Want to Lose Weight? Don't Use a Mobile App
Want to know why you're not losing weight even with all the activity monitors and mobile apps out there? According to newswise.com, these gadgets are good for measuring your exercise and fitness levels, but they do nothing for the most important part of dieting -- motivating. Says newswise.com, "Current weight loss apps lack proven behavioral strategies, such as stress reduction, advice about managing social cues, dealing with negative thinking and time management." I had an activity monitor this summer and I loved it. I kept exercising more and more to record higher levels every day. Then I left it clipped to my running t-shirt when I did the wash. It survived the washing machine (as it had once before). The killer was the dryer. So now I don't have one, and I'm probably exercising a little less (though I did add swimming to my year-round exercise this year, along with running). Many of the country’s 285 million mobile phone subscribers want to lo...