Free online weight loss tools
April 30, 2007 · Print This Article
Now is the perfect time for you to be thinking about losing some excess kilos or getting fit to have you feeling and looking great for
summer. Here are some great sites that can help with workout and exercise ideas, keeping track of your progress, helping you with your diet and keeping you motivated.
You don’t need to join expensive weight loss programs and diets, you can do it all online yourself for free!
CalorieKing
CalorieKing is a great resource of tools and information for Australian’s (there is also a US version.) They have an extensive food database with over 20,000 foods and cover favourite brands and restaurant chains. The website also has a food and exercise diary so you can track your daily calorie intake, calories burnt and over all progress. Best of all, it has just become free to join.
traineo
traineo is a website for tracking your exercise and weight loss while helping give you motivation and support to reach your weight loss and fitness goals.
Gimme20
Gimme20 is another social network site that allows you to build your own custom work outs with instructions and pictures on how to perform each exercise. This site also has features to allow you to track your progress.
Fat secret
Fatsecret is a new site for people interested in diets to come and find out about and compare the different diets and see what works. With journals, tips, recipes and advice.
Bodybuilding.com
Do not let the name put you off. It is an amazing resource for anyone looking to get fit and maybe lose some weight. They have 1000’s of articles on fitness, weight loss and training exercises. With information for beginners as well as the more advanced.
ExRx
1000’s of different exercises, covering all parts of the body, with specific work outs for women. Shows animations of how to do the exercises.
Calories per hour
Free Calorie Counter & Weight Loss Calculator: Calories, BMI, BMR, RMR etc.
Do you have any other weight loss tools or sites with great info you can share?
Really informative and helpful post.
Even better when they are free!
Thanks Leigh I will find this helpful.
There are some great tools there, hope you find some helpful Sandy
A fairly new site and one that’s not included on your list is, Iowa Avenue, http://www.iowaavenue.com. It’s a social healthy lifestyle community, offering a registered dietitian, individual blogs, groups, photos, videos, and current information for anyone trying to gain a healthy lifestyle via weight loss or weight management.
Check it out…………..