However you feel about people and their “darned” smartphones, there could be no better reason to keep one handy than staying healthy.
From counting calories to counting footsteps, new apps can lend tremendous convenience to your diet and exercise efforts, and possibly, give you a vehicle for staying motivated.
Here are 13 top apps (as of June 2014) as listed in the online publication, Business Insider…
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Noom Coach – Noom Weight Loss Coach is a personalized coach that helps you form healthy weight loss habits through daily tasks, meal logging, and exercise tracking. It’s the most trusted weight loss solution for Android thanks to its supportive, encouraging approach.
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Zombies, Run! – Ultra-immersive running game and audio adventure, co-created with award-winning novelist Naomi Alderman. Deliver the story straight to your headphones through orders and voice recordings – and when you get back home, you use the supplies you’ve collected while running to build and grow your base.
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weilos – Lose weight by joining other real dieters who have lost over 150,000 lbs together! Helping each other is what makes weilos the most supportive weight loss community. Get the app to lose weight by tracking your progress, and staying motivated with a stream of weight loss before/after pics, healthy food.
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Nike Training Club – Over 100 full body workouts inspired by top Nike athletes and designed by NTC Master Trainers, N+TC will help you track progress, stay motivated and train better.
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Up By Jawbone – Revolutionary system that guides you every step of the way to a better, healthier you.
First, the UP® system gets to know you—tracking your activity, diet and sleep. Next, it shows you how to make simple adjustments that, over time, add up to an all-new you. -
Fitocracy – Connects you to the combined knowledge of over half a million of the world’s best fitness coaches, nutrition experts, and other folks from a wide variety of fitness backgrounds. Track all your activities, which earns you points. Points lead to level ups. Earn badges for significant achievements. Get competitive with friends. Take part in Challenges.
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Fooducate – Lose weight with REAL food, track your progress, and discuss with the community. The ONLY APP that looks beyond the calorie and helps you eat healthy and tasty. Scan a product barcode to see what’s really in your food. Fooducate will also show you healthier alternatives!
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Carrot Fit – Make getting in shape suck so much less with CARROT’s hilarious fitness app.
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Runkeeper 1 – Track your workouts and get the motivation you need to hit your fitness goals.
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Weight Watchers Mobile – Tracker app – Keeps tabs on food and activity. Our Cheat Sheets help you pick your best bets for heatlhy eating and drinking. Barcode Scanner instantly looks up and compares PointsPlus values at the grocery store. Snap & Track lets you snap a photo of your food and track it later.
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Fitbit – Track everyday activity like steps, distance, calories, stairs climbed, and active minutes. Log your food with Fitbit’s online tools and mobile apps. Use the Aria WI-FI scale to stay connected to your weight, BMI, and % body fat over time. Measure how long and how well you sleep.
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Calorie Counter – Free website and mobile apps that make calorie counting and food tracking easy.
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MapMyRun – Know where you’re going, see where you’ve been. Over 70 million routes to chose from – or create your own. Record activity with mobile apps, import data from third-party devices, enter workouts manually and never miss a beat. Keep track of what you eat alongside your workouts. Get extra encouragement with Social features – cheer on your buddies or start a little friendly competition.
