Tracking your diet & fitness without breaking a sweat [@fitbit & @dailyburn]
How many times have you made your new year resolutions to track your eating habits with a food journal and then given up after a week (or two). I started tracking my diet with a slew of iphone apps and then given up.
But, looks like the new Daily Burn Food Scanner (iphone app) will help many a food tracker by making that process so much easier. Here's what it does (via Tim Ferris' blog):
DailyBurn’s FoodScanner is the first and only application that uses the iPhone’s camera to scan the UPC codes of foods and link them with full nutritional information (calories, macronutrients, etc.).
I just tried the app after dinner and it works like a charm. Speaking of automating the process of tracking our habits, this week also sees the release of Fitbit (which tracks our fitness and sleep patterns). TechCrunch has more details:
So what does Fitbit do? The sleek little device clips onto your clothing and tracks your movement, sleep and calorie burn throughout the day and night. Fitbit, which costs $99, uses the information it gathers about your movement to help you determine how much exercise you’ve been getting and how many calories you’ve burnt. It can also tell you how many steps you have taken and how well you’ve slept, all based on its internal motion detector.
Read more on TC here - http://bit.ly/128qUG
So, now there's no excuse for you to quit tracking your health. And, you may want to add these gadgets to your holiday shopping list.
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