Mindless eating and how to avoid it

From the Huffington Post comes this article on 6 ways to avoid mindless eating. This is definitely something I do too!

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Yum – Turkey Chili

From Elev8 comes this amazing looking recipe for Turkey Chili. I can not wait to make this to dispel the coming cold!  Once I make it, I post the points per serving, as the recipe didn’t list nutrition info, but lean ground turkey and beans, looks healthy!

Making it today, and added 1/2 tsp of Cinnamon to it. So the whole thing adds up to 32 points. Wow, you say, that’s a lot. Well when you see how many servings you get out of it, you’ll say, wow, so little! I’m thinking I can easily get 8 servings out of it for 4 points a serving. Don’t forget to add in the points for any toppings you may put on it!

 

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7 Exercises to avoid (and what to do instead)

From the Huffington Post comes this great article on which exercise at the gym are not that useful and possibly harmful, and what exercises yu should be doing instead.

 

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File under duh!

On the screens which allow you to move backwards and forwards to see the previous or next days entries, I sometimes have trouble hitting those little arrow buttons. Well this an iPhone after all and it does have swipes, so why not also allow for swiping left and right!

I’d say this is a duh! feature. Unfortunately, only for iOS 3.2 and above, but expect it in the next update when 5.0 comes out.

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Does Weight Watchers work?

According to this study on MSNBC it does.

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9 Tricks to eat less

I just came across this great article on simple tricks to help you eat less.

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Database updates

I noticed three issues with the database:

1. For users who purchased the app 1.8 and above, you have double entries
2. The Values Plus for UK users are wrong
3. Some entries, such as pizza, have the whole pie as the serving, and not a single slice

I’ll be getting a fix out shortly.

 

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Serving Sizes and Portion Control

Another great article in the New York Times on deceptive serving sizes. Ever try to eat just 1/4 of a pint of Häagen-Dazs?

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Our brains and dieting

Why just dieting and restricting calories fails. An interesting report from MSNB on how our brains work against us.

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What’s a calorie?

Terrific  article from the Huffington Post explaining what a calorie, and other nutritional terms, are.

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