smartphone trainer

Your smartphone is a great tool to keep you motivated and on track! I use different apps to keep me in check when it comes to eating healthy and working out.

Here is a list of my favorites...

Health

• My Fitness Pal– Allows you to track what you eat throughout the day as well as your exercise. You type in your measurements and it gives you a calorie goal to achieve. They have a ton of food already stored in the system and there is a convenient barcode scanner that can automatically find the nutritional information. Also you can add friends to follow and help each other stay on track!

• Livestrong– Another way to track your eating and exercise. I'm not as familiar with this one but apparently it is what Carrie Underwood uses!

• Fooducate– Allows you to browse foods to find the healthiest options at the store. You can also scan barcodes and it will give you a grade rating (A,B,C, etc.). It will then let you few healthy alternatives to the product you were thinking of buying! This is a great app for shopping at chain grocery stores like Kroger or Publix.

Fitness

• Fit Commit– This app runs like a calendar that you can "check off" day you've worked out. I like being able to look at the calendar and say "I've worked out 5 days this week!" It makes me feel more accomplished. There are numerous amounts of workouts you can check off. It also can calculate your time and calories burned. If you're like me and do random videos or on-demand workouts I recommend also getting a heart rate monitor so you can get the most accurate number of calories you're burning.

 I have this one!

• Nike+ Running– I use this app when I'm out for a run. It will track your distance, average pace, and calories. Every mile you hit, it will announce your time and pace and will keep a record of your 5k runs to encourage you to beat your previous time. 

• Endomondo– This is another mile tracker. I usually use this one if I'm just out walking, but it will also track a run as well as many other activities. It tracks your duration, distance, and calories and has gps & map so you can see your path. You can also set goals for a certain time/distance/calories or make it competitive and try to beat your own record or even a friends.