So the last 2-3 months I have completely falling off the “getting healthy” wagon, but starting last night I am forcing myself to get back on track. With working out, eating better. and tracking calories through the website LiveStrong.com. No I have mentioned LiveStrong in the past, but mostly I just talked about their iPhone app, which I still believe to be the best calorie tracking app out there (even with the bugs it has).

But this post isn’t about the App. I wanna talk more about their site.

As a web designer, I must first say that the layout and browsing of the site is as close to horrible as possible. There’s a lot of things that should take a click or 2 tops that ends up taking 4-5, if not more to get to. But at the same time the site is a huge benefit. Their food database is second to none (in my opinion), they have a lot of duplicates on some things, but usually will have a “verified” image on the one that is accurate.

They allow you to put in your current height, weight and how much you want to lose a week and they will automatically calculate the amount of calories that you are allowed to eat a day to stick to your goal. They also build their entire site around a community this way you can work together with others and have they extra support group. They also have a ton of recipes and what they call “Dares” to try and help get and keep you motivated.

I have had the account for I believe almost a year now and have lost a total of 30lbs (so it does work), but as I mentioned before I haven’t been doing so well the last few months. So, it should be a lot more, but if you are interested and want to join feel free to look me up.