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My 5 Favourite Health and Fitness Apps #NewMapsGirl

February 11, 2014 by Wendy S

Fitness Apps

Over the last 5 months, I’ve been gathering an arsenal of heath and fitness apps to help keep me motivated on track to reach my goal.

Here are my top 5 favourites! I hope they help you like they help me!


myfitnesspal #1

myfitnesspal

Cost: Free

 This app allows me to track:myfitnesspal_logo-300x64

  • my food intake
  • water intake
  • exercise
  • progress

What I like about it:

  • lots of foods are in the database
  • can set up reminders to enter your food
  • easy to add food, exercise and water
  • lots of reports for nutrition, progress
  • can connect with friends and support each other
  • can track using the app and it syncs with myfitnesspal.com

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Nike+ FuelBand#2

Nike+ FuelBand

Cost: Free

nike fuel band** Please note: This requires you to own a Nike+ FuelBand.  Other fitness trackers (ie. FitBit) may have their own apps **

Craig and I each have a Nike+ FuelBand which tracks the amount of movement we do throughout the day.  It assigns “Fuel points” and you can set daily goals for the number of Fuel points you want to achieve.

Based on your height and weight, the FuelBand tells you the number of steps you have taken and  the calories burned.

It also makes for a cool watch!

What I like about it:

  • easy to set up and use
  • easy to sync the band to the app
  • can connect with friends and support each other
  • works with Nike+ Running (see below)

appstore


nike-plus-gps-icon#3

Nike+ Running

Cost: Free

 The Nike+ Running app is a great running app!  It uses the GPS feature in your phone to track your route.

What I like about it:

  • easy to use
  • connects with Nike+ account and syncs with Nike+ FuelBand data
  • can sync into mapmyfitness.com (see below)

appstore


MapMyFitness#4

mapmyfitness

Cost: Free

 Another running app?  Sort of.  I’m hoping that this becomes a “bridging” app.  Nike+ data doesn’t sync directly into myfitnesspal.

Here’s how I hope I can get it to work:

  • Nike+ FuelBand data is synced into mapmyfitness
  • mapmyfitness data syncs into myfitnesspal

Currently only data entered directly into mapmyfitness gets pushed across to myfitnesspal.  Since the Nike+ data is synced, it doesn’t seem to get pushed across.  I’m hoping there will be more integration between the two.  This is very new and you can read more about the MapMyFitness / myfitnesspal integrations: MapMyFitness, MyFitnessPal announce API integration

What I like about it:

  • it will track my walks (running is tracked in the Nike+ Running)
  • you can connect with friends and support each other

appstore


WaterMinders#5

WaterMinder

Cost: $0.99

I just recently found this app while browsing the iPhone AppStore.  And what a find it is!

You enter your height and weight and it calculates how much water you need to consume!

What I like about it:

  • reminders throughout the day to tell you that you need to drink water and/or enter how much water you’ve consumed
  • it figures out how much water you need

appstore


Just so you know: I wasn’t paid a dime for this post. I truly like these apps and want to help others who are working towards a healthier lifestyle.

Filed Under: body mind spirit, Life, techie tips Tagged With: fitness, health, iPhone apps, motivation

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About Wendy S

+Wendy S (also known as @mapsgirl) is a mom to two daughters. They are the inspiration of this blog.Passionate about child passenger safety, Wendy has been a certified Car Seat Technician in Ontario, Canada since 2008.

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