Beat portion distortion and you just may lose more weight. A reader comment on a recent post about portion control led me to review Flavor Magic Portion Control Sheets, made in Canada by Real Chef.

Here’s the comment from reader Alana:
A friend of mine is suggesting I use Flavor Magic Portion Control Sheets, which she describes as basically a portioning guide that also seasons the food. Kind of like the “palm of hand” rule, but more accurate. Does anyone have input on this one? She claims it is working for her with home cooking. I want to give it a shot …read more

I was paging back through some of our older posts and checking out the comments here at Burning the Scale when something caught my eye. I ran into this one about this one about diet pills producing minimal effects, which got me thinking about diet aids and one really, really interesting (albeit negative) post I read about Alli and its side effects over at a full-figured blog called Fatshionista. It sounded unpleasant at best, and truly intrigued me.
I’m not one for diet pills, and I usually ignore them altogether. I have enough to worry about when I’m paying …read more