TUAW Fitness: An Apple a day makes the weight go away

you havn't say any words about CardioFit. CardioFit is my favorite fitness tracking utility on the iphone. take a look: http://tinyurl.com/kvmtw7

Just want to say thanks for this post. I've been trying to lose weight this summer (well always, but especially this summer!) and always looking for ways to distract myself with fun Mac toys to make it interesting. I like the diet.com podcasts, thanks for the link. Today I decided I should get a Nike+ because I've been lazy about running. Hopefully all that combined will help.

Ha, even though this is an Apple site, I thought this was going to be more literal. Just last week I started on an Apple diet, you know, those little red things you can eat? It's helped me lose a lot of weight (7 pounds in a week). I fasted on a completely apple-only diet for 24 hours, which helped flush my system (the diet I saw said to do it for two days, but I started to get really hungry). I think it worked. It's good for the liver, kidneys, digestive tract.

Hey, if you're going to go all Apple, then really go all apple!

Another vote for "Lose It!" I've gone from 230 to 198 with it. It's the first time I've ever used a system to track my caloric intake, it's really eye-opening. I never fully grasped that if I ate a big meal today it's not going to magically be burned off two days from now, even if I eat well tomorrow.

Using Lose It! helps demystify weight gain/loss and turns it into a big game where exercise becomes a bonus.

I use WeightBot for iPhone and iPod Touch to get a nice graph and trend line of my weight loss by logging my weight each day. It helps in visualizing your goal and in forecasting the rate at which you are heading toward your goal.

For a short while I also used Lose It! which is a great database of food, calories and recipes, and a great planner for how much you eat each day, that doesn't require Internet or 3G access at all.

And don't forget Notes. Just logging what you do to get fit is quite helpful.

The iPhone, Mac, and AppleTV are all great appliances for helping with weight management, with the right software. But you forgot perhaps the most important one that needs even more care and attention in loading it: your fridge.

As Michael Pollan recommends:
Eat real food. Mostly leafy vegetables, and no too much.

you forgot to mention www.livestrong.com and the free iPhone app for tracking what you eat. I have been using it for a good number of months and I find that its a great help.

I use Nike+ religiously, and I also downloaded a free app called "Lose It."

With all of the running I was doing, I wondered why I wasn't losing more weight. Lose It is a calorie tracker and most foods are already in it, so you just search them and also log things like exercise. Since doing that, I've lost about 35 lbs. I used to weigh about 199, and now I weigh in at 164.

Needless to say, my running times have also increased without the added weight -- from about 10 minute miles to about 7:40 for a daily 5-6 mile run.

Calorie tracking is a key part of weight loss. The Lose It app remembers what you ate in the past, and it makes it easier to add those things again when you eat them again.

If you visit the Men's Health website they offer workouts for download that can be displayed on an Apple TV or your iPhone. They workouts are decent, epically if you have enough room around your TV to workout.

Try Crossfit, you get your ass kicked and I use my iPhone to time and make notes...warning though you NEED to leave your EGO at the door, start slowly and you will ease into it just fine - scale the WODS (workout of the day). You will drop weight and become strong as hell - truely fit.

Drop me a email if you need help & best of luck.