By Donna Moore

Keeping up with your health goals, doctor’s appointments and weight loss plans is difficult when you’re constantly tempted by distractions and unhealthy lifestyle habits. From mixed media messages to lazy friends to hectic work schedules, it’s much easier to let your health priorities slip through the cracks as you ease into a more comfortable, though destructive pattern. To help you stay on track and actually meet your health and fitness goals, we’ve found 100 terrific tools that are easy to set up and make staying in shape a more attainable resolution.

Calendars

Schedule in your workouts, doctor and massage appointments, and more in these handy online calendars.

1. Google Calendar: With Google Calendar, you can share your schedule with family, friends and health coaches.
2. Time and Date: Here you can make your own customized calendar, leaving extra space for notes and appointments.
3. KeepandShare Calendar: This blank monthly calendar has lots of space for customization.
4. Free Printable Calendars: Create your own calendar online and then print it out to tape to your desk at home and work.
5. iCal: Mac users can enjoy this desktop calendar that features inline editing, an event dropbox, group scheduling and more.
6. iPhone Calendar: Sync up your iPhone calendar with the one on your calendar, so that you never miss workouts, doctor’s appointments and club meetings.
7. Lightning: Connect your Mozilla calendar and e-mail account with this tool.
8. Free Web Calendar: This free calendar can sync up with other websites, so you can easily track events, goals and more from your blog or against someone else’s site.
9. Calendar Hub: This remote access calendar can be shared by adding an event feed or by making it accessible with others on your team.

Project Management and Collaboration

Hold yourself accountable, stay organized and invite others to join you in your quest for a healthy, fit life with these project management tools.

11. Toodledo: Use Toodledo to organize your to-do list and stay motivated.
12. Project Stat.us: Hold yourself accountable by sharing your fitness and weight-loss progress via this tool.
13. Campfire: This secure collaboration tool can be especially helpful to those working with others on mental health and weight loss goals. You can send and edit text, files, images and more privately.
14. Remember the Milk: Remember the Milk is an excellent tool for sharing to-do lists with others, getting e-mail and IM reminders, syncing up with Google calendar and more.
15. FreeMind: This open source mind-mapping tool can help you organize your goals and straighten out your weight-loss and health priorities.
16. Backpack: Use Backpack to keep your to-do lists, calendar and files organized.
17. ubernote: With ubernote, you can take clips from all over the web and save them so that you can better organize your own health and fitness plan.
18. Essential PIM: this Personal Information Manager will organize and save your fitness and health plans on a USB stick.
19. Zoho Projects: The free plan lets you manage one project, from time tracking to project collaboration to a calendar to tasks and milestone features.
20. HyperOffice: HyperOffice is a project collaboration tool that is web-based, features pay-as-you-go pricing and comes with features like online document management, mobile collaboration, and more.
21. TreePad Lite: This free tool allows you to set up a special database just for your health and fitness projects where you can store contact information, files, e-mails and more.
22. Plan Projects: Use this tool to lay out your fitness or health plan easily.
23. Basecamp: A popular tool for freelancers and entrepreneurs, Basecamp is also good for smaller project management and collaboration. You can assign yourself tasks, like going to the doctor or going to the gym, and then hold yourself accountable by sharing your progress with others.

Community

For support, real-life ideas and suggestions, and plenty of motivation and inspiration, join one of these health, diet and/or fitness community sites.

