I’ve been pondering an app called Lose It! for the past few weeks. I’ve talked about it before and I think it’s an incredible tool for those who are looking to make a change. It can really help you identify what you’re eating, how much you’re exercising and where the difference is between where you are and where you want to be. However, is it something I, or anyone else, should use for the rest of their life? At what point does tracking numbers like this stop being beneficial and start being stressful? Is it worth it to pause in the middle of a wonderful dinner with my wife just to enter in the fact that I ate a burrito?

I would quantify the usefulness of Lose It! and other apps like it in three ways:

• It’s helpful in learning more about your habits and really digging into the details of where your problems are
• It forces you to face your issues by making your overeating or lack of exercise really obvious
• It motivates you to keep working at your goals by presenting you with reports and daily reminders

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