I hope everyone is having a great first week! I had a wedding and three days at the beach this past weekend so it wasn't easy, but I am getting in a groove now. I thought I would start to share some websites that I use or that have been recommended by others.
www.sparkpeople.com - This site is fabulous and free! Christine swears by it and she has gotten me hooked. I have been tracking everything I eat within daily nutrition goals I set for myself. It is very intuitive and I think you will love it if you want to track your progress.
www.myfitnesspal.com - Bridget told me about this site. It is very similar to Spark People, and also free and fabulous from what I hear.
www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/ - I used this today to calculate my BMI. It can be a little frightening but also is a pretty helpful gauge for setting your goal weight.
Please send me any great sites you go to so I can post them for all!
That BMI calculator is a total jerkface.
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, SparkPeople is awesome.
ReplyDeleteI worked with a dietitian for a few months, and we used the Nutrition Tracker reporting feature to review my eating and exercise habits.
If you walk or jog, you can also use the Fitness Tracker to map your routes. It helps to determine how many calories you burn for the mileage.
If you don't already have a heart rate monitor, I would strongly suggest getting one. It changed my perspective on how hard I had to work out to get my heart rate up + burn calories.
I'm on the slow train, 35 pounds lost in 3ish years. And another 10 to go.
Good luck ladies! :-)