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TOP APPS FOR WEIGHT
MANAGEMENT
It’s May and you’re five months
into your promise of a healthier
you. There are a number of easy
ways to keep your waistline and
pounds in check with helpful apps
right at your fingertips on your
smartphone:
MEMORIAL DAY “GRILLING” FACTS
Memorial Day is the unofficial kickoff to summer! One of the most
popular events on Memorial Day is none other than grilling and barbequing.
Here are some fun facts about grilling on this May holiday:
• Hamburgers are the most popular food to grill at 87%,
followed by steak 83%, chicken 78% and hot dogs 76%.
• The 4 th of July is the largest barbeque holiday, followed
by Memorial Day and Labor Day.
• American presidents have openly expressed their love for
grilling by hosting barbeques dating all the way back to
Thomas Jefferson.
• The most commonly grilled side dish is corn, followed
by other vegetables and potatoes.
• Hickory barbeque sauce is favored, then mesquite, honey
and tomato based.
• In homemade barbeque sauces, garlic is almost always found
in the recipe, as is brown sugar.
• After aluminum foil, the preferred barbeque tools are
long handed tongs, clean brushes and spatulas.
Courtesy of:
www.popsugar.com/food/Grilling-Fun-Facts-Memorial-Day-274358
Community Newsletter | May 2018
• MyFitnessPal offers a huge food database, listing over 5 million different
foods. An effective calorie counter, it can take you less than 5 minutes
a day to track your diet and exercise, meaning it’s a quick habit to get
into. Working in conjunction with over 50 devices and apps including
Apple Health, Fitbit and Garmin devices, it’ll help you keep on top of
how well you’re doing.
• FatSecret offers an easy to use food diary for you to track as well as
plan in advance what you’re going to eat. Image recognition of food
and meals make it easier to add what you’re eating, with a community
that’s keen to advise on how best to proceed. A weight tracking tool and
barcode scanning, rounds off the package.
• Lose It! wants you to lose weight while also enjoying the process.
Simply telling it a little about yourself, it’ll devise a custom weight loss
plan, setting you a daily budget and goal to aim for. Its image recognition
means it’ll identify the food you’re eating automatically, saving you
from entering it yourself. It breaks things down according to every part
of nutrition too, giving you plenty of insight.
• MyPlate Calorie Tracker hopes to be the most user-friendly option for
losing weight. The app helps you find out which foods you eat contain
the most calories, allowing you to set personalized daily calorie goals.
You can also keep track of your water intake and create custom goals for
your macronutrients and micronutrients. Meal reminders can also be set.
• Fitbit is best known for tracking your steps and day to day activity, but
it’s also good for tracking other parts of your life. You can use its services
to log the food you eat via its barcode scanner, seeing your meal history
at a glance. You can also use it in conjunction with the Aria Wi-Fi Smart
Scale, ensuring you always know what your weight is. Water intake and
sleeping patterns can also be tracked.
Visit: www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/06/the-
10-best-apps-to-help-you-eat-healthy-and-lose.html
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