My Favorite ITouch Apps: Lose it! April 9, 2009
Posted by ds82 in Electronics, ITouch Apps, Music.Tags: Apps, Gadgets, ITouch
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Last week I expressed my undying devotion to the greatest gadget around, the one and only ITouch. I also mentioned that one of the things I would talk about from time to time are some of my favorite apps. As promised, here is volume one in my ITouch Chronicles.
Without a doubt my most used app is the Lose it! application. I’ve been wanting to keep track of my eating habits for years now but never really came across a convinient way to do it. That all changed when I downloaded Lose it! for free a few weeks ago. In fact, I haven’t missed inputting a meal since.
You start off by putting in your weight, your goal weight, and how many lbs per week you’d like to lose to reach that goal. Based off of your input it calculates how many calories per day you can consume to reach your goal. After each meal you enter the food you ate and it totals up your caloric intake for the meal/day/week.
I can’t even begin to explain how this helps me with my portion control. My whole life I’ve been a gorger, but ever since I started using this app it’s kept me from overeating. Yes, I still eat cookies, cake, and ice cream, but I keep it under control because I don’t want to pass my allotted calorie count. I’ve lost 5 lbs in about 2.5 weeks.
Even if you eat something that’s not in their list of foods, you can create meals and input how many calories per serving that meal has which is very convenient.
You can even input the exercise you did for the day, from running 3.5 miles at 5mph to walking up the steps casually a few times throughout the day. You can get as detailed as you want, or just include the big ticket items like I do. Once you input your exercise for the day it then subtracts how many calories you burned from the calories you consumed…another feature I love. If I see I’m 100 calories over, oh well, I’ll just go take a walk and get back even.
I highly recommend this app for anyone looking for an extra tool to help them lose weight. It really makes you feel accountable and is so easy to use. Best of all it’s free.
-DS82
I love my ITouch! April 2, 2009
Posted by ds82 in Electronics.Tags: Gadgets, Interests, ITouch
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I LOVE MY ITOUCH! I apologize for the caps, but my enthusiasm for this little piece of gadgetry cannot be contained.
Prior to owning my ITouch, I was the unhappy owner of an Ipod Mini. Yeah, it played music, but it was mini little piece of trash. The battery lasted through about two uses after 4 months and the “skip song” button would stick and I’d end up skipping about 3 songs before it landed on one it liked. In other words, I pretty much had no control over what I wanted to listen too and I ended up not using my Ipod very much.
Then December 25th, 2008 came and Santa Clause changed my life forever. He brought me the life changing ITouch. True enough, the first month I owned the ITouch the only thing I used it for was music, but that was good enough for me. It fit in my pocket comfortably and it helped me pass the time at work. Plus, I looked at least 3 degrees cooler because I had semi-new piece of technology in my possession. When you’re an IT/IS dork, coming equipped with gadgets is what life is all about.
Eventually, after watching Apple commercial after apple commercial showing off all their cool apps, I decided I should take a look at them and download one or two. Well, I downloaded one, then two, then 342…It truly has changed the way I do things. I can check e-mail whenever I want. If I’m at the book store I can type the name of a book I’m interested in reading in my notes. I keep track of how many calories I eat per day. I can blog. I can manage my fantasty sports teams. I can play video games. I can read books. Do you get the point? I love the ITouch!
If you love the ITouch too, share your love with me in the comment bar. Since I’m so in love, I plan on blogging about the different apps that make my life happier in hopes that I might influence you to take a look as well. The same goes for apps that turn out to be crap. And if you don’t have an ITouch/IPhone, maybe I can influence you to spend that extra couple hundred bucks you don’t have on this little digital wonder.
-DS82
