels like you have a support system because your friends have the same goal as you, to start living a healthier life. Another great feature of MyFitnessPal is the built in graphs that show my daily/weekly/monthly... progress. This I find quite useful because I can see where I went off or stayed on track. Although I am pretty much at my goal weight I can see where MyFitnessPal will be a useful tool to me in the future, especially since I was able to mindlessly put on 10 pounds. I found using this app makes it much easier for me to stay on track. 

 https://www.myfitnesspal.com/