Well it came and went. No more bustling through stores trying to beat a little old lady down for that new, hot item that has limited quantities. No more listening to holiday music when you’re at the grocery store, in your car, walking through department stores, or sitting down to eat at a restaurant. It’s time to put all the holiday cheer behind us and prepare ourselves for the new year.

For the next few months, everyone will be discussing the inevitable – New Year’s resolutions (NYRs). Even as you’re reading this you’re already creating your mental checklist of NYRs. Some of the popular ones are: lose weight, drink less, exercise more, join a book club, become a popular socialite, make more friends, etc. The good news is, most of the things you want to change about yourself in 2010 can be accomplished with all sorts of technologies. Since this is a blog, and we’re not actively having this conversation, I’m going to put myself out there and share with you my NYRs for 2010.  For the next week, I will be posting one NYR per day and the technologies out there that can help me achieve them.

  1. Lose Weight – This is the obvious one. The holidays (among being the happiest of times) can be the worst of times too. Some of us choose to drown our sorrows with food. So – how can you lose those pesky holiday pounds? Daily Burn is the answer (well the free answer).

Daily Burn is a website that helps you track calories, follow healthy guidelines, and network with others that will challenge you to be successful in your weight loss. Daily Burn has so many resources that help you stay honest to your goals and to make things easy on you. If you have an iPhone, DB has two apps that help you stay organized. The first is the main Daily Burn app. You can track your calories, weight loss progress, exercise routines, etc. The second is called Food Scanner. This uses your camera to scan the UPC code on any food item and automatically enters it into your Daily Burn food list for the day.

Part of the evils of losing weight is stepping on the scale and looking that number in the eye at least once a week. DB has partnered with Withings and created a body scale with WiFi that automatically records your weight to your DB account! Now the scale does the work for you! All you have to do is step up once a week and the scale will record your progress (and you don’t actually have to look at the number if you don’t want to).

So – as the New Year begins, be thinking about your NYRs and what you want to do differently in 2010. Technology is always available to help you achieve your goals – large or small. Check back tomorrow for my NYR #2.

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