Your Guide to Six Informative Slimming Websites

Your answer to losing kilos may be just a click away. Scores of slimming websites offer women diet tips in the privacy of their homes. Let’s surf for some of the most informative sites.

1. Fitday

   
   For number crunchers

   Ideal for women who are obsessed with the exact values of their input and output, Fitday takes the term “food diary” to a new level with pie charts, bar graphs, and daily/weekly/monthly reports to monitor every step of your weight change. The site is free and also offers general dieting advice.

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   Nutridiary

   
   For those who love to read charts

   Nutridiary is a free website with over 40,000 members, which tracks your food intake and activity output by generating charts. You may try the site out for several days as a ‘guest’ without giving away your personal particulars, to see if you have the discipline it takes to keep an online diary, The features are somewhat intelligent – if you key in a weight-loss goal that is too extreme, it comes back with a more reasonable target. It also has an additional tracker to monitor your water and vegetable intake.

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   The Diet Channel

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   For info junkies

   This is a directory website of dieting information. There are links to over 600 articles on every kind of diet there is, from the peanut butter diet to the caveman diet. So if you’re thinking of a new diet, check here first. There are articles on the various kinds of diets, including the Mediterranean Diet, Atkins Diet, Sonoma Diet, etc, that provide you with lots of dieting information. All the articles are pretty solid and informative.

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   eDiets

   
   For perfectionists

   Ediets is one of the most popular and snazzy slimming websites around. It stands out because it acts as an umbrella portal for more than 20 personalised online dieting plans. Online experts will recommend a suitable diet for you based on a needs analysis. You can sign up for a basic check on your body mass index (BMI) and the number of calories you should eat a day to hit your ideal weight.

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   Weight Watchers

   
   For serious dieters

   This website offers access to lots of online support groups. Like most websites, they offer charts to track your progress as you lose weight. You can choose to follow either the Flex plan, which assigns points to food items, or the Core plan, which tells you what you should eat today. Exercise tips, recipes and quizzes are free.

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   Coconut Diet

   
   For coconut fans

   A diet based on coconuts may sound hollow, but the tropical fruit is on the diet of thousands of Americans. Apparently, consuming a few spoons of coconut oil a day replaces harmful fats and helps to burn body fat faster. Some even rub the oil onto their skin for an added glow. Register and log on to the website’s forums (it’s free) to see what users say about the coconut diet. Dedicated sections explain how the coconut diet can help those suffering from conditions like chronic fatigue, candida/yeast infection, thyroid and skin problems, while a page of recipes shows you how you can incorporate coconut oil into your cooking.