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Take a weight loss pledge and get rewards worth Rs. 1000+

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Written By: Poorva Chavan | Published : May 18, 2015 5:12 PM IST

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If you want to lose weight and are looking for professional advice, your search ends here. All you need to do is download this handy app from the Google Play store and let it help you achieve your weight loss goals and other fitness needs. The app HealthifyMe is customised to suit Indian needs and was launched by our Health Minister JP Nadda to make millions of Indians fit and is urging Indians to a take a pledge to stay healthy and fit. Partenered by TheHealthSite.com, Godrej Nature's Basket, Medanta-The Medcity, Manipal Hospitals and Apollo hospitals, the HealthifyMe app promises to help you stick by your side while achieve your weight loss goals and design a custom plan for you.

Here are a few features of this app:

  • It is a fitness tracker and includes a sophisticated calorie counter specially designed to tell you about the calories in Indian foods. Not only that, it has a database of over 10000 local and regional Indian foods. The app also has multiple serving sizes, which make sense in an Indian context like 'Katori'. You can easily lose weight with this Indian diet plan.
  • It has a detailed macronutrient breakdown of the food you eat and it gives you comprehensive advice on what you should eat next.
  • To keep you motivated, for every little progress you make, you get reward points and you can also compete with other people on their leader board.
  • It automatically syncs tracked foods and exercises with the website - healthifyme.com.
  • It has a database of over 500 exercises and fun activities.
  • It also calculates the number of calories you burn based on your height and weight. You can also manually enter the calories you burn.
  • You can set speed, distance or time for walking and running.

If you download the premium version of this app, you can use its advanced features:

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  • A twelve week customised fitness plan. The app offers a customised new challenge every week to keep you motivated.
  • Easy access to their certified nutritionists and fitness trainers who will guide you along your journey. You can also message them and schedule video calls with experts for their advice.
  • You can also avail the easy assist features like photo tracking and voice tracking. You can send a picture of your food and the app will track it for you. You can also simply say what you ate and that will be tracked too.

Want to get this started? You can take a pledge at healthifyindia.com.

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