Want to diet to lose weight? Your mobile phone can help...

We're not sure whether we're impressed or scared by the Wirefile V-Clinic. It's a mobile 'personal dietician' application that promises personalised diet and fitness services on your phone. Used by personal trainers and dieticians, it's an application that downloads your meal and fitness plan every day, created by whoever you're paying to turn you into a buff adonis / beauty.

You tap in details of your eating and exercise, and they get sent back to your trainer, who can then shout at you if you've been lazy and/or greedy. "If I eat too much pizza over the weekend, I get an SMS or call putting me back on track," says happy user Jenny McKay.

We're sure that's very useful, but we're not sure we like the idea of our phone being a pocket snitch when three Mars Bars accidentally fall into our mouth. However, you are able to text your personal dietician from within the application, if you disagree with their 'motivational' messages. In all seriousness, it's an innovative example of how phones are finding yet more ways to help in our daily routines.

Wirefile V-Clinic website

Comments

[Mobile Choice Blog]

Hi Jane, thanks for your comment, it's good to have someone's hands-on opinions! Would it stop me from munching kebabs after a few pints?

[Jane Darry]

I've been using it for a few months and it's actually very clever but simple to use.
For instance, it tells me when I've had enough or too little protein or vitamin c in a day. It's not just about losing weight. For instance if you find that you haven't reached your cal limit for the day - you can go ahead and eat something else.
If you even use it for a week you can find out what foods are doing most of the damage. In my case most of my cals were coming from Cafe Lattes believe it or not. It is used widely in hospitals now I believe also. Basically it works everything out for you. It's smart enough to isolate foods in your diet based on actual numbers and then you just have to cut down on them to get the numbers right. No point in having a personal trainer if you don't have a personal dietitian too I'd say. Janey