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Originally Posted by 4star
I have an app on my phone but forget to use it. I've had a smartphone for a year and just put an app on it. My weight loss so far was lost using a note pad and piece of paper. It doesn't matter what you use to keep track of calories as long as you do it. Even with apps on my phone, I still pre-plan what I will eat if I have to eat out before leaving home. I even have other cool gadgets I've just started using but they aren't speeding up my progress, they are just cool tools that can be convenient. Weight loss via calorie counting can be done for free, so no worries. 
I'm so glad 4star posted this. It is absolutely true that you don't need a fancy gadget, or any major purchase of any kind to lose weight. I lost 190 pounds and basically the only real money I spent was on new clothes. Since you have a computer and Internet service, you can look up calories of anything on-line FOR FREE, you can use a 50 cent purse sized spiral notebook from the dollar store to log your calories in. If you really want to get fancy, there are tons of cheap little calorie counter booklets near the checkout at you local grocery store. Most restaurants have nutritional info on-line. The key to my, and many other long time maintainers, is the ability and the discipline to PLAN ahead most of the time.
I recently bought an i-phone and downloaded 2 "diet" apps and both take way longer than jotting down a bit of info in a notebook.
You don't need a gym membership, you don't need a body bugg, you don't need special foods, potions, or pills. You don't need anything but a desire to lose weight and some addition skills.
This wisdom comes with age though, and I only WISH I had 1/2 of the money back I blew on "diet stuff" from my younger years.
Please don't let money, or pressure to buy something deter you from starting today.
Anastasia77 , 03-09-2012 01:46 AM
