One of the things I like best about DietPower
is that it is a stand alone software program,
and I don't have to be online to use it.

If, in the future, it changed to an online program,
as much as I love it,
I doubt if I would purchase the online program.,
For certain, I would still choose to use the current off-line DietPower
which I can load from a purchased disk.

DietPower works with Windows, but not with Macintosh.
In order to do videos for DietHobby, I got a Mac as an additional computer.
I installed the parallel program which allows it to run windows programs,
and then installed DietPower. At first it LOOKED like this was operational,
but after entering new data in the DietPower program inside the Mac,
a technical glitch occurs which makes the program non-operational.
In the Mac, DietPower seems fine for viewing, but is non-operational,
because it doesn’t support actual logging use.

There are similar online food journaling programs. One of these is "fit day",
another is "thedailyplate", another is “Lose it”. Some online programs
are free and others charge a monthly fee for continued access.
DietPower works with any kind of food plan.
It has a large data base of its own,
and gives me the ability to add any extra foods (using label information)
and also input recipes of my choice. Every time I make a homemade food,
I add the recipe to my DietPower dictionary, and almost all of my
all-time favorites are now inside the program.

It is important to me to have my personal data available off line.
There are times when I am unable to get online, but when this happens
I still eat, and I want to continue my Habit of logging in my food.
I also like the security that storing my own data gives me,
and a daily back-up only takes a few seconds of my time.

Online programs are managed by the owners of that website.
and my access to my own data there is subject to their whims.
At some sites if I want to retain access to my records,
I must pay an ongoing fee. Deciding against future use
also results in the loss of my past data that I previously entered.
If a web-site shuts down, my data is also lost.

A web-site owner can arbitrarily block my IP address from his site
at any time for any reason. Recently I experienced this
at a weight graphing program called” Physicsdiet” .

I’d been using the program for about a year and a half,
and liked it a great deal. In fact I posted it in DietHobby’s Links section,
and I was planning to feature the program in an article here.
However, two or three months ago a computer glitch occurred,
which caused the program to change the way it handled my file.
The program began automatically logging me out,
and would not allow me to log in.

Every day since that began, when I found myself locked out,
I left a courteous message for the site owner
letting him know the problem and asking him for help and suggestions.
I told him that I liked his program and even informed him of my plan to
recommend it here at DietHobby. He returned none of my messages,
however he was kind enough to log me in himself quite a few times
which allowed me to update my records.

But instead of fixing the problem, or e-mailing a message to me
in response to my many courteous pleas for help,
one morning I found that he had banned my IP address.
I assume that this was his solution to the problem.
However it forever shut off my access to the data I have stored there,
and made it impossible for me to contact him.
My point is that any website owner can choose to take any action
with that site, and therefore the off-line storage of data can sometimes be
very important. Fortunately, I have all my weight and calorie data stored on
my own computer, and this recent action of Physicsdiet was merely
an inconvenience for me.

I wish there was a magic trick I could tell you,
but the bottom line is that
the ongoing dieting that is nessary for our weight-loss
and for our maintenance of that weight-loss is often hard.

If dieting was easy then no one would be fat.

So keep on working toward your food intake goals.
one-day-at-a-time…one-step-at-a-time.
We are in a marathon without a finish line,
but we have the ability to develop a positive attitude,
which will make it possible to continue on.

I posted my last saved recipe video -- which was made before my broken arm.
See it here.  I don't plan to make any new cooking videos until I can use both hands again.
This would be a good time  to check out the entire RECIPE section
for videos of recipes you might have missed

Also you can find all of my Thinspiration Moment Videos together
in the RESOURCES section, under  Videos, by clicking the Title "Thinspiration Moments".

If you feel you've missed any Blog articles, or want to review those previously posted,
you can quickly access them in the ARCHIVES.

Makes 1 serving

Ingredients:

1 small lo-carb tortilla (La Tortilla Factory)
1 Beef Frank (Hebrew National)
1/2 oz shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:

Cook beef frankfurther in microwave.
Warm tortilla.
Sprinkle shredded cheese over warm tortilla,
Place frank on top,
Roll-up tortilla
Cook in microwave for about 30 seconds to melt cheese.

1 serving has:

Calories: 257
Carbs: 12.2 grams
Protein: 14.5 grams




 

A basic idea is to develop sustainable habit that lead to reaching and maintaining a lower weight. One needs the behavior of consistently eating in a manner that results in one’s food intake totaling the same ...for maintenance.. or less…for weight-loss.. caloric energy than one’s body uses.
This is simple, but not easy.

 There is no one list of “correct” eating habits for everyone.   There are some who need to combine exercise with diet, but there is no magic highway to success.  We all have to find our own way.  We have to find what works for us.

And I have learned that…over time…what works individually may change.

As part of my Dieting Hobby, I read many diet books.
Here's a link to a video I previously posted about that practice.

I also experiment personally with various diets. Here at DietHobby, sometimes I will share information about this in detail, and other times, I will not.

This week I’ve been reading “Weight Loss for Food Lovers” (2008) by George Blair.
After I’ve finished reading it, while I’m still processing the ideas presented, I will probably share some of the concepts that I find interesting, but I don’t plan to do a summary or detailed book review.

My overall goal is NOT to provide a comprehensive review of all the various diets, or even of my all own personal ways of eating. My goal is to share the information that I find interesting along with my thoughts, as they occur, which I find helpful to me in my own maintenance.

 Everything I do here at DietHobby is to help me maintain my weight-loss. Hopefully some of the things I share will also be helpful to others. I welcome questions, ideas, and opinions from readers.  Unless on extremely private issues, I prefer to see them in the Comments section, so that everyone can participate in any discussion, but e-mails are also welcome.  My intention is to respond individually to each one.
Thanks for being here. 

 
Makes 1 serving

Ingredients:

4 oz  baked sweet potato with skin (1/2 cup)
1/4 cup boiled black beans
1/2 oz shredded cheddar cheese.

Directions:

Wrap raw sweet potato in tinfoil,
place in oven for 1 hour at 350 degrees.

Cut off 4 oz of cooked baked sweet potato
and place on plate.  Cut potato open and slightly mash it.
Top with 1/4 cup cooked canned black beans
Sprinkle 1/2 oz shredded cheese over beans and potato.
Heat in microwave for 30 seconds to 1 minute
until food is hot and cheese is melted.

1 serving is:

Calories: 203
Carbs: 31 grams
Protein 9.4 grams