MyFitnessPal – In cycling, where we frequently work against gravity, lightweight = fast. You can spend hundreds (even thousands) reducing the weight of your bike by a pound or two. Equally effective and much more easily attained (and ultimately better for you) is to shed a few pounds from your own frame. For the majority of us weight can be influenced significantly by simply managing calories consumed vs. calories burned. Burn more than you consume on a regular basis and you will lose weight as your body burns up those fat reserves.
Cycling gives you an obvious means to burn calories. This app helps you understand what you are really consuming, and combines with other apps like Endomondo to tell you where you are on your calorie goal for the day/week/month. Easy bar code scanning and thousands of already input food items allows you to easily measure calories consumed and when you are ahead of the curve you can make informed choices and “treat yourself”, knowing that you are still going in the right direction.