devices for weight loss

"The Shake Weight™ is a unique fitness device that effectively and dramatically sculpts arms, a major problem area for many women, while burning calories."

That's what the PR says. In reality? I'll leave you to be the judge of this $20 product - and I'll keep my comments to myself.

Your assignment today class is to brainstorm and come up with a weight loss product that will change peoples lives........ No wait, forget that, just come up with a good marketing plan and use a product that's been around for years.

Here at Diet-Blog we are inundated with new products all the time by those who are hoping to snag some of the dollars in this billion dollar industry.

One such product caught my attention because of it's sheer simplicity and creative use of marketing.

Cleaning the floor doesn't have to be boring... or back-breaking. Check out these babies.

I get lots of emails from PR firms. Everyone has something to promote. Occasionally something is amusing enough to mention here.

The 'flex-away system' resembles some sort of medieval torture device. It is actually a patented face exerciser.

This has to be one of the stupidest and most hilarious workout devices invented.

The Hawaii Chair claims it will provide a "complete fat burning aerobic workout". I swear the people in the infomercial are struggling to keep a straight face.

Would you get heavier shoes in order to burn more calories?

That's exactly what Power Diet Shoes are - a Korean invention that allows small weights to be inserted into specialized walking shoes.

Apparently you can burn 300 calories by walking 30 minutes.

If you are eating now you might just want to come back later...

From the bowels of the patents database comes patent number 1493222 - the feces scale.

It's the ultimate scale for the most weight obsessed person.

Tesco supermarkets in Britain are introducing a new kind of trolley (according to InventorSpot).

The aim is to provide shoppers with an opportunity to get some exercise.

Found on eBay: A vintage exercise device that can... well, uh... I don't know.

Can you figure it out?

An amazing new mobile phone has been demonstrated at a Japanese electronics show. The prototype "Wellness" phone from DoCoMo Inc. comes with infrared sensors, gas monitors, and electrodes that allow it to perform a number of healthy checks.

Researchers at MIT have created a robot who acts as a weight loss coach. The robot (called "Autom") was demonstrated at a recent expo.

A company called "BellyAcres" has a selection of digital diet incentives - things that you stare at each day - that challenge you to stay on the wagon.

Patent #4344424: Anti-eating Face Mask

Filed: March 27, 1980.

"[the] object of this invention is to provide a new and novel mask which is worn on the head of a user to prevent the consumption of food by the user and therefore an attendant weight problem"

Is your fork getting you down? Maybe you need the Diet Fork.

"The characteristics of the Diet Fork allow dieters to scoop less food during meals."

Is this for real?

In the middle ages they had chastity belts. Now we have the "Charlie Bite" - a device inserted into the mouth that prevents the user from chewing too vigorously.

The Utah dentists that offer the device claim their patients lose about 1.3 lbs per week.

Dentists in the US are beginning to offer the DDS system - an attachment that fits into your mouth and prevents you from eating too much.

I thought I had heard of every single weight loss gimmick there is - but I was wrong. Ear stapling for weight loss involves inserting a staple in the ear (apparently a stomach acupuncture point). In September, Robin Gibson, RN rented a booth at the state fair where lines of ladies waited their turn for the latest weight loss rage.

“It's cool, hey, I like this," said one person who got the staple.

“Dieting just doesn't work, so I'm hoping that this helps," said another. via KFOR.com

Actress Anna Friel apparently lost weight by using a fat burning "wetsuit".Imagine wearing thatat the gym She told Grazia magazine: "I wear this space-age wetsuit that wires me up to a suction pump as I walk a treadmill." But don't be fooled into thinking a vacuum cleaner and PVC all-in-one could produce the same result.The 'Vacunaut' or Stomach Fat Killer, as it's better known, is a very clever hi-tech alternative to liposuction.