How To Manage Your Fitness Online

How-To Overview

Managing fitness online can be easily broken down into a handful of key factors that you should be taking into account. A short list of relevant issues to be considered is as follows:

Body Mass Index (BMI): BMI is a calculation based on your weight and height, and is used to determine your healthy weight. There are many factors that can affect what your healthy body weight should be, including fitness level, bone structure, muscle mass, gender, age, and ethnic background. The normal weight category for optimal health places your BMI between 18.5 and 24.9. If your BMI falls below this range, you could be underweight; if it is higher, you could be considered overweight, or even obese. A calculator that can help you determine your BMI can be found at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Adult BMI Calculator page.

Calories: For many diets, you often need to calculate your caloric intake. While the exact number of calories recommended for consumption each day can vary depending on who you consult, it tends to be between 1900 and 2500 calories for the average adult. To monitor and track your caloric intake online, try this Calorie Counter.

The site linked above has a database of thousands of foods, including nutritional information and number of calories for each. All you need to do is keep track of these calories on paper or in a spreadsheet. If you want to record it online, do a Google search for “calorie tracker” and choose a site or computer program that will suit your particular fitness goals.

Exercise: Exercise is vitally important, no matter how much how much you want to lose, or even if you just want to maintain your current weight. There are many tools available online to track your exercise routine. Determining a specific exercise and and estimating how many calories you can burn doing this activity can all be calculated on this Excercise/Activity Calculator.

Food & Nutrition: Eating well is particularly important to proper health. You might be surprised to find how many recipes are on the web, many of which cater to specific dietary needs. Nutritional information for the a variety of recipes, allowing you to track your calories, fat, carbohydrates, protein, or whatever else you may be monitoring, can be found at AllRecipes.com.

We Endure We Endure is a social training log (and no that doesn't mean it teaches you how to behave in polite company) where you can track your progress in any of a number of endurance sports (Cycling, Running, and Swimming to name a few) and then compare that progress with others. Or, find new events to attend, set new goals for yourself, and make new friends to train with along the way! So go ahead and sign up and start tracking your progress today! http://weendure.com/

Traineo Traineo is an example of a social training log that focuses on weight loss. It focuses on the power of motivation, and allows users to select "motivators" (friends and family that have email addresses) that receive updates on their progress toward goals. The online log offers three categories that should be updated daily: My Workout, My Diet and My Weight. Traineo offers custom logs to track progress. It is an easy-to-use application that provides just the right amount of functionality for those seeking to lose weight. http://www.traineo.com/

Online Fitness Roundup

Resources to help you track your BMI, nutrition, and exercise all in one place and, store it all for later use, can also be found online. If you’re looking for one source to track all your fitness and nutrition needs, try the following:

• FitDay Diet & Weight Loss Journal
• StrengthNow Free Fitness Tracking Software
• SparkPeople Free Online Diet Plan
• Fast weight loss
• Best Diet Plan
• Weight loss blog

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