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May 1, 2005 7:27 PM

in response to:
ss82600
Re: diet or not?
It took me two years, but I recently finished losing about 44 lbs. I use two websites: www.ediets.com and www.fitday.com.
Ediets is awesome for meal planning for all dietary needs (truly tasty recipes), plus they have great chat/support boards for a huge variety of issues/lifestyles.
Fit Day is the best I've found so far for tracking calories in vs. calories out. I'm sure you've heard that keeping a journal of what you're eating can really help you pinpoint and then control your problem areas, but to me the journal is no good unless you actually see the calories. Fit Day has a huge database of foods plus it lets you enter your own custom stuff, so you can see exactly where your calories are coming from. There's also a page where you enter your activities, so you can see how you're burning off what you take in. Aim for a 500 calorie/day deficit and you'll lose about a pound a week. If you're running a lot, you'll need more calories than the eDiets computer program will allot you at first, which is why Fit Day can be more useful in that area. Fit Day is also FREE.
Good luck.
Amy