Top Health, Fitness, and Nutrition Apps for 2017

by Andrea Holwegner | Jan 16, 2017

Top Health, Fitness and Nutrition Apps for 2017

With so many options to choose from, it can be overwhelming to decide which apps may be most helpful when it comes to helping you to achieve a healthy lifestyle. To help you screen through the clutter, here are my top apps to check out for nutrition, cooking, fitness, meditation, and goal setting to get you started.

(Note that I have not selected apps that only track calories since after all there is more to healthy eating than simply just adding up numbers).

Watch nutrition expert Andrea Holwegner speak on Global TV about great apps for 2017:

Top Nutrition Apps

Strides: Goal & Habit Tracker + Life Organizer www.stridesapp.com

Free forever iphone, ipad, apple watch & web app
Paid app if tracking over 10 goals/habits or want more flexibility.
Track just about any goal or habit all in one place (track a target, habit, average, project).
Quick set up, beautiful charts and nice rewards.
Automatic flexible reminders and easy fast tracking by swiping
Although this isn’t a nutrition app the possibilities for tracking very clear nutrition goals that lead to success is awesome. Eg. Track hydration, eating breakfast daily, eating enough vegetable servings today, deciding what dinner will be for tomorrow etc

EATracker www.eatracker.ca

Free iphone and android app created by Dietitians of Canada.
Plan your meals: Get feedback on a variety of nutrients (not just calories). Search and add favourite foods/recipes to your “pantry.”
Food search: quickly access a nutrition facts table to find out the nutrients in a food.
Analyze your food: Compare your intake to national guidelines.
Track activities: Set exercise goals and track progress.
Meet your goals: Post your own goals, quotes and photos to keep motivated.
Recipe analysis: Get a quick nutrient analysis of your own recipes.

Top Cooking Apps

OrganizEat Recipe Organizer http://app.organizeat.com

$5.49 iphone or ipad app
Very easy to use
Organizes all your recipes quickly (no need to type!)
Snap a photo of your recipe from home or clip a photo from the web
Sync between your iphone and ipad (recipe backup and sync)
Can easily share the recipe for a friend or family member by email

Copy Me That Recipe Manager, Grocery List, Meal Planner www.copymethat.com/about/

Free app iphone or android
Add any recipe from any website with a click (uses technology to clip the text and extract and format the text from any website) – also can edit/add notes.
Check a button when you have made this and rank out of 5 stars how much you liked it.
Organize with tags or simply just use the search button to find your recipes
Get a shopping list from the recipe and add extra items.
Can create meal plans for a special meal or weeks at a time.
Share publicly with the community or keep private.

Any List (Create and share any list; organize recipes) www.anylistapp.com/

Free for iphone (paid for advanced features)
Create and share grocery shopping lists and other lists
Can sync and share with family; changes immediately show up to everyone sharing a list
Can be seen on multiple devices and securely backed up in the cloud
Organize personal recipes and recipes from other sources such as emails, websites and blogs
Tap on recipe ingredients to add them to shopping lists.
Add items with Siri
Add photos to list items to keep everyone on the same page and make sure the right item is purchased

How to Cook Everything http://www.how tocookeverything.com

Paid apps by culinary guru Mark Bittman
How to cook everything kitchen companion app is a must have fundamental resource for every cook to own.
Search by ingredient or category the 2,000 plus recipes with variations for this award winning no-nonsense cookbook
Also check out how to cook everything fast, basics, vegetarian as secondary purchase options)

Top Fitness, Meditation and Sleep Apps

Sworkit www.sworkit.com

Free and premium paid version app
Pre-built workouts or design your own
Strength, stretching, cardio, pilates and yoga
Set your own time limit from 5 minutes or more
No equipment required
Video instruction and audio cues

Insight Meditation https://insighttimer.com

Free meditation app
Connect with a worldwide community of millions of meditators
Choose from a variety of timers for meditation
Access hundreds of free guided meditations by renowned experts

White Noise Sleep Sounds https://www.tmsoft.com/white-noise/

Free app with sounds to help you relax the day and sleep at night
Create your own custom sound mixes by mixing several sounds together
Change the colour and brightness of your screen
Gentle alarms and timers that slowly fade in.

What are your favourite fitness, health, cooking and nutrition apps? I would love to hear from you!

Andrea Holwegner

About Andrea Holwegner

CEO, Registered Dietitian, Counseling Practice Director & Professional Speaker

Andrea the «Chocoholic Nutritionist» is founder and CEO of Health Stand Nutrition Consulting Inc. since 2000. She is an online nutrition course creator, professional speaker and regular guest in the media. Andrea is the recipient of an award by the Dietitians of Canada: The Speaking of Food & Healthy Living Award for Excellence in Consumer Education....Read more

Success stories

"I am a psychologist in private practice and it is very important to me that my clients have the best care with other health care professionals. For that reason Health Stand Nutrition is my only source for exceptional Dietitians. Andrea and her team provide highly knowledgeable, compassionate, and real world support to my clients who require assistance with food lifestyle. I trust my clients to them and you would be in excellent hands making them part of your health care team."