24. GymClik: Join this group of active, gym-going individuals for inspiration and accountability.
25. FitFriend: Get workout ideas, access weight loss tips and tools, and read community blogs.
26. introPLAY: Athletes and those interested in fitness get together on this site for workout tracking, daily vitals tracking, blogs and more.
27. PEERTrainer: Join teams online for motivation, meal trackers and more.
28. iStats: Log in to share your workout and weight loss stats with other dieters and health-conscious members.
29. Fitlink: Find partners and personal trainers, access a workout journal, research exercises and more from this community site.
30. My Fit Tribe: My Fit Tribe is a fun platform for learning new workouts, watching videos, getting fitness tips and networking with friends.
31. Fitspott: Fitspott is a social networking site that relies on the power of community to help you meet your health and fitness goals.
32. Trainhero: Access a printable diet log while tracking and sharing your fitness goals here.
33. WeENDURE: This social training log lets you compare your fitness progress against other users.
34. Weight Circles: Join a circle for your particular weight loss plan, including post-pregnancy, running and detox.
35. comotivate: Here, you can "achieve your goal with the perfect buddy." Comotivate works by letting you match up with buddies who are working towards the same goals as you.
36. MyFitBuddy: Get workout ideas and track your own fitness progress through this community site.

Goal Trackers

These goal trackers make it easy for you to organize a health plan and track your progress.

37. Walking Spree: This USB pedometer lets you track your fitness goals online.
38. FitResolution: Track your warm ups, stretches, runs, gym exercises and more with this tool.
39. iTrainHarder: Individuals can use this tool to track food intake and nutrition, as well as their workout plans.
40. Extra Pounds: Keep a food diary and body log to meet your weight loss goals.
41. Joe’s Goals: This goal-tracking tool is free and can be shared with teammates or friends.
42. Running AHEAD: With this site, you can join a training group online, map out new running routes, record your workouts and fitness progress, and more.
43. Goal Setting Tool: Print out this very simple goal setting tool to outline what you want to accomplish and your plan for completing it.
44. My Progress: My Progress is a personal progress management tool that lets you track productivity.
45. Gyminee: Gyminee is a fitness, food and workout tracking system that helps you meet your goals by networking with others on the same path.
46. Monthly goal tracker downloads: Download these PDF or Microsoft Word goal trackers for long-term and shorter-term goals.
47. Spark People: This free program is all about helping people reach their health goals with fitness plans, calorie counters, exercise trackers, blogs and more.
48. Healthy Me: This personal goal tracker provides a clear template and tips to meet your goals.

Alerts

Use one of these alerts to remind you to stay on track.

49. Google Calendar Notifier: This Firefox add-on lets you view and keep up with your Google calendar through your browser.
50. PingMe: This interactive tool will alert you about upcoming deadlines, appointments and more through e-mail or text.
51. Google Alerts: Set up an alert for keywords relevant to your diet, health condition and more.

Diet Tools

For tips, calculators and networks that help you stick to your diet, turn to this list.

52. FatSecret: This community of dieters shares recipes, lets you manage an exercise diary, food diary and journal.
53. 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet: This network features a main blog, member blogs, forum posts, fitness and food tips, and more.
54. Featherish: Read articles about dieting and weight loss here.
55. Run Fat Boy: Track meals and get your own fitness plan here.
56. Low Carber: These forums can offer support and tips for sticking to a low carb diet.
57. WeightLossWars: This free site relies on customizable tools, tracking tools and a community to help people lose weight.
58. DietTV: This site lets you organize your own diet program, play games, participate in the dieting community, track your progress and more.
59. The Biggest Loser: Follow the show online or join the league yourself for motivation and access to tips and challenges.
60. Ideal Body Weight: Calculate your ideal body weight here.
61. WeighIns: This site is all about challenges. You can browse specific challenges, keep a diet journal, count calories and set up your own profile.
62. The Diet Channel Tools: Here you can access diet tools like exercise calculators, The Fat Test, daily food and activity diary and more.
63. Diet.com: Read articles, learn about different diets, connect with experts and partners, and more.
64. Free Diet Calendar: Access a diet calendar, meal planning tools and more.
65. Healthy Diet Quiz: Test your knowledge about food and diet here.

General Health

Here you can find a miscellaneous grouping of health tools and quizzes that reveal a lot about your risk factors and more.

