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Healthy lifestyle guides - electronic gadgets.

A healthy lifestyle, which has been so interesting for many people in recent decades, has given rise to the inventors of "augmented reality" to look for new technological ideas to stimulate a person to sports and proper nutrition. The memories of virtual pets and electronic farms have not cooled yet, as they have been replaced by applications that stimulate a person to move more actively and lead an orderly lifestyle in nutrition.

What are these wellness startups? In a playful form, an application to a smartphone, tablet or any other mobile interactive gadget stimulates a person to perform certain wellness procedures, controls and awards prizes and rewards. It's nice to go through the number of steps indicated in the game scenario or move for a certain time by the program, count daily calories and eat according to the set schedule in order to get points and as a result, for example, a financial incentive: bonuses to the phone or credit card account, or useful information that a person wants to have , and which the electronic device gives out only in the case of "good behavior" - the correct fulfillment of the conditions of the game.

How to turn your smartphone or tablet into a healthy lifestyle guide? There are various apps that can help you motivate and control your healthy lifestyle.

Applications that create a virtual environment for a healthy life:

The application "The Walk: Fitness tracker game" stimulates walking and fast movement by creating a quest, according to the scenario of which the user moves in real life. (Similar applications: "Teemo").
Application "GymPact" - encourages you to work out in a fitness club by making commitments and regularly attending workouts, but pay a fine (real) for skipping, and get a reward (real) for regular workouts.
The Health application controls the lifestyle from various angles (physical activity, rest, nutrition, sleep).
The application "VERAHome" allows in the virtual mode under the supervision of a doctor to conduct at home sessions of restorative physiotherapy exercises (exercises meet the needs of the patient).
The application "Hubbub health" allows you to lose weight under the control of the program: by entering biometric data of a person, it controls its size and their reduction according to advice in sports and nutrition. Success is stimulated by rewards. Creates conditions for group competition.
The application "MyFitnessPal" creates an individual user profile (a description of the daily diet and set of exercises), controls the calorie intake and meal time by counting the calories of various dishes, calculates energy costs for various types of physical exercises (taking into account the number of approaches performed by the user for each exercise), simulates group competition to achieve the best results in the group.
The Coach.me application is not really a program, but rather a search engine for specialists - sports coaches, whose advice you can use when doing sports or dancing on your own for some real fee. (Similar applications: Nike + Training club, Sworkit Lite).
The "Couch to 5K" app ("5K Running Trainer") is an online treadmill that will create a personalized run program and bring the performance to a distance of 5 kilometers in eight weeks from scratch. (Similar applications: "10K Running").
The "Runkeeper" application in online mode (via GPS) will monitor any physical activity: walking, running, swimming, cycling, taking into account the initial data of weight and energy costs. In fact, it shows what kind of calorie expenditures are obtained with a certain physical activity. (Similar apps: Endomondo Running Cycling Walk, Runtastic Running & Fitness, Nike + Run Club, Adidas Train & Run).

Applications – counters:

StepWise application - pedometer (similar applications: Accupedo, Steps Mania, Stepz).
Application "Cardiio" - heart rate monitor (similar applications: "Instant Heart Rate").

Apps that remind you of different types of physical activity during the day:

"7 Minute Workout Challenge" - a seven-minute workout to keep fit,
"30 days" - training program for a month,
"Gym Training" - a program of physical activity with individual calculations,
"Street Workout" - squat program,
Fitstar is a personal fitness trainer.

Calorie Control Apps - Calorie Counters:

The "FatSecret" application simulates a reference book and calculations of the calorie content of the diet, keeps a food diary and a diary of physical activity, selects a diet, and recognizes the calorie content of a product using a barcode scanner (convenient for going to the store). (Similar body mass calculators: "WeightDrop", "WeightMe", "Weight Tracker FIT", "BMI Calculator - Weight Loss Tracker", "DiaLife", "YAZIO").

Applications that monitor fluid intake throughout the day:

"Waterbalance",
"WaterCheck",
"Your Water",
"Watermania",
"Hydro",
"My Water" ("My Water").

Sleep monitors:

Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock application is an interactive alarm clock that monitors sleep (similar applications: Good Morning Alarm Clock, Pillow Sleep tracking & analysis, Sleep Better Runtastic).

Applications for the female half of the population, who, in the turmoil with diets and fitness, sometimes forgets about their critical days, which must also be taken into account in the struggle for women's health: