A great, FREE way to track your progress towards healthy living is utilizing free apps. There are so many different apps you can use to do anything from tracking your activity to tracking every calorie you eat. Today I am going to share three of my favorite apps with you.

My Fittness Pal is one of the most popular fitness apps in the world currently and once you use it, you will see why. It's easy to use interface allows individuals set personalized goals for their activity and their calorie intake. They have a database of most popular foods, so you can scan the barcode of what your eating, or simply search for it and it adds that information to your daily "food diary" for you.

Fitnet is an app that is ideal for college students, and anyone else who finds themselves short on time but who still want to exercise and stay active. The app is loaded with quick, five minute workouts providing awesome flexibility for busy schedules. It can also convert your camera into a sensor and give you real-time feedback while you exercise and it offers a large variety of different exercises and workout styles to best suit your preferences. I love working with this app because it regularly updates with new workouts and it keep things interesting and new.

Fooducate is an app that let's you take control of what you are putting into your body. It has a scanning feature so that you can scan food in the store and it gives them a rating so you know exactly how good or bad they are for you. It even does as much as track your mood, sleeping patterns, and hunger levels. I love this app because it allows me to really take ownership of what I am putting in to my body and it allows me to make conscious decisions for the better of my health.

All of these apps are great, affordable ways to keep your health on track. They have been a huge help to me, and I hope they can help you maintain focus on your goals. You can do it!

A great way to stay up to date with new ideas is to learn from others. There are tons of blogs just like mine, and many social media platforms that house TONS of helpful information provided by experts in their fields.
Here are a few of my favorite health accounts:
@coco_lovin is an instagrammer from Germany and although some of her posts are not in English, I still enjoy recreating her recipes from her pictures. She provides  tons of fun and refreshing healthy snacks and meals.

+MeowMeix is an awesome resource if you are interested in meal prep. Meal prep on the weekends has been a huge time and money saver for me and she shares awesome ideas and tips to make the most of your time and money. 

@annietarasova features vegan food items on her instagram. She is a neuropathy student and although her posts sometimes stray from the topic of food, she posts delicious and interesting meals that are completely plant based.

@wholeheartedeats features delicious clean eating recipes and is great about including items she used, or her own tips or tricks for the recipe. Most of her food is vegan or vegetaria, but her Instagram bio includes a link to her blog that has tons of awesome info about healthy eating. 

I love these online resources because they're FREE and they really help develop your skills when it comes to knowing how to live a healthy life.