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Eat Different: Get Help In Changing Your Eating Habits

Umar — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:01:20 +0000

Junk food is a big part of most people’s diets. We should all try to cut back on food types that we feel are not benefitting us. Here to help you accomplish this is a web service called Eat Different.

Eat Different is a free to use web service that helps you cut back on specific food types. You start by creating a new account or simply by signing in through your Facebook account. Next you specify which food types you would like to cut back on. These include added sugars, grains, dairy, etc. Next you specify which times you would like to update your measurements.

Whenever you update your measurements, you can add a photo and your weight along with marking how well you did with your food goals that day. Your data is collected and your progress is made visible over the course of time.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Helps you cut back on food types.
Lets you record measurements of.
You can add your weight and photograph with each measurement.
Similar tools: Deappetizer, Calorific Lite, MealSnap, NutritionToolbox, Fatburgr and ShugarStacks.

Check out Eat Different @ www.eatdifferent.com (By Umar from AllthatIsApple)

Deappetizer: Control Food Cravings By Looking At Gross Food Related Images

Dave LeClair — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:01:01 +0000

Dieting is hard. No one likes having to eat less than they want, but if you want to lose weight, it is the only way. The hardest part is controlling those midday stacks. When the mood to have a little snack strikes, you might want to check out Deappetizer to make you feel a little less hungry. Basically, it shows you food related images that are pretty gross. There are three levels of images, with each one getting grosser. The idea is to curb your appetite by making you feel a little disgusted by food.

There is a great variety of images ranging from pig heads on a stick to nuts and strawberries that looks like roaches. Nothing is so gross as to make you feel like vomiting, but they could certainly help curb your wish to eat. If all the three images don’t work, and you still feel hungry, they offer some helpful tips to curb your appetite. Hopefully, these combined will help you curb those cravings and lose some weight.

Features:

Shows you three images related to food that will can make you less hungry.
Image grossness ramps up as the three progress.
Image content varies, but it is all gross.
Helpful tips to curb cravings if the images do not work.

Find Deappetizer @ deappetizer.com

HowLongWillMyCoffeeLast : Find Out How Long Your Coffee Will Last

MOin — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:01:13 +0000

Are you worried about your coffee running out too quickly? If yes, then you need to evaluate how much coffee you are consuming and calculate how fast you will consume your coffee bottle. Here to help you find that out is a web service called “How Long Will My Coffee Last”.

How Long Will My Coffee Last is a free to use web tool that all coffee drinkers will immensely appreciate. The tool lets you calculate how long your coffee source will last. The site takes various factors into account for its calculations. It asks you the number of people who drink coffee at your place, the frequency with which coffee is drunk, how many scoops and grams per scoop a cup has, and how much your coffee weighs. Based on these figures, a reasonable estimate for your coffee is given to you.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Helps calculate how long your coffee will last.
Considers your coffee source and consumption.
Gives estimate in days and in number of coffee cups.
Similar tool: CoffeeSeekr.
Also read related article: How To Deal With Spilled Coffee or Coke on Your Macbook.

Check out “How Long Will My Coffee Last” @ www.howlongwillmycoffeelast.com (by MOin from Thumb Press)

WhereToEatAt: Get Help Deciding WhereTo Eat At

Umar — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:01:29 +0000

Restaurant discovery websites often provide you with a multitude of options. Going through the user reviews and ratings of each restaurant to decide which one is best can be a time-consuming task. Here to help by reducing your options is a web service called Where To Eat At.

Where To Eat At is a free to use web service that helps you pick a place to eat. You need not register for any accounts to start using the website. Simply visit the service’s homepage and type in your address. 3 places to eat nearby your typed location will be displayed along with their names, cuisine, and rating; their locations on a map are also shown.

You can click on the “more” or “less” button depending on which place you pick and the next day you can reuse the site. By analyzing your selections the site learns which places you like more and suggests similar restaurants to you in the future.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Helps decide where to eat.
You need only type an address.
3 nearby restaurants are displayed.
Similar tools: WhatTheF***ShouldIMakeForDinner.

Check out WhereToEatAt @ www.wheretoeatat.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

Midtownrow: The One Stop Shop To Buy Quality Food Products

Hammad — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:01:13 +0000

These days, food outlets allow users to order online but what if we tell you that you can order different specialty brands of products all from the same place? It’s possible thanks to a website known as Midtownrow.

Midtownrow makes it easy for anyone living in the United States, to buy food related products of specialty brands with just a few clicks.

Currently, Midtownrow ships the following products, fresh, right to your doorstep – roasted coffee, tea sourced from around the globe, and a variety of confectionary and baked treats such as cookies, chocolates, and macaroons. Not only that, but the prices are kept at their lowest to ensure everyone can afford them.

Features:

Tea, bakery and other items available to order right from your home.
Shipped fresh at the most affordable price.
Read product reviews before purchasing.
Only available for people living in the United States.
Similar tools: GourmetOrigin, Foodzie and GourmetLibrary.

