5 Excellent Weight and Calories watcher iPhone Apps to Help You Achieve your Dream Body

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With their busy lives and tight schedules, more people are choosing the easy way out by consuming either fast food or frozen foods which do not contain an ounce of nutrition. However, as easy as ordering and eating such foods may be, getting rid of their effects consumes too much time and too much energy.

For example, a simple, medium-sized cheeseburger will have about 320 calories. To burn it off, you need to cycle more than 30 minutes at a high speed. Yet, because people don’t have much time to fit a visit to the gym into their lives, those calories will register as fat in your body.

So, in order to control your weight, the first and most important step for you is to control what goes through your mouth. To help you with this, many iPhone app developers have created numerous applications. Of the hundreds available at the App Store, here are 5 of the best weight loss Apps you can ever find:

1. Fast Food Calorie Counter (iTunes Link)

Kicking off a nasty habit doesn’t happen instantly. So, if you can’t stop yourself from eating fast food right away, this app can help you indulge without overdoing it. The Fast Food Calorie Counter provides you access to the nutritional information of 9,141 menu items from more than 70 top fast food restaurants.

You will be able to view just how many calories you’d be gaining, and the amounts of fat, carbs, fiber and protein you’d be ingesting. This can help you decide whether you should really skip a broccoli dinner and choose a Big Mac instead. Other features, which make this app a great addition to your iPhone, are its ability to record how many nutrients you have consumed each day, and save the food-log of the food you have eaten for a year. This allows you to find out how many times you cheated, thus motivating you to lose more weight.

2. GoodFoodNearYou (iTunes Link)

Everyone knows how good fast food is, but when you think about how good it is for you, you will understand why you shouldn’t order it! Rather than putting you through the hassle of searching for an alternative, the GoodFoodNearYou application will do that for you. The app will track down nearby chain restaurants and locate convenience stores where you can get healthy food. After that, the app will tell you the amount of calories, sodium, cholesterol, trans fat and fat value the meals available contain. This app is one of my favorites because it saves me a lot of time when I find myself hungry and away from home, looking to buy nutritious, unprocessed wholefood.

In spite of all of these benefits, GoodFoodNearYou still lacks a few things. The first problem of this app is that it doesn’t contain the listings of all local restaurants, which is where you’re most likely to find healthy meals. Plus, the app should get rid of the ads that keep on popping up. However, aside from these problems, GoodFoodNearYou is very appealing to those who want to avoid eating a lot of junk. Plus, it’s free.

3. intelli-Diet (iTunes Link)

If you’re looking for a different app that doesn’t just record your calorie count, then the intelli-Diet is your thing. The application works in three steps to help you control your food intake and get into shape. First, the app will create a personalized eating plan which you must follow. However, you won’t find out how many calories you’d be consuming. Yet, this will make your astounding weight loss a very nice surprise.

Next, the app will generate a healthier grocery list, which consists of foods which you actually like. So, you don’t have to worry about forcing your body to eat and ingest foods which you hate. Finally, the app will display charts and tables to show you your diet’s progress. A cool feature which this app provides is easy integration with Facebook and Twitter. This means that you can share or boast about your progress in front of your friends and family. With so many positive reviews and a great, unconventional mode of operation, the intelli-Diet app is definitely the most favorite weight loss app for the majority of dieters.

4. Eat What? (iTunes Link)

Looking for a multipurpose app that not only controls your diet, but also helps you buy the right food? Well, you’re in for a treat, because the Eat What? app is available for download. Eat What? was originally designed for those suffering from extra pounds, diabetes and high blood pressure. You can easily use it by specifying your health objectives, the food category/restaurant you want to search, and then, with the help of the health meter, determine whether the food suits your health objectives.

Basically, the app will save you the hassle of visiting a dietician and discovering how much nutritional value you’d get with each meal. In addition, since the app allows you to go over customer reviews, you will get a heads up whenever you plan on trying something new. And that’s not all, with the app, you can access a complete exercise database to find out how many calories you can burn per exercise. So, you will have a multipurpose app for you to use at your ease.

5. GoMeals (iTunes Link)

One of the factors that help you eat lean is having access to nutrition information. GoMeals is one of the best apps to make that possible. In addition to allowing users access to the nutrition values of their favorite foods and restaurant menus, the app has a food tracking tool that records what they eat, and a restaurant locator. So, whether you’re planning to eat at home or order in, your iPhone will help you maintain a healthy count of nutrients.

Of all the strong features of this app, the ability to track your daily food intake definitely provides the most value. By saving food items to the “Today’s Plate” on the application calendar, you will be able to view just how many calories you’ll be consuming each day. Plus, the app will provide you with a nutrient break down to show you just how many carbs, fats, etc. your meals contain.

Using any of these apps will help you watch over your food intake and control your diet. So, your dream of a lean, mean body can now become more attainable with the help of your own iPhone.

Guest author Matthew Stathis, a biology scientist with a lot of interest in obesity treatment, is always on the lookout for technology gadgets that can help individuals regulate their weight, get the right nutrition, and lose weight quickly. Matthew writes for a number of fitness and technology sites and supports Medifast and Nutrisystem, two popular meal replacement programs. You can follow him on Twitter and if you have question about any of the programs, please get in touch with Matt at matthewpap [@] gmail [dot] com.