Tuesday 26 June 2007

My Fitness Pal - free dieting site

MyFitnessPal is a diet site with a difference - there are no costs involved - it’s FREE! There is a section on foods and their attributes –this section has a database of different foods and can report on fat content, calories etc…

There’s a section on calories used during exercise – again a database of exercises and a place to enter your weight and the duration of the exercise.

A bulletin board so that you can get involved in their community, post comments and questions for like-minded individuals.

I am not one to be that interested in dieting, but out of curiosity I did look to see how many calories I burned playing football last night (680 apparently…) and how many calories were in the chocolate I ate afterwards (1070…ooops). If I was actually on a diet and used the calorie counter, I could have found out that information BEFORE eating the chocolate.

When you register, you can track your diet, your exercise and your weight count to get an overall picture of your progress. They also have a free newsletter you can sign up for which delivers dieting hints and information straight into your inbox.

I am a firm believer that exercise is an important factor in dieting, so was very pleased to see such importance placed on calorie-burning activities.

3 comments:

Rachel said...

Thank you for signing the petition on my website, I am trying to raise awareness a smuch as I can as I feel so sorry for them all. It makes me feel so lucky to have perfect babies.

jay said...

If I get a chance I may copy your post here...
I agree, we take the health and appearance of our kids for granted most of the time.

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