A friend designed this new diet and fitness ap. It reminds me of Weight Watchers in the ability to track calories and fat as well as exercise. It is FREE and is has an app for your phone too! I started it today. I can put in what I have eaten, what exercise I have done for the day and even has an inspirational section to help motivate yourself and others. It has a add friend feature and blog. It even has a place to list groups and put up challenges. I will keep you posted on how this is working for me. I have gained a bit of weight over the winter and had to stop walking due to an injury. But I am back walking and trying to eat regularly and healthy. Check out the site SlimKicker. And if you try it out, let me know what you think!
This is how Christine describes it- “Basically, the main problem with being fit and eating healthy is motivation and willpower. It’s such an abstract goal that seems overwhelming. It seems the best way to counter this is to make it into smaller, winnable games. So my app makes living healthy, eating healthy, and fitness into a RPG game, where users earn points, “level up’, and earn badges as they accomplish their health goals. Everytime they add something healthy like whole greens, and veggies to their food log, they earn points. Every time they complete a workout, they earn points. As they achieve more and more, they’ll level up and unlock badges… Of course, to appeal to people’s need for achievements/progress, I’m also adding charts, and graphs to show their progress… I think people love that sorta stuff. The whole idea is to shift people’s attitude towards healthy living as fun, and enjoyable. And there’s a web version for those that don’t own smartphones.”
