Tip for August 28, 2009: DailyBurn
Let’s face it, most of us cycle in and out of eating better and exercising. Today’s tip provides a tool that will help you in both areas. After creating a free account with DailyBurn you can start tracking your weekly exercise routines and each exercise you perform. There’s a vast database of available exercises to choose from, and if you do one that isn’t included you can manually add it. DailyBurn’s other main feature allows you to track everything you eat each day. There’s an even larger database of available food items to choose from when adding your entries. You’ll really start to see the benefit of DailyBurn over time as it will provide visual tools such as graphs and charts to help you track your progress. You can also track your weight and BMI. Other fun features include the ability to set goals both in terms of exercise and nutrition. There are also ‘challenges’ created by others uses to help motive you further such as ‘Lose 5 Pounds,’ ‘Burn 5000 Calories,’ and many others. I’m using DailyBurn myself in my newly adopted motto ‘get fit this fall!’ As an added bonus, there’s also an iPhone and iPod Touch app to help you track yourself on the go.
August 28th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
This is a new one for me. I’ve used FitDay and SparkPeople, but for both I find it tiresome to have to enter every detail of what I eat, particularly when it’s something that isn’t easily categorized or measured. So, I tend to use them for a few days and then burn out and stop until a few months later I get inspired again.
August 28th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
I’ve actually been using it to track workouts more than food items. However it works great for both!