Monitoring your food intake and keeping fit and motivated has just become a whole lot easier thanks to Fernwood's new Food Coach On The Go as a Facebook App, free for every woman to use.

The Facebook App is designed to help women stick to their health and fitness goals as the Food Coach On The Go shows your daily kilojoule intake and exercise output keeping you on top of your progress.

Taking the guesswork out of working out and eating well, the Food Coach On The Go will also put you in touch with a whole community of like-minded, health conscious people at Fernwood Fitness.

“Facebook was specifically chosen as the platform to launch the Food Coach On The Go because of the incredible community spirit, the sharing it allows users, and the accessibility of the medium,” says Zofia Williams, Fernwood National Marketing & Operations Manager. “Inside Fernwood clubs we pride ourselves on providing a motivating and supportive environment for women and now our new Facebook App is an extension of that support and encouragement into the wider social media space.”

To further increase the level of community and motivation, users will receive a selection of fun badges when they reach certain milestones, enabling women to share their achievements with their own support network of friends as well as the wider Fernwood community.

By building a Food Coaching group within the Fernwood Facebook community, Fernwood can achieve a broader reach to help women achieve their goals. Users can be encouraged and motivated by other members of the Fernwood community, helping them keep on track. “We believe these combined social elements, on top of the functionality of the App, will give women the best chance of achieving their desired results,” says Zofia Williams.

Whether you are aiming to lose, maintain or put on weight, the Food Coach On The Go will monitor your daily kilojoule intake, help you build meals, educate you on portion sizes and food categories. Simply input what you intend to eat for the day or enter the foods you eat on the go, and let the App tally your consumption in the kilojoule countdown box and tell you how many kilojoules you have left for that day.

The Food Coach On The Go will also show your weekly exercise regime, keeping track of the kilojoules you burn and predicting how many more weeks or months you are away from reaching your goals. A handy graph will track your results and you can even post comments about your progress to inspire yourself and others.

Based on a diet of healthy, seasonal foods and scientifically backed by a team of experts, the Fernwood Food Coaching system gets results and helps users sustain them long term.

At the forefront of the fitness industry for more than 20 years, the launch of the Food Coach On The Go shows Fernwood is again leading the way in the health and fitness industry by using Facebook’s latest social networking technology and the social medium’s reach as a platform for healthy living and food coaching.

The enduring good reputation of Fernwood Fitness is based on satisfied member recommendations. Established by Diana Williams, who saw the need for a female-only gym, Fernwood Fitness now has more than 70,000 members benefitting from what they can help them achieve. So, why not join Fernwood on Facebook? It’ll do you good!

Check out the Food Coach On The Go: www.fernwoodfitness.com.au/facebook.foodcoach