Gizmodo: diet

Tough Times Belt Puncher: Try the Recession Diet

Sean Fallon — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:00:00 EST

Taken literally, the idiom "tighten your belt" means it's time to cut back on your strict bacon diet in lean economic times. A recession diet calls for sacrifice—and this belt puncher can help.

The concept, developed by Brooklyn-based SONIC Design, utilizes a 3-disc adjustment mechanism to dial in the user's net income and estimated cost of living. The resulting calculation determines where the next hole in the belt will be punched. In other words, it's a physical representation of how much you need to save—in this case, the grocery bill is an ideal area to target. You could probably stand to lose a few pounds anyway. [Sonic Design via Core77 via Newlaunches]

Motorola Prizm Gives Diet Advice

Sean Fallon — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:20:00 EST

Motorola's new touchscreen Motoprizm in Korea that appears to be a takeoff on the Krave—albeit with a few tweaks. Oddly enough, word is that the device also gives daily diet and lifestyle suggestions.

Features:

•DMB support
•E-wallet function
•3.5mm headphone jack
•USB 2.0 connectivity
•Bluetooth 2.0
•Memory card slot
•2.8" 260k color TFT touchscreen at 240 x 400 resolution
•3 megapixel camera

Whether or not it will be bossing fatties around in the states anytime soon has not been determined.
[Uberphones and AVING]

Japanese Camera Phone Diet: Snap Shots of Your Dinner, Learn How Fat It'll Make You

Matt Buchanan — Sun, 27 May 2007 12:15:06 EDT

Concerned with expanding waistlines in the land of tenpura, katsudon, and American fast food, doctors and insurance companies in Osaka have launched services that let patients send glamour shots of their grub to nutritionists from their cellphones. The nutritionists then offer a nutritional breakdown, analysis and advice, laying out what'll turn you into a fatty and what won't.

The only problem is that one of the services has a three-day turnaround time, meaning you'll have to wonder for days if that Country Boy Breakfast from Cracker Barrel was bad for you after all. – Matt Buchanan

Cell phone cameras help Japanese lose weight [CNN]
Image via Flickr

One Click Butter Cutter for Calorie Counters, Obsessives, Lazy Bums

Charlie White — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:00:00 EDT

Too tired or lazy to cut your butter in the morning? Here's a machine that'll do it for you, precisely measuring a 35-calorie portion at a time. Keep in mind, butter is 100% fat.

This could actually be useful. If you're a fanatic about calorie counting, dole out a controlled portion, count it accurately, slim down. While you're at it, don't forget to count those crows on the clothesline. – Charlie White

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