Which Diet app should you use?

Should you be using a diet app and which one should you use? It depends. I'll tell you why. I have a kid in grade 7 right now and another who lived it 4 years ago. Grade 7 is unique because it's about learning new skills and adapting to develop a long term plan. If we just threw the kids in willy nilly and told them "what do to" without explaining the "why", the rest of high school would be torture. The same holds true for nutrition.

You've been eating a certain way all your life, you know it's not working for you anymore and simply being told "what to do" doesn't really help. You are unique and it just ends up being another "diet". You don't fully understand, you follow it for a while and then when you don't see what you want to see you stop and go back to old habits.

A diet app is good for maintenance once you have the understanding. The best gift you can give yourself is that of knowledge. It's not overwhelming like grade 7. It's 2-3 weeks of your life of asking questions and then you're pretty much set FOREVER. NO DIETS!!! Just skills. And results... I see so many people who are really making an effort and deserve results meanwhile they are buying products that are just not what they think. It's the same with these apps. If you follow blindly you will be disappointed. Not to mention that I catch mistakes if I don't enter accurately (tuna in oil is not the same as tuna in water).

There are so many apps out there: Noom, Macrostax, myFitnesspal, weightwatchers, MyNetDiary, Calorie burn, Lose it, Ideal weight. Etc Etc. Most are cheap and have discounts right now. It's my job to buy them all and know what is what. If you want help picking one let me know.

I personally use MyFitnessPal premium because I find it has the most complete database (I'm a nerd) and scan things i'm not sure of. Every once in a while I track for a week or two. Tracking every day is not sustainable and 95% of the time I rely on my knowledge to make healthy decisions.

Try learning something new. I'm not telling you this because I want you to hire me to be your coach. I can't save the world doing only 1 on 1. I am here if you need me and take on some clients (especially if you want to help others afterwards) but you can also do this on your own. Just like I did.

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