Something I've told you before that I hate.
Calorie counting.
**gasp!!!**
I know, I know. I DO hate it. But it's effective.
During this month I want to focus on creating healthy habits. One of which, is reacquainting myself with proper portion sizes. I figured that an overview on the calorie content of my typical foods would only help me with this goal.
I grabbed my phone, searched for a free calorie counting app, and downloaded My Fitness Pal.
Honestly...it was the first one that came up, so I went with it.
I have had it for 2 days now, and I must say, it's relatively pain-in-my-butt free.
I always hated how much time it took to track calories. Pad and paper journals meant I had to look everything up. And online journals meant I had to have a computer handy.
But my phone is as handy as can be. I have it with me almost constantly anyway and it's only a matter of seconds to enter any food that I consume.
(Gee, Sara, welcome to the world of technology.)
Here are a few things that I like about My Fitness Pal:
- It gives me a calorie count to aim for based on how much weight I want to lose.
- It counts down my calories for me, telling me both how much I've consumed and how much remain for the day.
- I can enter my water intake.
- I can enter my exercises.
- I can create "meals" which allow me to just quickly select a meal rather than enter things individually.
- It syncs with an online account, so that I can always update and modify things online if I so desire.
- I can enter and track my weight loss.
It's a pretty neat little app.
Hopefully this month goes by quickly and I learn a little more about the foods I eat.
'Cause knowledge is power, right?
1 comment:
That's neat, my phone is. . . well a phone so no such luck for me. Sounds fun though. :)
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