Check out Midtownrow @ www.midtownrow.com (By Hammad from TechnicallyDigital)

Culture Kitchen: Learn Authentic Ethnic Recipes From Everyday Experts

Umar — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:01:09 +0000

Natives of a place who have been cooking local recipes for a long time are the best experts on their local cuisine. Therefore to learn ethnic cooking, you need recipes and instructions from those natives. This is where Culture Kitchen helps.

Culture Kitchen is a free to use website that lists cooking recipes. The recipes on the site focus on ethnic cooking. Food on the site is categorized into meal types and locations. You can click on categories to browse through and find something interesting. For every recipe you get a complete list of ingredients and a thorough step-wise instructions list.

What sets the site apart from other cooking sites is that with each recipe you also get to see the chef who shared the recipe. These chefs are natives and have been cooking these recipes throughout their lives. You can view each chef’s profile that has been listed on the site to help you get to know them better.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Shares authentic ethnic cooking recipes.
Recipes from native food chefs are shared.
Complete instructions and ingredients for recipes are provided.
Recipes can be browsed via meal type or location.

Check out Culture Kitchen @ www.culturekitchensf.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

TVFoodMaps: Locate Restaurants Shown In TV Shows

Hammad — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:01:15 +0000

TVFoodMaps is an excellent website which can help you find the restaurants they show on different TV shows on the Food Network and Travel Channel such as Man v. Food, The Best Thing I Ever Ate, Meat and Potatoes and more. You can get addresses and directions to the restaurants you want to try and more.

To manage the lists of restaurants, you must register for a free account. Once signed up, you can create a list of restaurants you have visited, whether you like them or not, and create try lists which contains restaurants you want to try in the future in different states. To find the location of the restaurant simply find the show you watch, select the location and get the address.

If you are travelling to another state, you can check out TVFoodMap’s Road Trip planner which shows you the restaurants that will come your way. You just have to enter the city you are travelling from/to, how far you are willing to go off route to try any specific restaurant and it will show you all the places within the desired radius.

TVFoodMaps applications are available for iPhone and Android devices as well so that users can find places on the go.

Features

Locate restaurants showed in different TV shows.
Find restaurant in your area.
Keep track of places you have visited and places you want to go.
TVFoodMaps apps available for Android and iPhone.
Only contains US states and cities.

Check out TvFoodMaps @ http://www.tvfoodmaps.com (by Hammad from TechnicallyDigital)

Opendining Order Anywhere: Order Food Delivery & Take-Away Via The Internet

MOin — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:01:25 +0000

While ordering food deliveries, people often wish they had the menus of as many nearby restaurants as possible. Here to help you with that is a web service called Order Anywhere.

Order Anywhere is a service offered by the site Open Dining. You can start searching for food places nearby by specifying your location and the food type you are looking for e.g. pizza. A list of restaurants is populated and displayed. You can click on a name in the search results and have its menu displayed.

Clicking on menu entries adds them to your shopping cart. When your order is complete you can check out and have the food delivered or have it ordered as takeaway. You provide the site with your name and phone number only.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Lets you order food delivery and takeaway online.
Lets you search for nearby restaurants.
Provides menus of nearby restaurants.
Browse over 30,000 menus
US only.
Similar tools: CampusFood, GrubHub, Munchery and DiningIn.
Also read related article: 5 Sites To Quickly Order Food Online.

Check out Open Dining Order Anywhere @ www.opendining.net/order (by MOin from Urban Savior)

Taysti: A Social Network To Share Recipes & Love Of Food

TehseenBaweja — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:01:12 +0000

With a social network springing up for every group in the world, it is about time somebody thought of food lovers. Taysti is a social network that lets you store recipes online and share them with the whole world. You can also search for recipes, post comments on recipes, and share stored recipes on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.

Taysti also lets you rate recipes and discuss them with other users, but don’t think that recipes are the only thing you can discuss. Taysti is a close-knit community of food lovers that are eager to discuss everything from recipes and ingredients to restaurants and chefs. You can also get updates about your favorite chefs and receive coupons on grocery shopping.

Features:

Store and manage recipes in your virtual cook book.
Share recipes with other users and on various social networks.
Rate recipes or post comments on them.
Receive updates via feeds so you never miss anything.

Visit Taysti @ www.taysti.com

Calorific Lite: Easily Count Calories Of Food By Sorting It Into Colored Categories

Umar — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:01:01 +0000

Calorie counters keep a track of how many calories you have consumed. They are helpful but they require careful usage and a lot of work. Here to offer an easier alternative is Calorific Lite.

Calorific Lite is a free to use phone application for iOS and Android that helps you easily track your consumed calories. The app lets you easily log your food into three colors: green, yellow, and red. Healthy foods such as fruits go into green while candies and carbonated drinks go into red. If you are unsure of which color to log your food into, simply search for it in the app.

Along with the color you also have to log the size of your consumed foods. Do this consistently enough and you will have obtained a simple yet effective way to keep a track of your calories. The app, in addition to estimating your calorie count, represents your food ratio on a pie chart against the ideal ratio.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Lets you easily keep log your food into calorie categories.
Lets you log size of your foods.
Estimates you calorie count.
Represents your food ratio as a pie chart.
Similar tools: MealSnap, NutritionToolbox, Fatburgr and ShugarStacks.

Check out Calorific Lite @ www.worksmartlabs.com/calorific (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)