| CALORIE COUNTING MADE EASY | | | | recipes, pick exercises from the database or set up |
| With almost a third of women and half of men | | | | an individualized calorie burning plan to help motivate |
| overweight in the UK, it seems that more and more | | | | you to lose weight. |
| of us need to watch our calorie intake and exercise | | | | Nutrition experts agree that keeping track of calories |
| levels to keep our weight under control. | | | | is a key characteristic of successful weight loss |
| But one of the problems is that most of us don't add | | | | programmes. "There is no doubt that self-monitoring |
| up the calories we eat as we go and so find that at | | | | is one of the most powerful proven aids for weight |
| the end of each day, we've still eaten more than we | | | | control. Research not only shows that individuals who |
| should have. | | | | maintain a food and exercise diary lose more weight, |
| However, a clever little device is being launched on | | | | they also keep it off," says Elizabeth Roark, MPH, RD. |
| the UK market which allows you to add up and store | | | | CalorieSmart keeps health a priority for an on-the-go |
| information on your calories as you go, to ensure | | | | lifestyle by allowing you to record what you eat and |
| that you can indulge in a glass of wine or chocolate | | | | what exercise you have perfomed, leaving you free |
| bar and still stay within your prescribed weight loss | | | | to think about your day. |
| limit. | | | | CalorieSmart is the size of the typical PDA and runs |
| CalorieSmart is a mobile, hand-held device that | | | | off of regular AAA batteries. It has a large screen, |
| contains software to track weight goals. Slim, light, | | | | full keypad, and a USB cord for downloading reports |
| and easy to use, CalorieSmart records calories and | | | | to a computer and is suitable for calorie counting with |
| exercise anytime, anywhere. You can choose from | | | | any diet programme. |
| over 35,000 food items, add your own foods and | | | | |