Useful apps for your smartphone and IPad...

One of my New Year's resolutions is to stay ontop of this blog. I consistently update my Facebook Company page - www.facebook.com/bellatorfitness so please make sure to Like my page so that you get useful health and fitness tips almost daily. Below is a list of apps to help you navigate eating healthy and aids you in eliminating common excuses to not exercise. I do NOT use all of this apps, and I don't believe any of these apps render me and my services unnecessary, I just genuinely want people to lead healthier lifestyles. I tell people all of the time that they don't need to pay me to get healthy, they just have to make the time to use the insanely vast amount of information readily available to everyone about healthy living and exercising with limited access to equipment and shortage of time. I hope you find this list useful and would love to hear about any other apps that you find useful. 1.) Superfood HD - covers 44 "super foods" and their health benefits, nutrients, recipes, growing storing and planting. Cost: $1.99 2.) Fooducate - use the scanner to scan barcodes of packaged foods to find out the food's nutritional "report card" - which breaks down the food's sugar content, fiber content, macronutrients breakdown and the assigns it a grade from A - F. It also advises you of healthier food options available. Cost: Free 3.) Calorie Counter by Mynetdiary - you input what you eat and it's give you the protein, fat and carbohydrate breakdown. You set your weightless goals and the app will help you monitor you caloric intake and advise you what you can eat within your calorie guidelines and still make progress. Cost: $3.99 for the pro version. 4.) WebMD - input your symptoms and/ or ailments and find out what your condition might be - just don't go crazy with self-diagnosing - if you're anxiety prone, maybe just go see a doctor and skip this app. Gives you first aid advice and an Rx drug list. Cost: Free 5.) Is That Gluten Free? Tells you what restaurant menu items have gluten and which ones don't . Cost: $3.99 6.) INRFood - another app that utilizes a scanner that allows you to scan barcodes in the grocery store and flags unhealthy ingredients and make alternative recommendations. Cost: Free 7.) FitnessBuilder Plus - 750 prebuilt exercise programs and 5,600 individual exercises. Has tools to help measure progress. Cost: $9.99 per month 8.) Gain Fitness - reminds you to exercise you and shames you when you don't. Helps you build customized programs based on your time restraints and what equip is available to you. 9.) Pocket Yoga - walks you through yoga routines in your home or hotel room. Has ambient music to listen to during your routine. Cost: $2.99 10.) Full Fitness - 100 body weight exercises that help eliminate your excuse that you don't have enough time to exercise. Very helpful tool for those who travel for business. Cost: $.99