Another Year – New Me!
So today I thought I'd update this blog. Looks like I haven't posted in almost a year... oops. In my defence it's been a very busy year on a personal level and things are showing no sign of letting up.
In the last year technology has become more integral to my daily life, and has helped me to achieve a goal of getting to a healthy weight again. As most people are aware the key to weight loss is to have a deficit of calories, ideally by reducing your intake and exercising. Without some way of recording this information I would have failed so I decided to find something to help me keep track
MyFitnessPal is a free tool for recording this information. When registering with the site you enter your height, weight and information about your lifestyle then you can set your goal (to put on, maintain or lose weight) which in turn sets out your daily calorie allowance. You then record the food that you eat and any exercise that you do. There are plenty of entries for food and exercise already loaded into the community sourced database and you can add any that don't exist.
Mobile apps are available for iOS, Android, Windows Mobile and Blackberry which makes the daily use of the site much easier - simply scan bar-codes of the food that you eat and it will search the database for you. Being able to record my calorie consumption and exercise wherever I am has been the number one catalyst in helping me lose over 40lbs during 2011 and will continue to be part of my daily routine for 2012 - although with a higher daily calorie allowance now I've reached my goal.
So how will technology help me achieve my goals in 2012 - well I'll keep y0u updated 