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'Tweet What You Eat' Diary Holds Dieters Accountable

by Caleb Johnson on October 6, 2009 at 08:28 AM


Shame is a powerful motive. Combined with technology, it's pushing Twitter users to lose weight. A Twitter-based online food diary called Tweet What You Eat is helping users watch what they eat and count the number of calories they consume on a given day. Aside from counting calories, it also gives users extra incentive not to cheat, since the results are posted for everyone to see. There's a forum for users to discuss dieting and what works best for them, too.

The Telegraph reports that more than 8,000 people (including Web celebs like Stephen Fry) are already using the app. That's good news for dieters, as Tweet What You Eat relies on its users to enter different foods into the database. And it's working for some folks, apparently. Creator Alex Ressi said that some active users, using Tweet What You Eat in conjunction with a nutritionist, reported losses of 20 to 40 pounds. One of them even dropped 70.

If being berated by friends with 140 characters or less isn't motivation enough, you could always just invest in this robotic weight-loss coach. [From: The Telegraph and Huffington Post]

Tags: calories, diet, food, socialnetworking, top, twitter, weight loss, WeightLoss

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