We know that our smartphones are some of the most useful gadgets for helping us achieve our goals.
A lot of people would have started the New Year with firm resolutions to lose weight, but guess what? About 70% of these people will abandon this noble intention by the second or third week of January and continue down the slippery slope of weight gain.
We have compiled in no particular order, a list of our favourite apps that you can download right now to help you stay focussed.
So hopefully you already got one of these but if you don’t, then you can make a choice from our selection.

MyFitnessPal Calorie Counter & Diet Tracker

Available on Android, iOS, Blackberry and Windows smartphones – Key benefits include a huge database of food items for calculating calories, barcode scanner, recipe calculator, exercise tracker, and a whole lot more.

Nike Training Club

Key benefits include over 100 workouts from top trainers and structured training programmes to keep you toned up and in shape - available on Android, iOS, and Blackberry.

Fitocracy

Great App if you are the type to get bored easily making it difficult to stick to your weight loss programme. This app features an interactive online game based on tracking your weight loss progress and is sure to keep you seriously engaged - available on iOS.

Strava

This App is most useful for the running or cycling buff. It uses GPS technology to track the distance covered and will calculate calories burnt using your personalised data - available on iOS and Android.



Runkeeper

Another great app for the enthusiastic runner with features that include trackers for running distance, calories burnt and training calendar - available on iOS and Android.

Endomondo

With over 25 million downloads, this popular app is great for tracking calories burnt, training distance covered, speed exerted during training as well as providing audio feedback and motivational speech.

Can I Eat It

This is a great app for checking and keeping track of the food you consume. It features barcode scanner with feedback on whether a grocery item is a nutritionally good choice or one to avoid - available on iOS.

Low Carb Recipes

This is a brilliant app if you decided to go low carb. Key Benefits include an extensive list of low carb recipes with a range of offerings for different meal types - available on iOS.


Drinkaware

Alcoholic beverages pack a punch in the calorific counter department but this great app will help you keep track of the calories in your booze and send you regular notifications to help you moderate your intake - available on iOS.

My Diet Coach

Another motivational app to keep you on form; key features include regular reminders based on your set objectives including motivational pictures to track your progress as the pounds fall off – available on Android and iOS


Happy Scale

This app helps you get over your weight fluctuation days, with calculations that are generated based on your overall weight loss trend over a number of weeks as well as your realistic predicted weight loss – available on iOS.

Weight Loss Hypnosis 2 by Mindifi


This app uses suggestive mediation and soothing relaxation techniques to hypnotise you into shedding those pounds. Key features include motivational audio tracks for Weight Loss; Exercise, Mindful Eating and the 5 Minute Crave Cruncher.

Gluugle

A handy app for gluten free living (free from bread, pasta, rice etc.) as it will tell you restaurants and cafes that offer gluten free dishes on their menu – available on iOS.

7 minute workout Seven


Excellent App for getting your exercise on speed dial with high intensity interval training (HIIT) that you can do in short sharp bursts throughout the day around your personal commitments and work. Key features include a selection of snappy 7 minute exercises with no need for special equipment – available on Android, iOS, Blackberry and Windows.

Weightwatchers mobile

The official app from the popular weight watchers programme; packed with great features for tracking your food, weight and activity, finding recipes, calculating your ProPoints with no need for calorie counting, reports and graphs for visual feedback on progress. You will need a subscription to WW to log in and track using this app – available on iOS and Android.

101 weight loss tips

This app comes with condensed knowledge on tips and tricks to help you keep the flab off; works even when you are not online – available on Android.


Eat Slower

Mindful Eating taken to the next level, this app teaches you to pace yourself as you eat and to chew more slowly. Key features include a timer to eat your meal over a space of 20 or more minutes in order to enable your brain register when you actually get full and stop you from overeating as most overeaters usually chew less and consume more food in the process - available on iOS and Android.


Nutrition Quiz

A fun and interactive app for increasing your knowledge and awareness of different food types as well as their nutritional value based on scientific research – available on iOS.


Caledos Runner

Running app for monitoring and analysing your progress, distance covered, calorie burnt as well as speed – available only on Windows.

Breeze

A motivational app to help you track your progress on a daily basis; key features include activity tracker, goal setting, real time tips, pointers and target for fat burning – available on iOS.


Pact

This app will pay you if you achieve your goals and penalise you when you fail based on a financial pledge you pay into when you sign up so you are effectively putting your money where your mouth is – available on iOS and Android

Lose It

Free app to assist you on your journey to Nirvana; key features include activity and food tracker, website, community forum, and tips to encourage you to make smart choices – available on iOS and Android.

Google Fit

Free fitness app to help you track your daily activity, weight, heart rate and acts like a pedometer to track your steps as you move with your android phone on you. App features include plug ins to help you extend the service with additional tracking and fitness – available on Android.
iPhone Health App
This is an awesome app which comes built in and shipped with the latest iPhone devices. Key features include trackers for body measurement, Activity, weight, calories, heart rate, sleep and vital signs – available on iOS 8 devices only.

Fooducate

This app equips you with the knowledge to make the right decision about your food choices. Key features include daily tips, food finder, health tracker, community with graded feedback on scanned food – available on iOS and Android.

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