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Review: A New Food Diary Software

heather by
heather

July 19, 2008
posted to Diet Tips and Diets in Review.

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Keeping a food diary is a frequently used way to take a very realistic look at what we eat and how much we eat throughout the course of the day. Not only does it make you accountable for every morsel of food you put into your mouth, but this meticulous and often illuminating food exercise causes us to pause before we reach for a handful of this or that.

For anyone who is at a loss as to why they won’t lose weight or why four secret pounds have crept on, keep a food diary for three days and write down every sugar packet that you dump into your coffee and each nibble in the snack cabinet to see as clear as day just how much you are really eating.

weight by date

Weight By Date is a software program that takes your food diary one step further by calculating the calories and nutrients of each food that passes your lips for you. Best of all, it’s affordable at under $40.

BACKGROUND
Weight-by-Date is a diet software package that journals your own fitness goals and diet progress. There are no claims that you will lose a certain amount of weight by a certain amount of time. It instead includes a weight loss calendar which tells you how much you’ve lost and when you’ll reach your goal. It also has a food diary which keeps track of what you are eating, the nutrients you are getting and helps you to stay under your caloric limits with its organized calculations. Weight-by-Date contains a health and fitness journal which allows you to track your fitness activities and progress. All of the information can be downloaded to your PDA.

PRO
- An organized and comprehensive tool for monitoring weight loss
- Personalized to your body requirements
- Syncs with PDA or travels on your PC laptop
- Affordable

CON
- Software is only available for PC users
- Requires time for entering data
- Must be technologically-savvy

Read the complete review for Weight By Date.

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Top 5 Combination Exercises

Matt by
Matt

July 19, 2008
posted to Fitness.

Combination Exercises consist of two different lifts at the same time. This type of exercise gets the heart rate up and sheds the inches quickly. I use this style of lifting with my clients at least once a week. I recommend doing 2 sets of 15 to 20 reps.

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Globesity: Obesity is Expanding to China

Jason by
Jason

July 18, 2008
posted to Diets in Review.

We have been exporting jobs to the Far East for years, while importing many goods as well. Unfortunately for China, they are importing one of our bad habits: Obesity. As Eastern countries continue to shift their economies towards capitalist consumerist models, their waistlines are paying the price.
Chinese Obesity
More than a quarter of the adult population in China is overweight or obese. Only Mexico is growing their waistlines faster among developing countries.

Researchers blame changes in the Chinese diet, which is now including more eggs and meat and fewer vegetables and carbohydrates, and a shift away from physically demanding farm jobs to the sedentary service work sector.

If it continues to get worse, it will be interesting to see what, if anything, the government does. It could be heavy-handed, given their approach to limiting family sizes.

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25% of Americans are Obese

Brandi by
Brandi

July 18, 2008
posted to Health News and Diet News.

According to the CDC in a report published yesterday, the obesity stats in the U.S. just continue to rise. The newest data shows that 25.6% of Americans can be categorized as obese. Obesity is when an individual’s BMI is greater than 30 (derived from your height and weight).
obesity
The CDC said that this percentage is probably a little conservative- considering people tend to say they are taller and weigh less than they actually do. The rate at which more people are being classified as obese is quite astonishing. Those numbers are 5.8% since 2000 and 10.3% since 1995.

See this story about which states have the highest and lowest obese populations.

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Zumba: Add Some Spice to Your Fitness with a New Workout Craze

Jason by
Jason

July 18, 2008
posted to Fitness.

Exercise should be fun. There’s no reason to dread something that’s so important for your health. You can go do your treadmill exercise tonight, or you can try to shake it up a little.

One of the hottest trends in aerobics these days is a hot little South American-influenced workout called Zumba.

zumbaZumba’s founder, Alberto Perez, considers himself the Forrest Gump of dance. It’s a nice bit of humility, but he must be doing something right. Nearly four million copies of Zumba workout DVDs have been sold, and about 20,000 instructors in 40 countries now teach Zumba, 15,000 of which are in the U.S.

But in a Gump sort of way, the 37-year-old kind of stumbled upon the sensation he created.

In the mid-’90s, as he hurried to an aerobics class he was teaching, he realized he forgot his workout music. So he grabbed whatever he had in his car… which just happened to be the salsa and merengue music that became the inspiration for Zumba.

Actually, Zumba is more of a “gumbo” stew of music, all stirred together for a vigorous hour of fitness: mambo, cha-cha, cumbia, and merengue. Even hip-hop, or belly dancing can be a part of the Zumba experience.

