Twelve Fantastic Apps for Getting and Staying Fit

Whether you want to lose weight, eat healthier or exercise more efficiently, chances are you’ll need some good weapons to help you win the bodily battle. These apps are a great start as you build the weapons that will help you win the war.

Life has a way of getting hectic, and often your diet and exercise plan is the first thing you sacrifice when you are pressed for time. Loading one or more of these apps on your smartphone means that your diet weapons are with you 24/7, helping you stay on track and focused.

Exercise Apps

1. DailyBurn

The dailyburn.com site is one of the biggest fitness communities available online, and this app is its bite-sized companion. Your personal goals and tracking information are synced to the app for on-the-go tracking and accountability.

2. Fitness Buddy

Fitness Buddy has over 1,000 exercises with a great deal of variety. Photos, illustrations and descriptions help guide you through each exercise. You can mix and match to set up 45-minute routines.

3. Daily Ab Workout

Are you ready to start building your six-pack? Every day, a different ab routine, with 20 different exercises in each routine, is available. The randomizer helps keep you from getting bored.

4. iPump Fitness Builder

This app helps you set up routines for at home or at the gym using whichever type of equipment you have on hand. Thousands of exercises are available from which to choose.

5. FitnessClass

Fitness Class gives you access to streaming classes and videos. The workouts have a lot of variety and include everything from kettle ball routines to yoga.

6. Authentic Yoga

Featuring Deepak Chopra, this app is customizable for any fitness level. It can focus on whichever goal you are working toward, whether it’s flexibility, strength or balance.

Diet Apps

1. LoseIt

This app and its accompanying website are easy to use. Without a lot of clutter, they help you quickly track calories eaten and burned.

2. SparkPeople

A pint-sized version of the popular free diet online community, this app allows you to track food consumption and exercise while on the go. It’s available for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

3. Weight Watchers

The mother of all weight-loss plans has an app that allows you to track your points wherever you are. The app requires a membership in the Weight Watchers program.

4. CarbLovers Diet

Do you want to lose weight but don’t want to cut out your carbs? This app can help you make healthy choices without giving up the foods you love.

5. Fooducate

Take this app with you on your next shopping trip. You’ll see how the foods you buy stack up nutritionally.

6. Shake a Snack

Do you need some ideas for healthy snacks? With this app, you can shake your phone to find a randomized snack between 100 and 300 calories.

Diet and exercise are both integral to an effective low fat diet plan. LowFatDietPlan.org has additional tools to help such as a BMI chart and weight loss goal calculator. Keep these tools in mind as you build your weight loss weapon arsenal.