Keeping Track of your Progress

This article/post goes out to all of those who want to take the first step to make themselves healthier but have no clue on how to get started. The best way to keep up with your progress is to keep track of what you are actually doing. There are so many ways to do so but how easy are they? Very Easy! In my measurement and evaluation class we were introduced to www.livestrong.com . This is an amazing website for beginners, and people with advanced levels of diet and fitness. Right off the bat their ma do sends a powerful message. "They believe everyone has the power to make their lives better. This website was formed by Demand Media and Lance Armstrong. This website is the daily definitive of healthy life styles. What livestrong is? Livestrong is a website that anyone can go to free of coast. You create a password and ID and go from their. Two of the best features of livestrong I would say are the daily plate and exercise log. For those who are big on calorie intake and burning them of this is the perfect website for you. The daily plate allows you to go in in type in a search bar exactly what you had for breakfast, lunch and dinner right down to the brand of the food. Then you are able to select a serving size and the amount of what you consumed. You then can click on that item and the time you ate it. The website then calculates the calorie consumption and takes it away from a basic 2000 calorie a day diet and you then can see how many calories you have left to consume for that day. At the end of the day you will be able to see calories consumed.
The fitness log does just the opposite of the daily plate. You are able to go in in select the form of exercises or activity  you performed that day and for how long you did so. Select an activity and time and the computer calculates how many calories you have burned off during that period and shows how many calories you took off from your daily consumption. This is a great way to keep track of your progress and such an easy way to keep track of what  you eat, which so many people struggle on. Other features of the website include places you can go to look up different workout routines, whats new in the fitness world, updates dealing with the website and health issues, the website also has its own blog as well. For those of you just starting out or who are a veteran at the hole fitness thing I suggest you take a look at this website, you will not be disappointed.

http://www.livestrong.com/