Countless studies have shown that keeping a food journal is one of the most effective ways to keep your weight loss on track. And with the advent of smart phones and other mobile devices, keeping a diet and exercise journal has never been easier. There are countless apps out there...

Imagine how easy it would be to eat healthy and make smart food choices if you always had your own personal nutritionist that would go grocery shopping with you? Or one that was always willing to help you make a smart choice off the menu at a restaurant? Eating healthy would be a no-brainer. That's the idea behind the Shop to Lose: Weight, etc. mobile app. Their motto is "we eat what we buy." So the idea behind the app was to help make buying healthy food easy...

Wouldn't it be great if you could carry around your own personal fitness trainer in your pocket? Someone who would motivate and coach you through a workout wherever you are, whenever you wanted to workout? Well, that's basically the idea...

Many weight loss experts agree that visualization is a useful and powerful tool for weight loss too. The theory being that before you can experience actual weight loss, you must first experience it visually: you have to be able to see yourself at your ideal weight. Based on that concept, the Virtual Weight Loss apps were developed...

Knowledge is power; especially when it comes to your health. And having that knowledge right in the palm of your hand is even more powerful! The Fitter Fitness Calculator does that for you. This free, multi-faceted app allows you to...

Inspired by the bestselling book, the Eat This, Not That! the Game mobile app is designed to make the process of making smart food choices fun and interactive. Just like the book, the app compares two similar meals and details the nutrition information of each, highlighting the healthier option. With the app, it's up to you to choose which food is the healthier option. In theory...

The Petometer was designed by Purina to encourage dog owners to get their dogs (and themselves) out and exercising. The app allows you to...

Want to know one of the fastest ways to get fit? Incorporate intervals into your training routine. Intervals training involves interspersing short, high-intensity exercise periods alternated with periods of rest. Interval training has been proven to increase metabolism, reduce stress and improve stamina.You can incorporate interval training in any kind of workout you may do from aerobics to yoga. But being able to track your intervals to ensure...

Healthy Habits is the app to use when you're trying to change your behavior; whether it's breaking a bad habit such as biting your nails or establishing a new, healthy one such as getting more sleep, Healthy Habits helps...

Water, the most important nutrient we're not getting enough of! We hear it over and over again (we even spoke about it here) but it seems something so simple is so often ignored. We at Diet-to-Go decided to see if having a constant, mobile, reminder to drink our water would be effective. We compared two...

iMapMyFitness is a great electronic fitness journal. Using the built-in GPS system of your mobile device (phone, iPod, etc.), you can track your outdoor fitness routine and keep a log of your workouts. You can play your...

Created by dietitians to help you make healthier choices in the supermarket, some claim Fooducate will 'change the way America eats'. After using the device's camera to scan a product barcode, Fooducate analyzes the information found on the nutrition panel. It then grades the product, highlights the calorie count per serving and alerts you to the top negative and positive aspects of consumption. If you are surprised that...

Shown on the home page for Apple in 'Apps for Working Out', and being touted as one of the top fitness apps by Bright Hub brings high expectations with the download of the Lose It app. But most reviews agree, Lose It is a top 'must-have' for fitness and weight loss. With over 6 million downloads and counting, this little app has become one of the most popular out there.This food and exercise tracker helps...

When we set out to write this post, we intended it to be a top list of every weight loss related app in the appstore, but quickly realized that there are over 1,000 apps related in some way to weight loss including: calorie counters, food diaries, weigh-in logs, heart rate monitors, pedometers, nutrition trackers, and everything in between. Apps range from the practical to the downright silly. We simply had to narrow it down, and the topic that caught our attention the most was the "fitness & workout" category. There are some truly amazing apps out there that can help you...