Your Smartphone May Be the Best Weight Loss Tool You Own

That’s what we set out to prove with our latest guide, “Top Diet & Fitness Mobile Apps.” With the help of fitness expert Wesley Virgin, we highlight the most popular and cutting-edge apps for getting in shape.

In this era of tablets, smartphones and 24/7 online connectivity, we now have a new class of fitness tools not available to us just a few years ago. Many people don’t realize that iPhones and Android devices are powerful tools in the battle to stay fit and healthy.

Like most people, you probably have your phone with you at all times, every day. This “always-on” connectivity presents a huge opportunity for health and fitness information wherever and whenever you need it. You can make informed, healthy choices at a restaurant or when shopping at the grocery store.

You can download workout routines for the gym or your home designed by fitness professionals. You can learn how to properly perform exercises if you’re a beginner, or improve the efficiency of your workouts if you’re a fitness veteran. Try new exercises by watching video demos, design and schedule your own custom workout plan, analyze your progress and make adjustments, all from your phone. Today’s apps provide everything you need to reach your fitness goals.

Nutrition and diet apps can be your best friend when you’re alone. At the office wondering what you should eat for lunch, when out running errands and getting hungry, on business trips away from home; these are times when you’re most vulnerable. When trying to keep your diet on track, apps can keep you focused on what you should be eating.

Many of the apps also have social features that plug you into a community of like-minded fitness peers for support, inspiration and to challenge each other.

Aside from the great apps in featured in our guide, your phone can be part of your own support team, keeping you connected to family, friends or personal trainers so you stay motivated and progressing when away from home. Mobile devices can also keep you energized with your workout music and inspired with motivational messages and stories.

Too busy to workout? Can’t afford a gym membership or personal trainer? No support? Lack of information to make healthy food choices? Not anymore. There really are no excuses to getting in shape these days!

The guide will be on sale on Amazon.com next week, but our subscribers can get a copy for free by visiting this page: Top Diet & Fitness Apps