I was a girlie techno geek way before I dated a Mac Genius.  I was born a few miles from IBM and Apple head quarters.  I figure it's in the water.  I worship at the temple Apple.  And I love my iPhone like it were a member of the family.  I'm building a whole page of apps dedicated to health.  No, not just weightloss.  But we'll start there.  How can technology help me lose weight? 

Here are my needs:

• simplicity - must work seamlessly with my life and not complicate my already complicated day.
• consistency - i must want to use it every day
• graphics - must be pleasing to my eye
• suggestions - when i'm out of idea of good meals or exercises
• community - popular enough that I can find other women who use it
   

I love Lose It and I'm not the only one.  My friend, Jeannie Ferguson of BGU lost 35 pounds using the app.  GeekSugar and Mashable are on board as well, although I'm not sure if anyone from either site is in need of weight loss.  I like to do searches on twitter and see how many people are discussing the Lose It app.

It's not a diet.  It's a tracker.  It tells you how many calories you should consume a day (I'm at 1900).  As you add what you've eaten from their comprehensive list of foods (you can add to the list) it tells you how many more calories you have left.

Wanna make it real fun?  Add exercise!  It calculates it all for you.  Then it helps you track your adventure over weeks and months!  It also has recipe ideas and a great list of exercises and how many calories each activity burns in case you run out of ideas.  I've only just started using it.  I'll let you know how it goes!

Technology should aid you, not hinder or confuse.  There is always a learning curve with new technology, but as long as it saves you time in the end, it's worth it.  For me, this is perfect.  I own an iPhone, I'm on it every minute of every day, and I don't lose it like I do pieces of paper trying to track what I eat.  Good Luck!

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nati