Lose It! (app)

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Lose It! is an American health and wellness mobile app developed by FitNow, Inc. The app generates calorie budgets for users by tracking weight, exercise, food and calorie intake, and personal goals, primarily to assist them in achieving weight loss.[1][2][3][4]

History[edit]

Lose It! was developed in Boston and debuted in 2008.[1][5] The app and its associated company were founded by J.J. Allaire, Charles Teague and Paul Dicristina.[6] Prior to founding Lose It!, Teague and Allaire had founded the online research tool Onfolio, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2006.[6] The Lose It! app was originally released as an iOS app before being released as a website in 2010 and an Android app in 2011.[7]

In 2015, Lose It! announced plans to release the app internationally.[8] Lose It! was also available as an app for Apple Watch at its launch in 2015.[9]

The app’s “Snap It” feature, which allows users to approximate calorie counts by taking pictures of their daily meals and snacks, was released in beta in 2016.[10] Snap It was named an Innovation Awards Honoree at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.[11]

In 2020, Patrick Wetherille, one of the company’s earliest employees, was appointed chief executive officer.[12]

App[edit]

Lose It! is weight loss app. It provides users recommended calorie budgets based on data such as their current weight and their desired weight.[13][1] Lose It! also tracks data such as exercise/activity level and food consumption[3][14][15] and allows users to track calories consumed by scanning barcodes for food products then retrieving calorie information for products.[2][16] The app can also estimate the amount of calories in a food products.[10][17][11]

Lose It! has integration features connecting it to other apps such as Fitbit and Runkeeper.[2] It also has social features such as joining groups and sharing progress with friends.[2][18][19]  The Premium version of the app allows users to track foods according to specific diets like keto, heart healthy or Mediterranean.[20]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Lose It!". Boston Magazine. 2022-06-28. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  2. ^ a b c d Serrano, K. J.; Yu, M.; Coa, K. I.; Collins, L. M.; Atienza, A. A. (2016). "Mining Health App Data to Find More and Less Successful Weight Loss Subgroups". Journal of Medical Internet Research. 18 (6): e154. doi:10.2196/jmir.5473. PMC 4925935. PMID 27301853.
  3. ^ a b "Study shows health app Lose It! does help patients with weight loss". iMedicalApps. 2015-05-04. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  4. ^ Nicole Loew (2023-07-07). "The 12 Best Weight Loss Apps of 2023". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  5. ^ McDowell, Guy (2022-02-03). "The 9 Best Calorie Tracking Apps for iPhone and Android". Online Tech Tips. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  6. ^ a b "Weight-loss app Lose It! grows to 17M users, aims to rival Weight Watchers". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  7. ^ "Miracle diet apps' weight loss secrets revealed: Eat less, exercise more". Silicon Valley. 2013-03-15. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  8. ^ "Weight loss app Lose It! to expand internationally as user base grows to 24M". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  9. ^ LaurenGoode (2015-04-20). "How Does Apple Watch Stack Up as a Health-and-Fitness Tracker?". Vox. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  10. ^ a b Kolodny, Lora (2016-09-29). "Lose It launches Snap It to let users count calories in food photos". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  11. ^ a b "Snap It by Lose It! - The Shorty Awards". shortyawards.com. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  12. ^ "Weight loss app Lose It hires new CEO, president". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  13. ^ "A 3-step plan pushed this busy dad to lose 60 pounds and finish his first marathon". NBC News. 2020-01-08. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  14. ^ "This Woman Lost 110 Pounds Using Lose It!, An App You Can Download For Free". Delish. 2019-06-20. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  15. ^ "This man lost over 600 pounds by simply tracking what he ate every day". TODAY.com. 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  16. ^ "Lose It and Ascend for Lost It". telehealthvillage.com. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  17. ^ Makhsous, Sepehr; Bharadwaj, Mukund; Atkinson, Benjamin E.; Novosselov, Igor V.; Mamishev, Alexander V. (2020). "DietSensor: Automatic Dietary Intake Measurement Using Mobile 3D Scanning Sensor for Diabetic Patients". Sensors. 20 (12): 3380. Bibcode:2020Senso..20.3380M. doi:10.3390/s20123380. ISSN 1424-8220. PMC 7349497. PMID 32549356.
  18. ^ "9 Weight Loss Apps to Help You Shed the Pounds". PCMAG. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  19. ^ Mike (2021-06-21). "Lose It! Weight Loss App: Is Premium Really Worth It?". Fitness Baddies. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  20. ^ "The 12 Best Weight Loss Apps of 2023". Sports Illustrated. 2023-07-07. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
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