Smart phones and applications are a big part of our society today. We can use the technology in a positive manner and take advantage of it. There are many applications that we can download and use to help improve our health. Here are 3 apps that can assist in improving weight loss and decrease the risk of developing preventable diseases.
Price: Free (In-App purchases available)
Developer: Under Armour, Inc.
Available for: IOS
Current Rating: 4.7 Stars (937K Ratings)
Description:
This application has been the #1 rated health and fitness app for 4 years straight. They know that losing weight is not an easy task and by having an application that will track your progress and give you notifications each day keeps the person motivated. It starts off by setting a goal for oneself and what weight the person is shooting for. The application gives you the number of calories you should eat each day to lose the certain amount of weight you want to lose. The app makes it easy to scan barcodes of foods you eat to track your calories. Also, it takes into account your exercise you do and will calculate the final number of calories you should eat by the end of the day. It is a great tool to track your progress each day and they send motivational quotes to keep you on the path of success. This is one of the apps that I use on a daily basis to help me lose weight currently.
Price: Free (In-app purchases available)
Developer: Nguyen Tam
Available: IOS
Current Rating: 4.9 Stars (552 Ratings)
Description:
In today’s society, it is hard for people to stay away from fast food and having easy ways to create healthy meals to eat daily. This app helps to provide people with the best recipes that gives full nutrition the body needs. It has recipes for all parts of the day starting with breakfast, lunch, dinners and snacks. Also, it has healthy options for baking and desserts for people who have a sweet tooth. The app also has dishes for special diets that people are on like vegan, vegetarian, etc. that you can find. Each recipe gives you the information about preparing ingredients, how much time it will take to cook the food, how to cook each recipe, and the nutrition you will receive from the meal. This is a great way to have different options, so people won’t get busy of eating one type of meal to lose weight.
Price: Paid application (free trail period)
Developer: Fitbod Inc.
Available: IOS
Current Rating: 4.8 Stars (78K Ratings)
Description:
This application is rated #49 under health and fitness. This app uses training algorithms to give you the amount of sets, reps, and amount of weight to reach you fitness goals. The app is able to adapt if you have access to certain exercise equipment and if you don’t have any at all. It personalizes each plan for a person that can push the limits of your body. It changes the workouts each day so the person will not get bored and to work the entire body instead of one section. It is pretty much having a personal training making you a program and using balanced workouts to strengthen all parts of the body. This is a great source to use because it works for people that might be shy to go to the gym and can work out in the middle of their living room.
Overall:
All these apps give a great resource for people who want to become healthier and have a better quality of life. It is in extreme amount of importance in our society today because many people are becoming in the obese range of the BMI scale and can increase the risk of diseases that are preventable. Everyone wants to live a long and healthy life. It is critical that we have all the support we can get to better each other to achieve these goals.
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