Body & Mind Connection

Body & Mind Connection is an app that’s designed to help you make the connection between what your mind thinks and your body does. Did I do a great job describing that or what? It has you rate yourself (on a daily basis) in several areas. Then you can look back and compare the ratings to look for connections. The different areas are diet, energy, exercise, hunger, mood, sleep and stress. You can choose from 1-5 stars to rate how you did in each of those areas. If you had zero energy for the day you’d give yourself a one. If you felt like superwoman and spring cleaned your entire house in two hours then you’d give yourself a five. The app has descriptions for each rating so it’s easy to figure out what’s what. When you’ve tracked things for a few days you can look at your ratings on a graph. Everything is color coded so it’s easy to see what’s where and how it all works together. For example, on a day when I had a 5 star stress day (loads of stress) my diet would probably be a 1 star day. In other words I’m a stress eater. Looking at my patterns over time I’d be able to realize where I needed to make changes in order to get better sleep, change my diet, etc.

Throughout the app there are different tips and FAQs about diet, energy, exercise, etc. The diet information comes from Dr. David Katz, who is the head of the Yale University Prevention Research Center. The exercise information comes from Joe Decker who is “The World’s Fittest Man”.  Finally, the inspiration in the app is from Mitzi Perdue who’s written many articles and talked to thousands of people about their struggles finding healthier lifestyles. There’s an orientation section at the beginning that goes through everything you’ll need to know. Make sure you watch the video as well.  Body & Mind Connection is designed after a university class. You’ve got your orientation and your daily classes (where you record your ratings). After working through the app for fourteen days you’ll graduate. You can then move on to a master’s degree which requires twenty-eight days. Beyond that you can continue to use the app for as long as you need.

This app also asks you to record your weight on a daily basis. It will calculate your BMI and you can watch those changes over time. This is not an app for recording specific details about what you eat and how many calories you consume. It’s not a place to track the specifics of your exercise regime either. Although there is guidance and tips  it  seems to be more about getting yourself to a place where everything is connected and where it should be so you can lose some weight and have a healthier lifestyle. It’s an interesting approach to losing weight and appears to be able to help you get to the core of the real reason you may be struggling. I think that diet and exercise are key but if there’s something else going on then you really won’t fix the problem until you’ve figured that out. So says the woman with oodles of baby weight left to lose who knows what her problem is but can’t seem to find the energy to deal with it.

I can’t personally verify that Body & Mind Connection will actually help you lose weight because I’m only a couple days into the program. I’ve had the app on my phone for a little while but procrastinated trying it out until I was just about out of time. I think I need to make a mind and body connection to work out that time management issue.

Price when Reviewed: $4.99

Seller: B Healthy U, LLC

Disclosure: I received a free copy of this app for review purposes.