Online Diets

There are dozens and dozens of on-line diet trackers.

Most of them pretty much offer the same thing - find a food, select the quantity, and see how many calories you've taken in.

A new tracker - with the unusual name of Figwee - offers a few extras - and is worth a mention.

When it comes to portion control, there are several tools - both on-line and off-line - at your disposal. These range from color-coded or specially marked plates to the software packages designed to track your daily food consumption and make appropriate suggestions.

It's the latter option I'll be looking at today, beginning with a few personal favorites.

Jillian Michaels appears on her website wearing a top emblazoned with the word "BULLY". She states "I'm not here to offer you false promises and all that crap that sells. I'm here to offer you a real weight-loss solution."

NBC's The Biggest Loser has been one of the most popular fat loss "reality" shows on TV. It comes as no surprise that NBC have gone even further and created the Biggest Loser Club - an on-line program covering diet and fitness - in the same style as the TV show.