09/15/2008 10:01
New Look Extrapounds!
Welcome to the new Extrapounds.com
Apart from the new Home page and Info pages there's a brand new look and feel to your Administration Area which is designed to make keeping track of your weight loss and the journey of your Extrapounds.com friends that little bit easier.
All the original sections are there but they have been redesigned to be much more user friendly - for example check out the new Food Log.
We know that sticking to a diet plan is not always easy and the support and understanding of others at Extrapounds.com can motivate us to get through our personal barriers. That's why we've made it easier to keep up with your Extrapounds friends via the 'Friends Updates' on your new Personalized Homepage.
Now you can add other members to your friends list directly from their blog by clicking the 'Add as Friend' button near their avatar.
There's a new Private Messages feature that means that it's easier to reply to friends and support one another.
Take a look around the site to see what else is new!
If you spot any teething problems with the site within the first week or so please let us know directly by emailing info@extrapounds.com or using the 'Contact' link on the homepage.
We hope you'll enjoy using the new site and continue to support one another as you strive for your personal goals.
03/03/2008 07:35
What people eat around the world
TIME.com have an interesting 'Photo Essay' that gives a snap shot of what families in different parts of the world eat on average per week.
Take a look it's interesting...
What the World Eats
01/04/2008 10:04
New EP Feature - Friend's Post Alerts
Happy New Year everyone! and with the beginning of 2008 come a neat new EP feature that will help you keep up with all the latest news from your EP buddies.
Now when ever someone who is in your Friends List makes a new post you'll be alerted on your on blog page.
This means it's easier to stay up to date with your friends and their weight loss progress.
Check your Friends List on your blog and when there's a new post it will look something like this...
Not only that ... you'll get a similar alert when it's their birthday.
We hope you all like this addition to the site and it helps you remeber that as part of the Extrapounds community you're not alone on this weight loss journey.
11/26/2007 12:42
See EP member Shelley's story in Dec Health Magazine
Congratulations to EP member Shelley who is featured in this months edition of Health Magazine.
Get hold of a copy and turn to page 94 to read the article. We hope to have a copy of the page uploaded onto Extrapounds soon so every one can see it 
Visit Shelley's blog to find out more and see her success story in pictures.
11/26/2007 12:28
Is it any wonder that we are in the midst of an obesity epidemic?
The New York Times reports on the food adverts that are being taregted at American children. I've posted the article below, click the link at the end to see the original.
Patterns: Children’s Ads on TV Push Sugar and Fat
By ERIC NAGOURNEY
Published: September 11, 2007
If health advocates want to combat obesity by teaching young people how to eat better, they might want to cast an eye on competing messages on television.
When researchers looked at what foods were being advertised on programs watched by children and adolescents, they found that most products were larded with sugar, salt and fat.
“The overwhelming majority of food-product advertisements seen on television by American children are of poor nutritional content,” said the study, which is in the current issue of Pediatrics. It was led by Lisa M. Powell of the University of Illinois.
The researchers focused on advertisements seen by two groups, ages 2 to 11 and 12 to 17. To gauge viewership, the study looked at the shows’ popularity ratings.
The researchers considered more than 50,000 commercials seen by the younger group and more than 47,000 seen by the older one. The team found that 97.8 percent of the food advertised for the younger group was high in fat, sugar or sodium. The figure for the older group was 89.4 percent. Commercials for fast-food restaurants were not included.
The study noted a finding that in 2005 young people watched television an average of more than three hours a day. And it cited an Institute of Medicine report finding a link between television advertisements and weight.
The biggest segment of advertising for younger viewers was for cereals, most high in sugar. Older children were most likely to see commercials for sweets.
Click here to read the rest of the original article
11/05/2007 11:10
Trying to recover your lost posts
As suggested by some of our members here are two ways you may be able to recover the posts that you made between 31st Oct and 2nd Nov.
1. Add your own blog page to your google reader.
a. To do this you will need to have an account with google, ie a gmail account.
b. Once you have signed into your gmail account click the 'more' drop down menu shown at the end of the list of options on the top left hand side of the screen.
c. Select 'Reader'
e. Click the 'Add subscription' button and then copy and paste the url of your EP blog to add it to the reader. Your posts should then show on the screen.
B. Alternatively you can try WayBackMachine
1. Copy and paste the url of your EP blog page into the box on the home page.
Thanks to Shelleys, Deserve Better, Jennie and all the other members who posted some good advice over the weekend.
11/05/2007 10:32
Missing posts update 2
It appears that any posts that you made between Oct 31st and Nov 2nd have been lost.
This was due to system crash. After analyzing the situation our technical team have adapted the system to ensure this does not happen again.
We are very sorry that you may have lost some of your posts and that such confusion was caused over the weekend.
Thank you to all of you who contacted us about the problem and for the positive attitude that we have witnessed from many of you during these couple of days.
11/05/2007 08:26
Posts are Back
Our technical team have recovered the lost posts.
We are in the process of checking that this applies to all our member's blogs.
If you are still having problems please post here.
Again we are very sorry for the inconvenience and distress this unforeseen problem has caused.
11/05/2007 04:36
Missing posts
When returning back to the office on Monday morning we discovered that all posts written before Friday are not showing on blog pages. My blog page included.
We have only just been made aware of this issue and are looking into the problem.
I will post again once we have an update.
The Extrapounds team apologise for this major disruption and hope to have it fixed soon.
10/25/2007 11:01
Another funny YouTube video
I found another one of the ads from the same campaign as the 3 I posted last week.
If you didn't see the first three scroll down a bit for a few more laughs
Spare Tire