Adele Fox, Psychologist

“This is the first time I feel satisfied; my cravings have diminished dramatically and I have a whole new relationship with food. I am eating guilt-free for the first time in my life. My energy has also dramatically increased and I feel great!”

Rhonda Jenkins, Nutrition Counseling Client

“The Dieticians at Health Stand Nutrition help you to take action on the science behind eating well by making it practical, understandable, and fun. Their office is cozy and not at all clinical or intimidating. I felt like I was sitting down with a really smart, caring friend who wanted to help me make the best choices for my lifestyle and food preferences. They really are the best in the business.”

Marty Avery, Nutrition Counseling Client

“I have come to think of the program as a one stop shopping excursion for everything one needs to know about creating a joyous relationship with food and our bodies. In a single word, the course has gifted me with freedom from the punishing rigidity of disordered eating, old stories that never were true, and body dysmorphia that did nothing but make me lose sight of a body that has done everything I've asked, despite my careless dismissal of her needs. Now when I look in the mirror I find myself shifting from harsh criticism to gentle gratitude.”

Lynn Haley, Pursuit of Healthiness Online Course Participant

“I spent 3 hours when first diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I learned more from my Dietitian about food in those 3 hours than I had learned in all the years of my life. I also love the newsletter, there is always something to learn.”

Peter Whitehead, Nutrition Counseling Client

“I didn’t realize how strong my “diet mentality” was, and all the rules I had in my head about food. I was in a cycle of reward/punish/binge/cringe. I booked with your business very reluctantly, on the repeated advice of my doctor, to get my slowly rising cholesterol levels in check. I thought I knew everything about food, and my behaviour with food, but I was definitely re-schooled. My weight is creeping down, I feel good about my diet, exercise, body image, and lifestyle.”

Amy Floyd, Nutrition Counseling Client

“Thanks Andrea for an amazing presentation, I have heard all positive remarks from attendees and the evaluations show the same sentiment. It is really gratifying when a speaker does their “homework” and weaves in our profession’s day to day challenges within their content, you did an awesome job of this! You truly took the “die” out of Dietician! Your information on healthy eating and simplifying how we can work towards this as we are all so busy really hit the mark. Andrea connects very well with her audience; she is energetic, funny, and very approachable.”

Carole Ann LaGrange, Transfusion Medicine Safety Officer

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“I am a family physician who sees patients with a myriad of eating concerns – from wanting to know how to plan healthy meals for active families, to weight loss, to eating disorders, and so on. I cannot recommend the Health Stand team highly enough. I have worked with (and been to!) other Dieticians in the past and too often find that they just ask for food logs and make suggestions that are easily obtained online or in books. The Dieticians at Health Stand offer much more than just telling clients what they “should be eating.” In contrast, the team really does more of a counselling practice, and they work hard to help their clients learn more about why their eating habits may be off track and not optimal for them, as well as helping people to effect change at a deep level that, most importantly, is sustainable for lifetime health.”

Dr. Deb Putnam, Family Physician

Nutrition Counseling Client & Referring Physician

“I am a busy mom, with kids in high level sports, working full-time downtown, and running our home acreage outside the City. I now have the knowledge and tools I need to plan for and manage the chaos of meal planning.”

Gillian Gray, Pursuit of Healthiness Online Course Participant

“As a construction company, we select speakers who can relate to our industry and its employees. Andrea’s message was delivered with humor and empathy. She makes people feel as though they can make changes without leaving behind every favorite food. Andrea focused her presentation on healthy eating as a way to keep energy high throughout the day. This message and the way it was delivered resonated with our predominantly male, blue collar culture. I would highly recommend Andrea as a speaker for groups such as ours. She will get your message across without alienating anyone in your audience – which is a huge hurdle when trying to introduce a wellness program in the workplace!”

Stephanie Wood, HR and Safety Manager

Fisher Construction Group, Burlington, WA

“I found my Dietitian warm, funny, and skilled at teaching nutrition concepts without the overwhelm. The general approach of each session was to mix science with emotion, which was exceedingly effective in helping me shift my perspective on food from one of anxiety to one of joy and curiosity.”

Erin Kronstedt, Nutrition Counseling Client

“Excellent presentation! What a refreshing change to have a speaker inspire rather than “lecture” about nutrition. Your captivating stories, tips and overall approach to healthy eating uplifts and puts people at ease. It was great to hear we don’t need to strive to be perfect eaters, and that small changes really can make a difference in how we feel and in our health. Thanks to Andrea, we have solutions to our everyday nutrition challenges that can actually work in real life!”

Tina Tamagi, Human Resources

ARC Resources Ltd.

“Had I not joined this course I would have struggled with no focus, low energy, and mindless eating. Excellent teaching and motivation. This is not just a course, it is a nutrition club with mentorship, support, and connections with other people with similar situations.”

Lorri Lawrence, Pursuit of Healthiness online course participant

Top Health, Fitness, and Nutrition Apps for 2017

Top Health, Fitness and Nutrition Apps for 2017