we're featured in the Austin American-Statesman newspaper

Ooh, this is exciting! Our Lean Mode food diary is featured in the Fit City section of the Austin American-Statesman. Check out what journalist Pamela LeBlanc wrote about us:

For the fitness junkie on your list: Gear, gadgets and guidance

Heart rate monitors, DVDs, water bottles for the fit-minded

By Pamela LeBlanc
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Friday, December 05, 2008

Athletes (and the rest of us) love to get faster, stronger and more powerful. To do that, we need the right stuff.

Gadgets, gear and guidance, books, bottles and blinkies: It's all part of our never-ending quest to improve performance.

Got a fitness junkie on your holiday gift list? Listen up.

We've rounded up some of our favorite products, from basics such as water bottles and blinking lights to exotics, like a top-of-the-line heart rate monitor and a stylin' pair of sunglasses.

Lean Mode Color Code Food Diary

$20

www.colorcodemode.com

Streaming Colors introduced its exercise journals in 2004 and we were instantly addicted to the color-it-in-as-you-exercise system. Now comes the Lean Mode food diary, for people who need to home in on their eating habits. Studies show that people who track what they eat every day lose more weight than those who don't. This fun-to-use diary keeps you honest.

That's right, it keeps you honest! It's a big eye-opener to see what you eat everyday written down on paper. And our color-coded system makes it real easy to see if you've been naughty... or nice-n-healthy. Read the rest of her awesome holiday gift recommendations (including one of my personal faves and featured A-List item, the Sigg water bottle.)

why keep a food diary?

  Ooh lookie, another sneak preview of the Lean Mode Food Diary. Doesn't it look fun!A study published in the August edition of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, shows that keeping a food diary may be a key to losing extra weight. It's all about accountability and awareness. Read about the study on webmd.com.

The article includes 5 tips for keeping a food diary. One of them suggests you use whatever type of food diary works for you. Which is true. The whole point is to use it, whatever it is. However, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that our Lean Mode Color Code - Not Your Usual Food Diary is the most fun food diary ever!!!! That's my totally unbiased opinion. Ha ha. So try it out people!

sneak peak of lean mode food diary

 I'm so excited about our new food diary (Lean Mode Color Code - Not Your Usual Food Diary) that I just had to post the new cover art. The diary is on it's way to the printers so it should be available online soon. (We're also doing an ebook version.) Isn't the cover adorable!?!?! And let me tell you, it is so much fun to use! I've been "testing" it for the last few months. So fun! And it really works!!!