Atkins - Endulge Peanut Butter Cups, 12 bars Review

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(More customer reviews)Endulge Peanut Butter Cups are great tasting, diabetic friendly candy that comes very close to the more famous "real thing". I also like that they only have 160 Calories and 2 Net Carbs, so these do not impact my blood sugar levels.
These are a great snack when I need something sweet. Highly Recommended!

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HealthFitCounter Handheld Diet and Exercise Counter Review

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(More customer reviews)I received this as a gift to replace a spreadsheet that I had been using at work to track what I had been eating. It is a better way to track caloric intake as I can have it with me all day and it starts you out with a reasonable database of foods.
The unit itself is designed to resemble a PDA with stylus/touchscreen interaction. It is made of plastic and is of lower quality than traditional PDAs, but is a good ergonomic shape/size and simple to use. The touchscreen is effective, although not as sensitive as PDAs I have owned. Both the touchscreen and the unit itself work well for what they are, and the quality of the materials lend to the reasonable price for the unit. There is a thumbwheel on the upper left side which can be used to adjust the screen's contrast, and this feature seemed to work well.
The software/PC link included allows the user to back up their data, as well as more easily add and edit the food database. It installed easily on my Windows XP Home Edition machine without problems, and the link works well if you follow the instructions provided. Data transfer from PC to handheld or handheld to PC involves transeferring all the data, not just updates, so it takes about a minute each time you transfer. It is a very basic program, essentially mirroring the software on the unit itself, but again does the job well.
Overall, I am very pleased with the HealthFitCounter thus far. It has improved my understanding of what I eat by tracking calories, fat, cholesterol, sodium, carbs, fiber, sugar, and protein (where I only tracked calories and fat previously - I now know I eat WAY too much sugar). It becomes easier/faster to use as you add commonly eaten foods to your "favorites" list and add foods that were not preloaded with the unit. You can also use the preloaded food data to build up a meal when you eat out to approximate the caloric content (i.e. instead of "Chicken dinner at_______", simply select 6 ozs of chicken, add your dinner rolls, vegetables, and pasta, and the unit tallies the approximate calories into your daily totals.)
Overall I like this unit and am very satisfied. It is easy to use, always handy, unobtrusive, and it gets the job done.

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CalorieSmart - Handheld Calorie Counter (CS80S) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a wonderful little tool.
I was apprehensive that it would be too complicated to get much use out of. On the contrary it was easy to enter my personal data, and it is easy to enter food information. It has a huge amount of food choices and you can enter your own food information or do a "quick entry" of calories consumed and calories burned. I have checked several package information labels against the food information in this system and it is VERY accurate. For some of the entries, if I know the calorie information is different, I will just change the size or amount of the serving so the calories entered is closer to being accurate. You can log entries into a "favorite" category so the data entry becomes very quick if you are eating some of the same foods regularly. You can push a single button to get your calorie count for the day. Another button will give you the "net" calories if you have entered exercise information. It stores entries for daily goals and compares your actual intake and outgo to your goals entered. You can enter recipe information to calculate calories. (I have not tried that option yet.) You can also track the protein, carbohydrates, sodium, etc. being consumed.
It is small and light, so it is easy to slip into a purse or pocket. It is SO much more convenient than looking up and logging information into a journal, computerized or paper. I made a commitment that if I ate it, it had to be entered. If I could not enter it, I could not eat it. This has been a very eye opening tool. I have entered the food I was intending to eat and when the calorie count showed up, have altered my choice of food or the portion size to limit the calories consumed. It turns out, that I may not always realize how many calories really are in the food being consumed. This gadget has really helped.
I have NEVER counted calories. I have always felt exercising more (or at all)was a better answer to losing weight. I would choose what I thought were better food choices whenever I was working out to lose weight. Forget the counting of the calories, I wasn't really eating THAT much. I did not have the time to count calories. I never really lost the weight, and continually gained it because my crazy busy life kept getting in the way of exercising and eating better. Now at a size way bigger than ever, I realized I must change the way I think about losing weight. Using the CalorieSmart counter has really helped me understand and know what I am consuming and has been a really smart purchase!
UPDATE: During the first two months, using this to track my calories and exercise, I lost 25 pounds. I averaged a weight loss of 2.5 pounds per week.

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DietCalc Diet Nutrition Calculator Review

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(More customer reviews)I had one of these under the Nutri-Counter brand that I used for 4 years before the batteries died, when I decided just to buy a new one rather than replace them. The units are virtually identical, so I think only the name has changed. (In between I tried a CalorieSmart, which I hated and returned because it was too cumbersome and time-consuming to use - for example you have to enter the whole word for a food - and it has a big bump on the back so you can't even lay it down to use it, you have to hold it all the time). But the Dietcalc is flat and compact. It's easy to use in that you can enter one or more letters and it will instantly bring up the first choice beginning with that letter or combination of letters and from there you can scroll through items alphabetically. You can then select the item and change the quantity if necessary. This principle also works when adding new foods, so that if you find something similar to your new item, you can bring it up, enter the name for your new entry, change any or all of the values (calories, total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, carbs, sugar, fiber, and protein), press save, and have your new item as a permanent addition. To save time, for meals or snacks I routinely consume, I like to enter all the components, like shreaded wheat, milk, and orange juice for breakfast, write down the totals, then make a new entry such as "BR" with my toal values, so that's all I have to enter every morning. You can also set goals in each catagory and the on-screen value will flash if you go over. And it has a balance button so you can see how many calories, etc., you have remaining before you reach the daily limits you've set. I'm mainly interested in controlling calories, fat, and sodium, and I've found it very helpful as an aid for staying at or under my goals for those. On the downside, you can't review the items you've entered - you only see the running totals for the day.

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