Some industry people attribute Zumba’s popularity to recent reality show hits like Dancing With The Stars. Here’s a video that gives you a good idea of how much fun it could be:

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Guest Blog: Top 5 Diet Crushers

Brandi by
Brandi

July 18, 2008
posted to Guest Blog and Diet Tips.

maria's last dietOur guest blog this week comes from the husband and wife team behind Maria’s Last Diet. Dr. Kenneth Schwarz is a psychologist and psychoanalyst specializing in personal change and goal achievement. Julie North Schwarz writes about the non-food issues related to women’s weight loss. For more help with the psychological side of dieting, go to www.mariaslastdiet.com.

Beware of the Top 5 Diet Crushers and be a diet success.

1. A bad mood
You know the scenario. Things aren’t going right and your mood is sinking fast. Isn’t this a perfect recipe for wrecking your diet? Yes, but you don’t have to let it happen. There are many things to do to ease a bad mood besides eating. In fact, going back on your decision to stick to it may put you in a worse mood. Your best line of defense is to prepare beforehand, so when a mood hits, you can go into remedy mode. Plan to write a description of how you are feeling, and identify the reason for your feelings. Then think of a way to address that reason more directly.

2. Socializing
When you are on a diet, rely on knowledge about yourself in relation to other people. For example, if you usually go out on the weekends with certain friends and you always eat too much, avoid the situation. You might meet with your friends at times other than mealtimes, or you might tell them what you are trying to do and enlist their support. Don’t keep putting yourself in the middle of an environment where there is social pressure to eat.

3. Rebelliousness

  • I’ve been good for a whole month, isn’t that enough?
  • Why don’t I deserve what everyone else is having?
  • I want to eat what I want to eat.
  • No one can tell me what to do.

Fighting the rules can hijack your diet. In order to handle your rebelliousness, refresh your goals. Revisit those high hopes and good ideas you had at the beginning when you decided to take the significant step of going on a diet. Remind yourself about why you want to lose weight and how your life will change for the better, both short term and long term.

4. Temptation
To one person, it’s a party with lots of great food. To another, it’s a leftover piece of cake at the other end of the house. Temptation can be a very real obstacle for a dieter, causing her to lose self-control. The truth is, we only have so much self-control capability at one time, so ease up on yourself in other ways while you are dieting. Don’t use up all your self-control energy in other areas of life. Then you’ll have enough self-control to resist temptations and safeguard your diet.

5. A crisis
You don’t know when a crisis will occur or what it will be. The best thing to do is just let the diet go. Does that sound counterintuitive? It’s not. The good thing about a crisis is that it passes. Often it’s not possible to deal with a crisis and a diet together, and the crisis needs to take precedence. The trick is to get right back when the crisis passes so there is no real diet harm done.

Stay alert to these 5 danger zones and stay diet committed.
© Maria’s Last Diet

Get more info with the Maria’s Last Diet review.

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New at DietsInReview.com - Free Weight Watchers Points Calculator

Brandi by
Brandi

July 17, 2008
posted to Weight watchers and Diets in Review.

It’s true! You can now find the Weight Watchers Points Calculator here at DietsInReview.com. It’s totally free to use. All you need to know are how many Calories, Fat Grams and Fiber Grams are in the food or beverage you’re consuming. Need help identifying those facts? CalorieKing.com or the EatSmart Nutritional Scale are great resources.

It’s just one more way DietsInReview.com is helping you manage your healthy lifestyle, and your Weight Watchers program.

Do you have a diet/weight loss blog or Web site? Then share the calculator with your site visitors by grabbing the embed code.

Click here if you need more info on Weight Watchers Points or the Weight Watchers program.

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Review: My Weight Loss Coach for Nintendo DS

Brandi by
Brandi

July 17, 2008
posted to Diet Reviews.

Nintendo’s newest get-fit endeavor is a weight loss tool for the Nintendo DS, called My Weight Loss Coach. Check out this newest review from DietsInReview.com to learn if it’s a good choice for you.

nintendo ds my weight loss coachBACKGROUND
Nintendo really seems to be grabbing the market on the physical activity-minded video games. On the coat tails of the popular Wii and Wii Fit, they introduce My Weight Loss Coach for the handheld Nintendo DS. While this “game” itself won’t get you in shape, it will serve as an electronic motivator- giving you the tools and guidance you need to stay focused and motivated.

My Weight Loss Coach comes with a pedometer- a tool used to track how many steps you take during a day. You sync this each day with the Nintendo DS and it will track your progress. It will also record and track your BMI, total weight lost, total distance moved and allow you to key-in other milestones as far as diet and other exercise. The program was developed by a nutritionist- so not only does it encourage weight loss, but it’s a digital partner in helping you obtain your overall health and nutrition goals.

