The Most Helpful App for Staying Healthy

Liliauna Nichols

Have you ever heard of the app MyFitnessPal? MyFitnessPal is an app that helps you track workouts, calories, and your progress. Whether you’re trying to lose weight, gain weight, or just over all be healthier, MyFitnessPal is the app for you! MyFitnessPal provides quick and easy recipes for you to eat healthier. It allows you to connect it to your apple watch or smart watch to track your workouts. You can also track your workouts on the app itself.

Using MyFitnessPal is simple! First you download the app, and the first thing it will make you do is put in your basic information, such as name, age, weight, height, etc. Next, it will have you take a “quiz” about your goals and what you want to accomplish with MyFitnessPal. Then, it will create you a plan you will need to follow to accomplish these goals. MyFitnessPal will give you the number of calories you will need to consume based on your age, weight, height and activity levels.

After you are all set up, it is simple. Every day you will track what you eat. You can either do this by scanning the barcode, taking of picture of the food, or typing in what it is. It will then show you the amount of protein, carbs, fat and calories in this item. You have options to add it to breakfast, lunch, dinner or snack. MyFitnessPal also allows you to track your water intake. This is simple also; all you take to do is click “add water” and type in how many cups you drank. In conclusion, if you are wanting to live a better and healthier life, download MyFitnessPal!