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If you’re a bride about to mail wedding invitations, or a mom with a new baby, you may be ready to lose it…weight that is. Finding time and energy to exercise and count calories can cause brides and moms to lose their minds rather than the weight. Try getting some extra help from LoseIt, an eating and exercise tracking iPhone app.

The key to LoseIt is… to Use It! When you do, it works like a little bird on your shoulder, keeping track of your progress, and of course, setbacks. LoseIt depends mostly on your own honesty–every day, every meal, every time you walk or stretch, you record the details of these activities. Here’s how the app works:

Set Your Goals

Decide on a goal weight and when you want to reach it. After you enter your current weight, LoseIt figures out how much weight you need to lose per week in order to reach your goal. LoseIt gives you a daily calorie budget against which you’ll track your eating. You of course earn calories back by exercising. You can adjust your goal weight or timeframe if you think you need a bigger daily calorie budget. But if you want to reach your goal weight faster, you may run up against a minimum daily recommended calorie count.

Log Your Eating & Exercise

When you first start, you’ll spend time with the ‘search food’ tool. It’s impressive how many foods the app contains, including brand names, popular restaurant items, and the option to create  new food. You entry will show not just calories, but other key nutritional information including fat, protein and carbs.

You’ll want to set up exercises that fit your lifestyle too. It’s great how LoseIt gives you calorie-burning average for everyday activities like housecleaning and  sexual activity, so look carefully through the entire list. It’s great for those of us who aren’t runners or kayakers! And of course you can add your own exercise if it’s not listed.

Once you’ve set your goal, just get started building up your ‘foods’ and ‘exercise’ day by day. You can check how you’re doing day to day and over the course of a week. You’ll want to record a daily weight so LoseIt can track your progress, and you’ll start to see patterns with your eating.

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