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Diet apps: people who log lose twice as much

Logging food roughly doubles the weight people lose. The apps worth using for food, training, and habits, plus the gear that earns its space.

Diet apps: people who log lose twice as much

Why Use an App?

Research shows people who log their food lose roughly twice as much weight as those who don't. Apps make logging easy.

Food and Calorie Logging Apps

  • •BeforeEat: AI photo analysis for quick calorie checks
  • •MyFitnessPal: a vast food database
  • •FatSecret: strong Korean food data
  • •Noom: color-coded food categories with coaching

Exercise Tracking Apps

  • •Strava: running and cycling logs
  • •Nike Run Club: running plus coaching
  • •Strong: strength training logs
  • •Home workout apps: routines you can do at home
A hand holding a smartphone showing home screen apps, outdoors with bokeh background.

Useful Tools

  • •Kitchen scale: accurate portions
  • •Smartwatch: activity, heart rate, sleep tracking
  • •Scale/body composition monitor: weight and body fat
  • •Marked water bottle: track fluid intake
  • •Meal containers: essential for meal prep
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You don't need to buy everything at once. One app and a kitchen scale is plenty.

“You can't manage what you don't measure.”


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