Presented by Roland Santos My Fitness Pal App Presented by Roland Santos

My Fitness Pal: Is a FREE app that can be downloaded from a smartphone or hand held device( ex: ipad or tablet) The app keeps daily logs of diets and workout routines. Counts Calories Its purpose is to determine optimal caloric intake and nutrients for client’s As well as, a motivator tool to encourage clients to achieve their health goals.

Features Community: My Fitness Pal’s community aspect basically consists of a forum, where other fellow users of the app are free to exchange tips and advice, as well as to create relationships through sharing personal experiences or struggles. Exercise Tracker: My Fitness Pal has more than 350 exercise stored in its database, and it shows how much each person burns during each activity, based on their specific height, weight, and gender. It includes most cardio and strength training workouts, as well as yoga and Pilates. Calorie Counter: The app’s calorie counter is basically an online diary of each My Fitness Pal member’s intake. The counter allows members to set daily goals, and the app can add multiple foods at once. It also automatically stores food and meals that members eat often, which makes them easy to find when they eat them again and need to log them.

Benefits of My Fitness Pal 1.) Convenience: The app allows members to log food from anywhere and has a food database of 3,282,000 different kinds of foods to choose from (customized recipes can be added to the database), and all changes made via phone are also made on the website. 2.) Flexibility: My Fitness Pal is not a one-size-fits-all app. Personal diet profiles can be changed to fit a person’s specific needs, whether they are on a strict diet or have certain recommendations from their doctor or dietitian. The program calculates caloric need based on height, weight, gender, and lifestyle.

Benefits of My Fitness Pal continued….. 3.) Instant Feedback: the self monitoring offered by My Fitness Pal, is an electronic tracking program that provides direct feedback effective in losing weight healthfully. It claims that the digital calorie diaries are more effective than traditional self-reporting, because it provides them with information about what is healthy for them specifically

How it’s used

4 types of People who can succeed from My Fitness Pal People who Want To Lose Weight / Fat: MyFitnessPal has an excellent system for logging and tracking calories. Calories in versus calories is the most important factor when it comes to weight loss. MyFitnessPal lets you track what you eat and how you use your energy. Want To Balance Your Diet And Improve Your Health: Calorie trackers like MyFitnessPal are great for balancing your diet because they allow you to set up your calories and macronutrients according to your goals so that you have the best ratio for your desired results.

4 types of people continued… A Bodybuilder Or A Fitness Athlete: Using a tool like MyFitnessPal is essential for bodybuilders and fitness athletes that want to tailor their nutrition precisely to their goals of cutting, sculpting their physique or improving performance. Tools like this let you setup and monitor your calories, macros, fibre and especially fat to such a micro level that you are able to tweak the numbers to your goals. You’re A Personal Trainer, Nutritionist Or Lifestyle Coach: Monitoring your client’s nutrition and progress is critical and every coach and trainer out there should be using a tool like this to help monitor their clients nutrition, habits, goals and progress.

Resources: https://www.myfitnesspal.com