PRO
- Travels wherever you go
- Pedometer is a proven tool for successful weight loss
- Created by a nutritionist
- Tracks all weight loss efforts with visual charts

CON
- Must use the pedometer and sync often to get results
- Doesn’t teach lifelong habits
- No food or diet guidance

Click here to read the rest of the My Weight Loss Coach review.

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Is it really Fat Free? Nutrition Lingo Defined

Kinsey by
Kinsey

July 17, 2008
posted to Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyle and Diet Tips.

nutrition claimsHave you ever looked at a box of food or a food label and seen a ton of nutritional claims? Companies stating that their product is “a good source of” a nutrient or being “95% fat-free”, but do you really know what that means? Below I have listed some nutritional claims/terms and their definitions that are found on product packages and food labels.

General Terms

· Good source of: in order for a product to make this claim it must provide 10-19% of the Daily Value for a given nutrient per serving.

· Healthy: is a term used for a food that is low in fat, saturated fat, sodium, and cholesterol, and contains at least 10% of the Daily Values for vitamin A, vitamin C, iron, calcium, protein, or fiber.

· High: (synonyms- “rich-in”, “excellent source”) means a food provides 20% or more of the Daily Value for a given nutrient per serving.

· Less: (synonyms- “fewer”, reduced”) in order for a product to make this claim it has to have at least 25% of a given nutrient or calorie than the comparison food.

· Light or Lite: this claim means this food is 1/3 fewer calories than the comparison

· Organic: in order for a food to be able to make this claim it must mean at least 95% of the product’s ingredients have been grown and processed according to USDA regulations defining the use of fertilizers, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, preservatives, and other chemical ingredients.

Energy Claims

· Calorie-free: this means that the product contains fewer than 5 calories per serving.

· Low-calorie: this means the product contains 40 calories or less per serving.

· Reduced calorie: this claim means that the product has at least 25% fewer calories per serving than the food in comparison.

Fat Claims

· Percent fat-free: a product can only use this if it meets the definition of low fat or fat-free and must reflect the amount of fat in 100 grams. For example, a food contains 2.5 grams of fat per 50 grams can claim to be “95% fat-free”.

· Fat-free: (synonyms- “zero-fat”, “no-fat”, “nonfat”) a product must be less than 0.5 grams of fat per serving.

· Low fat: this means that the product contains 3 grams or less of fat per serving.

These are only a few of the terms thrown on food packaging. Next time you see one of these terms you will actually know what they are claiming!

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These Shoes Were Made for Running

Bernie by
Bernie

July 17, 2008
posted to Bernie and Fitness.

In an effort to continue leading a healthy lifestyle this year I have decided to challenge myself by running the Chicago Marathon. Completing a marathon has always been a dream of mine and given my newfound health it’s time to make that dream a reality. I have begun training and as of this past Saturday am up to twelve miles, not too bad for a guy who only seven months ago would break a sweat if his nose ran! However, I’m quickly learning that it’s not enough to just want to run a marathon; it takes a great deal of dedication, motivation, perspiration, and especially the right information.chicago marathon

With my new body, I feel as if I run like the wind; especially when compared to what my old body could do. I am simply so excited that sometimes I forget some of the important lessons I am learning from my running coach and running buddies. But, they say if you’re write things down, you tend to forget less. So, I am writing them down to share with all of you.

First of all, it is essential to eat about 200 calories before doing any form of exercise, especially if it is first thing in the morning. This will not only get your metabolism going, but also keep your blood sugar from dropping in the middle of your workout.

Next, it is extremely important to pace yourself while running. As I said, I get so excited; my little feet (which I now can see) take off nearly leaving my body behind. I’m quickly learning that the run-as-fast-as-you-can technique works great for low mileage, but after running 12 miles, I sure am glad there was someone there to pace me. The key is to not expend all of my energy at the beginning, but keep an even pace throughout the run.
Finally, the most important piece of information I want to share is that a good pair of running shoes is key. I always got mine at the local shoe outlet store and saw nothing wrong with it until my fabulous trainer, Angela Park, recommended Running Away, a locally owned running store here in Chicago. I went in and was helped by Tim, the manager. He spent an hour with me making sure I had a pair of shoes that not only fit my feet, but also fit my body and my running style. Spending the extra time identifying a pair of shoes that will help me prevent injury while putting in the miles was worth every second. I am now the proud owner of a pair of Brooks running shoes, and I couldn’t be more ecstatic. They are so comfortable, I wear them whenever possible. I’ll tell you . . . these shoes were made for running and that’s just what they’ll do. One of these days these shoes are gonna run right on past you!

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