Making Weight Loss as Easy as Texting with Lose It!

Charles Teague is co-founder and CEO of Lose It! Before co-founding Lose It!, Charles was a Technologist in Residence at General Catalyst, where he worked to identify new investment opportunities in mobile software, software infrastructure, and internet technologies. 

Lose It! currently has more than 64,830 likes on Facebook and 7,282 Twitter followers. Lose It! has helped its users lose 11,370,476 pounds to date. The site also contains a blog for additional advice on dieting and recipes.

Will the future of weight loss entail more apps and online functions and less human interaction? After considering all the money consumers spend on gym memberships and trainers per year, is the solution to give them the autonomy and control to do it themselves while making it easy for them to control their own destiny?