Ten Dieting Apps You Should be Taking a Look At

When it comes to weight loss, eating healthy and exercising regularly is always the best method. Fad diets only work for a little while; that’s why they’re called fads. You might lose weight at first, but you’ll likely put it back on before too long. Cutting carbs or drinking shakes works for the short-term, but it’s not a long-term solution. What you need is accountability. It helps you make it a habit to eat right and workout often. Fitness and diet apps on your phone or iPad are designed to help you do just that by keeping track of your meals and your exercise.  Here are ten dieting apps that will help….

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MyFitnessPal

This free app is amazing. It lets you input your current weight, your ideal weight and your other personal stats, creates a caloric-intake for you each day and tells you what you should lose in terms of weight in a week. It lets you scan barcodes of everything you eat or input the portion and food name and counts the calories for you, letting you know how much you’ve consumed throughout the day and how much is left. Input your exercise and it will count your calories burned based on the type and length of your activity.

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Low Fat Recipes

This app is more like a great cook book, but it’s better than cook book because it’s free. It’s also available on your phone, which makes it more accessible and more likely to use. Not only does this app provide you with an endless array of low fat recipes, it also provides you with complete nutritional information for your journey. Each meal is given to you with all the nutrients written down, a list of ingredients and a complete guide on how to make the meal as healthy as possible so that you lose weight and feel great.

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Weightbot

This app costs $1.99, but it’s worth downloading and using if you’re in the market for a harsh dose of reality. Not only does this app help you lose weight by telling you what your weight is every single day, it also tells you your BMI. This app allows you to see a graph of exactly how well you’re progressing by inputting your weight each day. It tells you what you still need to do, what you aren’t doing correctly and it tells you how to go about losing the weight and keeping it off with its weight honesty.

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VeganXpress

This app costs $1.99, but it’s worth the price. Being a vegan is not always easy for people, especially when they first begin this new way of eating. This type of app helps you find out what meals at restaurants and at home are vegan-friendly. It’s not just for vegans, however. It’s also for those who want to incorporate some healthier options into their diet. You’ll find several different recipes that will help you create meals, side dishes, breakfasts and other snacks that are vegan dishes, even if you’re not totally a vegan and you just like the idea of incorporating some vegan options into your diet.

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My Diet Coach

This is another free app that makes dieting and exercising a bit easier. This app is a little like a friend in your phone. It helps you by keeping you motivated to lose weight and feel good about yourself. It offers personalized reminders that will keep you on target and on schedule. For example, this app will send you a little reminder to drink a glass of water throughout the day so you can consume the recommended portions; it also sends you motivational quotes and pictures to help you stay in the game without slipping up.

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Fast Food Calorie Counter

If you’re the kind of person always on the go, this app is probably for you. No matter where you are, whether it’s a drive-thru after work or a football game in the playoffs, this app will provide you with exactly how many calories are in the stuff you’re about to order. It will help you make a better decision, even if it still means eating fast food. It accounts for more than 9,000 items and almost 100 different fast food locations, which means you’re always going to find nutritional information with this $.99 app.

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Superfoods

Another one of the greatest free diet apps on the market, this Superfoods app helps support your healthy eating habits. For example, it features a multitude of short articles that outline and detail the nutritional information on everything from your favorite superfoods to your least favorite ones. It shows what benefits you’ll receive by consuming each one, how it will help you lose weight and how you can incorporate different superfoods into your daily diet without making it a lot of work. The app is designed to make dieting and consuming the healthiest foods possible easier for you.

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Loseit

Loseit is a free app that might seem more like an exercise app than a dieting app, but it’s just not the case. This app is designed to help you count calories, plain and simple. By inputting the foods you’re eating, Loseit helps to track your calories. It also takes account your exercise and shows you how much of your daily calorie intake you’ve worked off. The program only works, however, if you are diligent about inputting your foods and your exercise. You have to be honest if you want to see great results in losing weight and getting fit.

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Weight Watchers Mobile

This app is another great free app. It works with those of you who are doing the Weight Watchers diet as well as those who aren’t. By narrowing down everything from your grocery store items to the items listed on restaurant menus at over 30,000 locations, this app allows you to see how many points each menu item is worth. Using it means you’ll never question how much you’ve eaten throughout the day. It also promises to show you how much you need to work out to work off everything you consume for a healthy, fit lifestyle.

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Nutrino

This free app is awesome for those who want to lose weight but don’t know what to eat. Yes, a healthy diet is easy to come up with, but it’s not always easy to find delicious recipes designed to satisfy you and improve your body image. This app lets you enter your stats and then works out a goal for you that’s both reasonable and unintimidating. By telling the app what you like to eat, it will come up with menu ideas complete with recipes and lists for you to help make the process as smooth as possible.

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