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Online tools to fight the freshman 20 - Back to School



Off to college and dreading the inevitable 20 pounds or so of fat that comes with drinking binges, lack of exercise, all you can eat dorm food and late night snacks? Hate the thought of not being able to wear your favorite jeans come winter break? Relax, here's a round up of good online weight management tools which might be able to help you stay on track.

1. The Daily Plate - A calorie tracking tool from LIVESTRONG.com, this site helps you track your calories and burn rate via your personal online food diary. Once you register, you can input the foods you eat and the database will automagically provide the calories. Nice interface and there's even an iPhone and iPod touch (Blackberry too) app for $2.99 if you want to track on your mobile.



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Stop! Check that snack on Calorie Lab first

Chicago style hot dogIn case you are trying to tighten your belt literally and not just by saving money Calorie Lab might be the place for you. It is a database of calories for common restaurant and prepared foods.

While it does not have calorie counts for common foods like an apple, 4 ounces of chicken breast, etc. it does have information on Big Macs, Krispy Kremes, and Cokes -- all of which regularly show up around my office unfortunately.

It's a good place to visit before you go out to lunch if you want to get an idea of how many calories you'll need to work off later. You can also look up how many calories some everyday activities burn and compare that to foods with equivalent calories.

I learned, for example, that 30 minutes of moderate sexual activity burns up the calories contained in a hot dog with pickle relish. Of course, it takes 2 hours to burn off a medium-sized slice of italian bread. You can also read the very funny article on the variations in calories burned for certain sexual activities.

You can also read the newest results in the "How Fat is your State" ranking. I guess this would be a good time to get up and do a few laps around your cube or something.

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