Posted by admin on 28th October 2010

Helpful App: The Snack App

If you’re having trouble choosing some healthy snacks, look no more!  This app helps you choose the perfect snack to satisfy your craving.  And to top it off, it’s free.  Does it get any better?
The Snack App sorts hundreds of snacks by calorie counts – 50, 100, or 200 – and by type of craving: salty, sweet, crunchy, cheesy, creamy, and more. Just tell the app what you want, and you’ll get a list of tasty snack ideas, complete with caloric and nutritional information. Feeling guilty after your snack? The Snack App also gives you simple ways to burn the calories you just consumed.

The Snack App includes:
- Hundreds of 50-calorie, 100-calorie, and 200-calorie snack ideas
- Tons of salty, sweet, crunchy, cheesy, creamy, sinful, healthy, late night, and on-the-go snack options
- A Surprise Me! category for times when you just can’t pinpoint your craving
- Plenty of ideas for burning calories, from having sex to playing ping pong
- New tips every day to help you make healthier snack choices
- Groups and discussions, so you can share snack ideas and weight-loss tricks with other people

Download this free app now at:  www.itunes.com

Posted by admin on 21st October 2010

Helpful App: iMapMyRun

Make running easier.

iMapMyRun uses the built-in GPS technology of your iPhone 3G to enable you to track your runs and gets you closer to achieving your health and fitness goals. Step out your front door, start running, and this app will effortlessly mark out your path along an interactive map and record essential metrics including duration, distance, pace, speed, and elevation. Once you finish your run, save your data and it automatically uploads to MapMyRun.com where you can view your route, run data, and a comprehensive workout history. Plus, the new iMapMyRun gives you the ability to easily share your workout data with friends and family via email and Twitter.

The new iMapMyRun boasts all of these great features:

• Real-time tracking that measures and displays time, distance, pace, speed and elevation.
• An interactive map that lets you view your current location and exactly where you have traveled along your route
• Synchronization with your online Training Log on MapMyRun.com
• Manual entry of workout data directly from the app so you can easily record your indoor activities like gym workouts and cardio sessions on the treadmill
• Twitter integration that enables you to tweet your workout data to friends and family
• And iMapMyRun is FREE.
• Now with Ant+ support:
- Monitor your heart rate during workouts and track results over time
- Power, Stride, Cadence and other Ant+ sensor types coming soon!
- Requires use of Wahoo Fisica Ant+ dongle (can be purchased within app)

Download iMapMyRun today and get the tools and motivation you need to reach your health and fitness goals.

To download this FREE app, visit www.itunes.com.

Posted by admin on 7th October 2010

iPhone App: Good Food Near You

Good Food Near You

“It’s easy to swing into a fast food joint when you’re on the road with the kids, but convenient eating doesn’t have to trump sensible eating. The GoodFoodNearYou application has the same super functionality as its Web-based counterpart, offering an array of dining choices for parents with health conscious children (and for those who hope to inspire through example). Simply type in your location and you’ll be presented with scads of sides, sandwiches, and suppers from every dining destination in your immediate area.” – PC Magazine, 10 iPhone Apps for Parents

“There’s nothing worse than finding yourself in an unfamiliar location and not knowing where to score good grub that’s also good for you. This app takes all the guesswork out of it by recommending nearby healthy food options based on your current location, which is tracked via GPS. We think this one would come especially in handy during road trips or on those late nights when you’re unsure which restaurants are still open.” – Woman’s Day Magazine, 10 Top Diet and Fitness Web Apps

What is GoodFoodNearYou?

GoodFoodNearYou helps you find the best food options at the most common restaurants near you.

In one simple search, you get instant access to the menus and nutrition information for popular casual dining restaurants, fast food restaurants, grocery stores, and convenience stores near your location.

Make smart, fast, and healthy dining decisions, wherever you are – at work, at home or in your car, traveling on business or vacation.

With the help of GoodFoodNearYou – understanding your options at restaurants nearby is easy, convenient and free!

Download your version here.

Posted by admin on 30th September 2010

iPhone App: ZipList

Life’s too short to have to make two trips to the grocery store. With ZipList, you can access the most up-to-date family grocery list right from your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.

