{"id":665,"date":"2014-06-18T09:15:48","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T09:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=665"},"modified":"2015-01-06T11:08:46","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T11:08:46","slug":"the-surprisingly-easy-app-of-the-week-myfitnesspal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/06\/18\/the-surprisingly-easy-app-of-the-week-myfitnesspal\/","title":{"rendered":"The surprisingly easy app of the week: MyFitnessPal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shift some extra pounds before your holiday with this amazing app.<\/p>\n

What is it?<\/h3>\n

\u00a0<\/b>MyFitnessPal lets you track how many calories you consume over the course of a day \u201d\u201c perfect if you\u2019re on a diet.<\/p>\n

Why is it surprisingly easy?<\/h3>\n

Two words: barcode scanner. MyFitnessPal scans the food you eat and gives you full nutritional information \u201d\u201c including calories. These calories are added to a counter, giving you a running total for the day.<\/p>\n

Any calories you burn through exercise are deducted from this total, which gives you extra incentive to get down to the gym!<\/p>\n

Best of all, the nutritional information is easy to digest (no pun intended), which is ideal for those of us who don\u2019t know our carbs from our calories.<\/p>\n

The best bit<\/h3>\n

\u00a0<\/b>MyFitnessPal lets you set calorie goals, meaning you can stay on track and lose weight quickly.<\/p>\n

Also, MyFitnessPal\u2019s food database is huge. We tried scanning some obscure snacks from the World Foods aisle and it had them all.<\/p>\n

The downside<\/h3>\n

You\u2019ll never eat certain foods again once you\u2019ve seen the calorie count.<\/p>\n

Fun fact<\/h3>\n

MyFitnessPal has quite a few celeb fans, including Jessica Alba and British comedian Richard Herring<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Download MyFitnessPal: iOS<\/a> || Android<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Has an app made your life easier? Tell us on Facebook<\/a> or Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shift some extra pounds before your holiday with this amazing app. What is it? \u00a0MyFitnessPal lets you track how many calories you consume over the course of a day \u201d\u201c perfect if you\u2019re on a diet. Why is it surprisingly easy? Two words: barcode scanner. MyFitnessPal scans the food you …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199,4],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3103,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions\/3103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}