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