Top 10 iPhone apps to fight the flab!

Get fit while playing with your brand new iPhone! These calorie-crunching apps will kick your butt into shape before you can say “flat battery”.

There’s everything from calorie counters to exercise tutorials. Stick to our list of the finest iPhone apps, and you’ll soon be fighting fit, shedding pounds and on the road to physical perfection!

FatWatch (£5.99)
Find out if you’re losing or gaining weight with this vital flab-fighting tool. It’ll keep you in check over time too, just rotate your phone to see a chart of your progress plotted across the screen. The best way to give yourself an incentive is to see how far you’ve come, and that’s exactly what FatWatch lets you do!

GoLearn Fitness: Home Edition (£5.99)
Swap calls for crunches with this handy app. It’s packed with video tutorials to get you in shape, and will even help you design a workout routine specific to your goals. Install it, ditch the gym, and get fit on your living room floor! There’s everything you need here, so you’ll save money as well as losing the flab!
iCalorie (£2.99)
You are what you eat. That’s why this counter lets you keep track of your daily calorie intake. Just tap in what you’ve eaten, as well as the exercise you’ve done, and it’ll work out where you currently stand. It’s quick, simple, and handier than carrying ’round a notepad!

GoLearn Fitness: Plus (£11.99)
Just like the cheaper version above, this tutorial app squeezes in videos and tools to tune your fitness regime. It’s a bit pricey compared to alternative apps though, and probably one for real fitness addicts. Our advice is to start small and work you way up to this. Once you’ve dodged the pies for a month, you’ll have enough spare cash to pay for it!

Steps (£1.19)
This clever app uses the iPhone’s accelerometer as a pedometer to measure your steps. By using your weight and height, it’ll figure out how any steps you’ve taken, the distance covered and calculate the calories lost. You’ll be a slim Jim in no time.

GoLearn Fitness: Gym Edition (£5.99)
The perfect aid if you’re trying to beef up in the gym, but keep being intimidated by the hulking instructors. With video demonstrations and hints on which weights to use and how to use them, you’ll look just like Arnie after a couple of weeks

Restaurant nutrition (£free)
With nutritional info on restaurants such as Burger King, you’ll never pig out more than you should. Entering in your meals is as simple as picking them from the on-screen menu, while all the calorie counting and number crunching is done behind the scenes.

Quitter (£free)
Forget the fags, quit using this app and you’ll instantly take a step up the fitness ladder. Using it is easy: Just enter the details of your habit, and it’ll keep track of how long you’ve been smoke-free, as well as adding up the amount of cash you’ve saved by not spending it on the cancer sticks!

Diet (£2.99)
Worried what you’re eating might not be good for you? This foodie app contains details for thousands of foods, so you’ll be able to tell what’s what at the tap of your iPhone’s screen. Of course, there’s nothing to stop you eating it anyway. Willpower is definitely required with this app.

Kenkou (£2.99)
Kenkou helps you keep a record of your vital health stats. Essentials such as your blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar and weight can all be tracked. Knowledge is power, and the key to physical fitness, so with this app in your pocket you’ll be the most powerful guy around!

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