Twitter Tip Thursday – Tweet What You Eat

Tweet What You Eat

http://www.tweetwhatyoueat.com/

For those of us who are looking for a new way to track calories and your weight…here it is….Tweet What You Eat is a food and weight diary. They also have a forum section. You can view your diary on your cellphone or internet and print out a spreadsheet. Using it is very simple. Send a tweet to TWYE saying “follow twye” and you will start following TWYE and they will start following you. Then you send a D (direct message) to TWYE with what you have just eaten. Use a colon to associate food items and a comma to separate items. Happy Tweeting!

Own a Dog and Lose Weight Effortlessly

I’m new to dog ownership. I use to go to the gym or go for a morning run daily. Those activities have ceased since I became a dog owner. However, below are some things I have discovered that have aided to my effortless weight loss without going to the gym or going on a morning run.

1.  Hearing. Dogs have a keen sense of hearing. They can hear you trying to quietly and secretively unwrap a snack cake from a mile away. I love chocolate and we all know that dogs are not supposed to eat chocolate. It doesn’t matter how quietly I attempt to open a package of M&Ms or Hostess snack cake she is there with that look. You all know that look I’m talking about.

2.  Smell. Dogs can smell whatever it is that you want to eat from the far end of the house. They will appear from out of nowhere to get a better whiff of what you are attempting to digest.

3.  Eyes. Dogs have those big puppy dog eyes that make you feel guilty if you don’t share. You will never again get to consume an entire Whopper or slice of pizza. You will be lucky if you eat half of whatever you attempt to eat. Those puppy dog eyes will guilt you into caving in and sharing.

4. Vocal Sound. You can be as quiet as a church mouse. You can try and not make eye contact. You can try and ignore your dog while you eat but guess what; you won’t be able to. Your dog will whimper as if he or she is a wounded child on his or her death bed to get attention. If that doesn’t work he or she will get a bit louder and turn up the volume until he or she is barking at you like you are the next contestant on that weight loss reality television show and he or she is trying to shame you into dropping the food. You just can’t ignore the whimpering or barking. Now you know why dogs are great in television; they can act on demand.

5. Pavlov’s Dog. If you can make it through the barking and the “look” you won’t be able to withstand the drool dripping from your dogs’ mouth. He or she will sit there and salivate. I think it is part of the acting thing. They know how to gross you out and keep you from wanting to take another bite. They know as the drool is hitting your foot that you won’t be able to keep eating and you will feel sorry for him or her and give up your snack and wave the white flag and surrender.

So, if you are having trouble dieting on your own I highly suggest you get a dog. You will never ever be able to eat an entire meal again without sharing or being grossed out. You will start to shed pounds effortlessly thanks to your new four legged friend.