Apps to track what you eat…

Thank you to our client Lisa! This week she shared this app with me during her training session. I think it’s great. It’s called ‘Lose It’

(click here to see more info in iTunes.https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lose-it!/id297368629?mt=8 or here on android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fitnow.loseit&hl=en)

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What I love about using apps to track food, is that usually most of you have your phones with you at all times, right? No log to lose or misplace… no excuses!

The ‘Lose It‘ app uses pictures for your food and exercise, plus it adds up calories by the meal and totals them for the day. I just love the visual aspects of this app, it’s clean and easy to read. Oh, and you can even scan barcodes of your foods and it’ll enter it into the app. A banana probably won’t work though! Plus, entering recipes is a breeze!

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Here at Real Fitness Coaching, we recommend women eat about 1200-1400 calories per day (depends on goals, exercise, etc.), so for breakfast, lunch and dinner you should aim for about 300 calories each, with 2 snacks at about 150-200 each. Do YOU know if your meals are about 300 calories each? I was reminded today by a client that even though restaurants are doing a ‘better’ job at offering lower calorie options, a 600 calorie meal for a woman is 2x what she needs. Crazy right?

We never care how you track your food, and believe me I’ve seen it all, from scraps of paper, post it notes, the notes app in a phone, weight watchers apps, our RFC 90-Day Success Log, what have you. The point is to write it down. When you do, you just acknowledged that you made a choice to eat that particular food. No hiding. No cheating. You ate it. Now, it still counts even if you don’t write it down! But, hopefully you get my point. Accountability is key. Be accountable to yourself and be accountable to your goals.