Get fit with your iPhone
NomatterwhatappsyouuseApple
Healthcanactasa hubforallof
youractivitiesanddespitethefact
thatanAppleWatchwillmakethings
a loteasier,youcanstillfilltheapp
withyourmovementsusingjustyour
iPhone.Third-partyappscanexport
theirdatatoHealthanddatacanalso
beexportedfromHealthwithease.
Health as
a hub
1 Data
overload?
Thesheeramount
of datathatHealth
storescanbe
bewilderingat first,
butif youtakethe
timetocustomiseit
theendresultwillbe
a usefulhub.2 Syncto
Health
Anapplike
SyncSolvercan
synchroniseyour
calorieintake,sleep
andotherdata
pointstoHealth
fromtheFitbitapp
withjustonetap.It’s
simpleandeffective.3 Thereare
limitations
Restrictionsin iOS
andthird-partyapps
meansthatnotall
granulardatacan
beimported.For
example,calories
fromFitbitare
displayedasjust
thetotals.4 Yourwhole
health
Everypartof you
canbestoredin
Healthincluding
importantclinical
documents.Thisis
importantandhugely
beneficialif you
needtomanage
anunderlying
healthcondition.5 Real-time
updates
Manydigitalweighing
scalescanexport
theirresultstoHealth
whichgivesyoua
continuallyupdated
reportonyourdieting
progress.Thehard
datacapturingwork
is doneforyou.Setit up
Youcantweaktheapptosetthe
unitsyouuse,toseta targetweight
andtoalsochooseat whatspeed
youareaimingtoloseweight.The
datayouinputis crucialtohittinga
specificweighttarget.Track your weight
The Health app does a good job of helping you to visualise your weight at the present time, but a third-party app such as Weight Diary
specifically focuses on just this aspect of your health and it presents your weight trend in a way that is much easier to understand. This
helpsyouknowwhatdietis workingforyou.
Calorietrends
Hereyouseethetrendof yourcalorieintake
whichwillalmostcertainlymatchtheweight
trendin thegraph.It takesa lotof research
to understandwhatfoodsaffectyourweight
in themosteffectiveways.Viewthetrend
Thegraphis themostimportantaspect
of theappandit reliesonyouregularly
checkingyourweightto gaina pictureof how
yourweightis changing.Youcanthencheck
thedataagainstyourcalorieintake.The big number
You will quickly start to understand
what your ideal weight should be and
you will immediately know if the big
number at the top is good and bad.
Use it wisely to adjust your calorie
intake as you need to.