apps

[mark1985]

Hi
Im looking at possibly getting a app to help me work things out. Do people know of any good apps i know they cost or are they not worth even looking at?

 

[helli]

Can you give us a bit more information about what you want the app to work out?

 

[mark1985]

meal plans blood suger when i input it any exercise i do just seeing whats out there atm

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

For food tracking (eg calories consumed etc) people often mention MyFitnessPal and NutraCheck (MFP is more US focussed I think). Carbs and Cals is very popular too.

For BG logging (and tracking changes in other things) mySugr often gets mentioned. For wider health logging, many phones seem to have ‘Health’ apps built in, that allow you to track weight, BP, mood, and many other metrics.

There are also mental health / guided meditation / mindfulness apps like Balance which some folks find helpful.

For meal plans Freshwell has an app that many here like. And the DUK website is optimised for viewing on handheld devices and has extensive recipe section / meal plans etc.

Hope you find something that works for you.

 

[mark1985]

Thanks for all the replays a big help thank you.

 

[Vonny]

Being a bit of a luddite, I've always kept a daily record in a note book. I note date, weight, cals eaten, carbs eaten and cals expended as reported by my trusty fitbit.
It's not rocket science, but it works for me and helps me keep on the straight and narrow, besides providing me with a history of my progress so far.

 

[PerSpinasAdAstra]

Cronometer will do much of that except the meal plans. Very like MyFitnessPal for food tracking and enables exercise logging. Allows tracking of blood glucose readings, A1C, cholesterol, blood pressure, body weight etc. It can sync to and from the Android (Google Fit AKA Health Connect) or Apple (Apple Health) health data exchange systems so for example if you have a Fitbit or a smart weighing scale you can sync back and forth between apps. The free version of Cronometer will do all you need regarding food tracking, though if you want to see nice graphs with lots of data for example graphs of your blood pressure together with your body weight over a period of months, you need the paid version of the app. The paid version also gives you 'custom biometrics' which I use to track medication doses/timing and enables timestamps for foods eaten, which I use to correlate meals and snacks eaten with CGM graphs when I'm wearing one.

It's a good app and being able to view big graphs via their website is nice, but it's not perfect at anything except food tracking. For example MySugr is a better app for logging blood glucose readings as you can specify fasting readings vs pre-meal vs post-meal readings. It is very good for an all-in-one app though and the free version does pretty much all you really need.