66. Heart disease risk calculator: Calculate your risk for heart disease here.
67. Wellsphere: This general health site features communities and tools that let you access tips, menu support and more from your phone and online.
68. Depression self-assessment: Test your mental health with this tool.
69. Stress Test: Evaluate your stress levels here, and then come up with a plan to relax and slow down a little.
70. Quiz: are you getting enough protein?: Find out if your diet is balanced and healthy with this quiz.
71. Home Body Fat Test: Calculate your body fat percentage to track your weight loss goals.

Diabetes

Evaluate your risk for diabetes and use these tools to manage your condition better.

72. Glycemic index diet: A helpful tool for diabetes?: The Mayo Clinic reviews this strategy for understanding diabetes.
73. Diabetes risk self-assessment: The Mayo Clinic’s tool can help you slow down or halt your risky lifestyle.
74. Type 2 Diabetes Toolbox: This guide includes glucose tests, information about medication, A1c tests and more to keep you on track with your treatment.
75. My Diabetes Tools: This toolset from the American Heart Association includes a glucose tracking log and family history tree.

Recipe and Calorie Trackers

Count calories, carbs and other nutritional data with these trackers. You’ll also find menu planners and recommended recipes.

76. FatSecret: Use this community site to learn about new diets, share healthy recipes and keep a food diary.
77. The Daily Plate: Count calories and keep a food journal with The Daily Plate.
78. Create a Diet: Find out what percent of your meals should include fat, calories, dietary cholesterol and more.
79. Cyberkitchen: The Cyberkitchen estimates your daily caloric intake, lets you choose meals and view a recommended shopping list.
80. Eating Personality Quiz: This emotional eating test can be helpful for those with overeating issues and anorexia.
81. Low Carb Diet Tools: Track your carb count and look up carbs in specific foods.
82. Healthy Recipes: Look up meals by course, occasion and health interest to find healthy recipes.
83. Interactive Menu Planner: Set a calorie limit for your meals with this tool.
84. Meals Matter: Here you can use a personal nutrition planner, search for yummy but healthy recipes, and even calculate your food personality.
85. The Calorie Counter: Find out how many calories are in specific foods like bananas, fruit juices, shellfish products and more.

Fitness Tools

Use these tools to design your own workouts, estimate your target heart rate and more.

86. Fitness quiz: Test your fitness awareness: Find out if your fitness plan is healthy or not with this quiz.
87. Target Heart Rate Calculator: Don’t overdo it during your workouts when you understand your target heart rate.
88. Calorie Burned: Find out how many calories you burned running, walking, in-line skating, bicycling or on the elliptical.
89. Women Fitness: Women can access health and fitness tools here, including a waist-to-hip ratio calculator, BMI calculator, target weight and more.
90. The Fit Zone: This interactive tool shows you exercises that strengthen different parts of the body.
91. Quiz: Fitness fact or fitness fiction?: Evaluate your fitness plan to see if it’s as effective as you think it is.
92. Running: MSN’s Running page has tips and articles about running, races and more.
93. Create Your Own Video Workout: Customize your own workout video by picking out which parts of the body you want to focus on, how much time you have, and what equipment you have.
94. Fit Day: Fit Day is a free online diet journal that also lets you track weight loss goals, exercise routines, calories and more.
95. Gimme20: This community of fitness and weight-loss enthusiasts features articles and tips, a workout finder, workout builder, measurement tracker and other great tools.

Inspiration

When you need a little inspiration to complete your workout or stay on track, turn to these sites, networks and forums.

96. Evernote: Organize all of your favorite weight-loss guides, health tips, inspiring images and more with this clip-and-share tool.
97. Traineo: Get inspired when you join this site that features forums and helps you meet your fitness goals.
98. Daily Strength: DailyStrength is a community site made up of support groups, wellness blogs and more to keep you motivated, whether you’re fighting cancer, suffering from depression, or trying to stick to your diet.
99. Personal Health Scorecard: Use this tool to assess your health and inspire yourself to live better.
100. MSN Message Boards: These health and fitness-inspired message boards help people talk about their conditions, from bipolar disorder to weight loss.

If you enjoyed this article, consider this: