Electric Calorie Counter: CalorieSmart Review

An electric calorie counter is a handy little tool used to calculate the calories in the foods you eat so that you know exactly how much you're eating. One of the best handheld calculators available is the CalorieSmart Handheld Calorie Counter.

Most of us know that we need to exercise regularly and eat a healthy, balanced diet in order to achieve our weight loss goals but keeping track of calories remains to be one of the toughest tasks. We seem to just guess what serving sizes are and we're usually way off. This is especially confusing when you're eating out at a restaurant or fast food establishment.

Restaurants use very large serving dishes in addition to large portion sizes which can lead you to believe that you're only having one serving of a particular food, when in reality it's more like two or three.

An electric calorie counter such as the CalorieSmart Handheld option allows you to carry it along with you whenever you go out to eat. Let's take a quick look at the main features of this product and then we'll get into the pros and cons.

• Contains calorie and carbohydrate information for over 50,000 food items, including items from over 200 restaurants and over 500 food brands.
• Allows you to track calories, carbohydrates, fat, sodium and fiber.
• Provides you with information for the amount of food that you're eating.
• Can display metric information that is used in Europe and Canada.
• Set goals and track your progress.
• One touch access to your day's total calories consumed and calories burned through exercise.
• Lighted display screen that can be turned on/off with the F3 key.
• Uses 2 AAA batteries which are included.

• Small and light. You don't have to worry about lugging around a notebook or remembering to write down what you eat after you've eaten. It can fit easily into your handbag or even your coat pocket.
• No computer needed. There are online calorie counters available too but with these you need computer and internet access. Using these can be better than nothing, but it's easy to forget to enter what you've eaten during the day and therefore get behind on tracking your calories. Once you fall behind it's hard to catch back up without just guessing.
• Small keypad. Some consumers think that the keys are a bit small and they'd like to see them bigger. This could be an inconvenience for those who have larger hands or fingers.
• You can add (and store) your own meals. You don't just have to stick with what's preprogrammed into this device, you can easily add meals you prepare at home. This way you don't have to enter everything in manually every time.
• Search time can be lengthy. When scanning and searching for the foods you need to enter, the search can take a bit longer than expected. If you don't have a lot of patience you may get frustrated with the wait time but it's still pretty good for having to go through such a large catalog of different foods.

Overall, the CalorieSmart electric calorie counter is a very useful device if you're interested in tracking calories, carbs, fat and more. Many of these devices only count calories but it isn't only about how many calories you eat, but also how much fat and sodium you're consuming as well. Many people need to eat low-sodium diets for various reasons so this device is exceptional for those types of people.

In reading customer reviews for this product, it's very clear that this product was able to help people make better food choices because they were conscious about what they were consuming due to entering it into their food journal. One woman even reported to have lost 2.5 pounds per week the first few weeks she used it and went on to lose 25 pounds. That's pretty incredible.

Counting your calories in an easy-to-do way really makes you aware of what you're eating and if you eat healthy, watch your caloric intake and exercise regularly you will quickly start to lose both inches and pounds. There are so many different electronic calorie counters to choose from.