The good news is that weight loss help online for free is available. You are not alone and isolated. There are many resources to help you in your dieting and exercise goals and you do not need to spend money on products.

The Internet is a vast source of information, some may be beneficial, some contradictory. Where to go for the answers and the solutions? A Google search will reveal several resource site with free calorie counters, and other calculators that help you figure out how many calories you are burning.

By far, forums are your best free resource for weight loss help online; free of charge, you have the opportunity to read through forum threads and ask and have your questions answered. You may have the chance to feel a part of a community enabling you to feel motivated in your dieting efforts.

YouTube is also a great free resource where you will find hundreds, if not thousands of videos, on a variety of subjects related to weight loss, dieting, exercise, and importantly motivational and success stories.

For simple tools you can easily find calorie counters online. Additionally you can find calculators that enable you to determine how many calories you burn as you exercise.

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Now you can walk while you work, not just walk to work, thanks to the Walkstation, which Dr. James Levine of the Mayo Clinic created. Dr. Levine discussed the Walkstation in an interview with The Grand Rapids Press on October 25, the day the Walkstation was unveiled. Read more after the jump.

“What we have done is taken science from the lab to a product that could potentially help millions and millions of people,” said Levine, by phone Wednesday from New York.

“I think it’s the next iPod. Everybody is going to want one.”

But the price tag will be a little higher, at about $4,000.

The Walkstation, the first product of the new FitWork line, was to be unveiled in the Steelcase showroom in New York this afternoon and was to be featured on “Good Morning America” this morning.

Steelcase won’t begin taking orders until Nov. 19, but there already is a long list of companies eager to buy. Each Walkstation takes about six weeks to build. There also is a version that gives the user the option of sitting or walking while working.

In an interview with ABC News, Dr. Levine discussed the benefits of the Walkstation:

He measured the calorie burning capacity of sedentary versus walking workers and discovered that just standing on your feet burns an extra 20 calories an hour. And walking is even better. So he came up with a design for the treadmill desk.

Depending on age, sex and body type, a 60-minute stroll at an easy 1 mile per hour burns anywhere from 100 to 130 calories. Do the metabolic math for a typical eight-hour day, and you get a potential weight loss of up to 40 pounds a year —without ever leaving the office.

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Levine started himself on a Walkstation regimen — 15 minutes at the top of every hour. Within six months, he got rid of his chair.

“You simply get the hang of walking and working,” he said. “A fascinating point is, your body naturally wants to be in motion … moving while working is what we’re designed to do. It’s only a recent development that work has confined our motion — that we’ve become ‘chair-imprisoned.’ The Walkstation gives people back the opportunity to move as they’re meant to do.”

Steelcase has a special Web site with video and full product details of the Walkstation.

In our era of supersizing, a collection of photographs of 200 calorie portions is a valuable resource indeed. Wise Geek performs an admirable public service in presenting this page of numerous photographs of 200 calorie portions, covering a wide range of food choices from a generous serving of baby carrots to a bowlful of beans to handful of jelly beans to 50 grams of Splenda.

Kiwi Fruit
328 grams = 200 Calories

I never achieved any success in weight loss until I began keeping a food diary. I kept mine, originally, the old fashioned way, with a spiral notebook and a pen and a paperback calorie counter. Very simple but very powerful. Suddenly, I had to hold myself accountable for every morsel I ate. I was diligent about it because it produced results. I even kept track of the calories, negligible though they are, in foods like mustard and soy sauce. I measured everything — I had measuring cups and measuring spoons and a food scale to weigh ounces and grams. At times, friends and family members thought I was a bit obsessive, but they saw results as did I. Quite gratifying.

Nowadays, keeping track of calories and keeping a food diary is much easier with the help of online tools such as the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference. Additionally, there is a great software program, The Food And Exercise Diary For Windows, which helps enormously. People spend hundreds and thousands for diet programs, trainers, workshops, special diet foods and the like. Ultimately, it is a matter of accountability. Will we eat properly or will we not? Entering the real data of our daily choices and being honest with ourselves in this process works wonders. Check out this wonderful, easy to use program, to track your daily diet and your exercise routine.