Create and update shopping lists anytime, anywhere. Family members can retrieve lists, as well as add and remove items via the web, text message, email or instant message. This means that other family members who don’t have an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad can help you shop if they drop by the store.

Seamlessly sync lists you create with lists on the web at www.ziplist.com. You can even sync up with most standard cell phones and other smartphones. No other shopping list tool allows such flexibility.

Plus, ZipList is free, and there’s nothing better than free!

ZipList has more than 275,000 items in its product database, making it easy to add what you need to your list while on-the-go – without having to type in full product names. In many cases, enter just three or four letters and the desired products will pop up.

Or, use the barcode feature to scan product UPC codes to add items to your list. ZipList recognizes barcodes for millions of items, even store brands, making it simple to create a grocery list in minutes. ZipList is smart too – it automatically categorizes items you add to your list, helping to speed shopping while you are in the store.

Not sure what to make for dinner? Search 100,000s of recipes and add the ingredients to your shopping list with just a click. Add your favorites to ZipList’s Universal Recipe Box to keep all of your must-make recipes in one place for easy access. You can even share recipes with friends using Facebook, Twitter or email.

FEATURES

+ Ability to create and update shopping lists as well as share fully synchronized lists with family members and set permissions on their ability to view, add or delete items.

+Shared users of your list can use the web, text messages, email or instant messages to add or delete items, or to retrieve your list

+Real-time syncing between the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, as well as www.ziplist.com, and mobile web browsers on Blackberry, Google (Android), Palm and Microsoft phones

+Supports multiple stores, allowing you to organize your lists in aisle-by-aisle order for each store, as well as assign items to specific stores

+Ability to set priorities for specific items, so you can choose to shop for important items only during quick shopping trips

+Intelligent aisle categorization of anything you add, even entries like “2 lg. cans of beans”

+Ability to assign quantity, coupons, notes and other information for each grocery item

+Access to a robust product database of over 275,000 items with real-time search for quick item entry

+Ability to see at-a-glance how many items are on your list by way of a badge that appears on the ZipList app icon.

+100,000s of recipes and one-click transfer of ingredients to your shopping list, plus a Universal Recipe Box to store all your favorites in one place for easy access

+Ability to scan product barcodes using the camera built into your iPhone to add specific items to your list (iOS4; 3GS and higher)

Download yours here.

Posted by admin on 23rd September 2010

LIVESTRONG Calorie Tracker

LIVESTRONG.COM’S Calorie Tracker can help you reach your diet, weight loss and fitness goals by tracking your daily calories and exercise. Lose weight easily by setting your weight management goals and track your calories and progress with our comprehensive online food journal containing over 625,000 food and fitness items. Tracking works. You will lose weight like millions of other members.
The Calorie Tracker lets you look up or track your daily caloric, fat, carbohydrate and protein intake with the click of a button. You will have access to The Daily Plate at LIVESTRONG.COM, which offers a comprehensive nutrition database of more than 625,000 food and restaurant items. Most major competitors only have 7,000 items in their database.

You can also find and track the amount of calories you can burn in our database of exercises and activities. Caloric burn is calculated based personally on your measurements. Whether you want to lose, maintain or gain weight, the LIVESTRONG.COM Calorie Tracker will help you achieve your diet and nutritional goals.

This application is a companion tool for members of The Daily Plate at LIVESTRONG.COM. There is also a free service online.

Additional online features include support groups, forums on a variety of topics and expert Q&A.
The LIVESTRONG.COM Calorie Tracker offers:
* The largest database of food and restaurant items
* Customized daily calorie intake based on your goals
* Weight tracking on your phone and online, with a bi-directional synch from web to phone
* A diary of your caloric, fat, cholesterol, sodium, carbohydrate, sugar, fiber and protein intake

Note: You can still track the fitness database and any food items you’ve tracked before even when you are offline. The items will sync the next time you use the device on a network.

The LIVESTRONG.COM Calorie Tracker is a diet coach, nutritionist, calorie counter and food planner at your fingertips.

Source: itunes.com

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