Oftentimes, when we think of the word “diet”, our minds naturally gravitate to a temporary decision to eat (or not eat) certain foods while engaging in some form of exercise that’s not a part of our daily routine. However, many nutritionists and personal trainers recommend that dieting be defined in a different kind of way; that it should be looked at as making certain permanent lifestyle adjustments. Not just so we can reach our goal weight, but so that we can put steps in place to constantly maintain a healthy mind, body and spirit.

As you’re incorporating eating organic foods, preparing them in better ways and working out on a consistent basis, you may be looking for some additional support; things that can help to hold you accountable. Below, we’ve enclosed five great diet apps that are specifically designed to help keep you motivated so that each day, you can wake up feeling excited and inspired about your choice to be a healthier you:

Tap & Track

If you want something that tracks exactly what you eat, then this is definitely the app for you. With a database of over 400,000 different kinds of foods and 5,000 different brands and restaurants, it helps to take a lot of guesswork out of how many calories you’ve eaten during each meal. It will cost you $4.99 to download it.

MyPlate

This is an app designed by Livestrong. It’s great because it helps you to track your food including what you ate and the time of day that you ate it while tabulating the amount of fat, sugar and protein (and more) that was found in each meal. It also works to track your fitness routine and even how much water you drank throughout the day. The price of this app is $2.99.

Nutrition Menu

As an app that was once listed as an Apple favorite and hailed by Fitness magazine as being the mother of all of iPhone’s calorie counters, this one currently has the largest nutritional database in the App store that doesn’t require an internet connection. There are over 41,000 restaurant menu items, 51,000 entries for common foods like fruits and frozen meals, plus journal and weight tracking features too. It only costs $1.99 to download.

MyFitnessPal

One thing that will probably immediately attract you to this particular app is that it’s free to download. And, with the reputation that it has for helping its users to lose over 20 million pounds (combined), it’s definitely worth your time to check out the app’s features. Some of them include the ability to track your own food, customize your own weight goals and get support and motivation from other people who also use the app. It is free to download.

MyNetDiary

Some diets are about detoxing certain things out of your system (such as Candida, for instance and a great website for doing that is candidadiet.org). The awesome thing about this app is that it also gives you the ability to customize it in a way where you can lose weight (which includes helping you to create a nutritional food plan), but also cultivate the kind of routine that can help you with certain health conditions, including diabetes. It’s an app that provides holistic health care and as an added bonus, it is also free to download.