Healthy Memphis

Tennessee is offering free online help for folks anxious to improve their health and fitness, but baffled about getting started or maintaining momentum.

The new Get Fit Tennessee Web site offers individuals a place to record fitness goals, create a personal fitness challenge or to measure and track progress. It uses several systems to help users rate fitness activities and monitor activity levels.

The site looks good and offers the possibility of functioning as a resource and personal electronic notebook. It includes a body mass index calculator. The dashboard headings include space to record health and fitness goals and chart progress. It took me less than a minute to sign up, although I'm still waiting for the confirmation necessary for me to access the site. The

Get Fit Tennessee is the brainchild of Gov. Phil Bredesen. He was looking for a way to fight the rising epidemic of Type 2 diabetes and risk factors that lead to diabetes, like obesity.

To sign up, visit Get Fit Tennessee. Then let us know what you think.