Making a few New Year’s resolutions after the indulgence of the holidays is common. However, sticking to these after the clock strikes 12 is a different matter! We have compiled an essential list of five gadgets and apps to help you stick to your fitness and wellness resolutions, whatever the year brings…
1. HAPIfork
The HAPIfork from HAPI.com is the ultimate gadget for those looking to lose weight and still enjoy their food throughout 2014. Eating meals too fast can mean all your good intentions regarding dieting can quickly fall by the wayside. But the electronic HAPIfork allows you to control your weight and track your eating habits as well as avoid common problems like poor digestion and gastric reflux.
The HAPIfork vibrates and lights up to help you improve your eating behavior. You can also connect this handy gadget to your laptop or smartphone to access data gathered during meal times, set objectives, track progress and share your success with the HAPI community.
Improving your health this New Year isn’t just about curbing those eating habits, improving fitness and wellness is also a vital part of the package. Tinké connects to your iPhone, iPad or iPod to monitor both fitness and wellness allowing you to fulfill your resolutions. In addition to its sleek and simple design, the Tinké gets to grips with your heart rate, blood oxygen level and respiratory rate to understand and enhance how your body functions.
The app-powered gadget also allows you to select either the ‘Vita’ or ‘Zen’ settings. Vita focuses on tracking and improving fitness while the Zen works on helping you relax in everyday life and following those all-important workouts. Tinké ultimately translates your body’s signals to help you develop a more fulfilling and successful regime.
3. Pear Pro Training Intelligence System
The Training Intelligence System from Pear Pro offers the ultimate coaching tool to accomplish your fitness resolutions without the hefty price tag involved in regular, one-on-one sessions with a personal trainer. The gadget measures your response to workouts and provides real-time audio coaching to utilize the data collected and devise the right workout and intensity level to achieve your goals, whether they involve losing weight or improving your fitness.
The devices available from Fitbit offer an excellent array of functions to allow you to get active, eat better, manage weight and attain a better night’s sleep. The Fitbit Family comprises of wireless trackers, the Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale and a selection of mobile tools to help you reach and continue achieving those fitness and wellness goals. You can also track and share your progress via the Fitbit dashboard.
5. MyFitnessPal
MyFitnessPal is an easy-to-use app to help you attain your weight loss goals this New Year. Featured and celebrated in a number of publications, including the NY Times, Wall Street Journal and Marie Claire, MyFitnessPal counts calories and tracks diet progress to help you lose weight and achieve a healthier way of living.
The app has access to a library of over 3,000,000 foods to make the often troublesome experience of counting calories a breeze! The app also syncs to the web to allow you to access data via your laptop or smartphone while its community enables you to diet and support friends. MyFitnessPal app also includes a barcode scanner for quick calorie counting on the go, a recipe calculator for devising recipes and monitoring their nutrition value, and a customizable function to create your own workouts.
Author Bio
Brittany Thorley works for Steatite Rugged Systems and Steatite Batteries. As well as developing specialist systems for commercial, industrial and individual use, she actively shares her expertise throughout the technology industry.