How do you track your progress?
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A sure fire way to succeed at anything is to track your progress. The Seinfeldian Chain is great because it simplifies this process to a single click of the mouse. But some goals are more complicated, especially those related to diet and fitness.
fitSugar has a post on counting calories, and hoards of commenters have posted their favorite calorie tracking websites. sparkpeople is a favorite, as is fit-day. it’s interesting to read what people like about the software:
I LOVE SparkPeople for their calorie-tracking journal and customized meal plans. They also create strength training plans and have a large support system.
Try www.fitday.com. It’s free and easy to use. You can choose the foods you eat from a data bank, or enter your own custom foods. It also tracks your nutrition, exercise, and weight loss goals. Did I mention it’s FREE?! I’ve been using it for about a year and a half and I love it.
I used to use fitday.com, but I recently found my-calorie-counter.com and I like it better. Its very similar, but it separates your food into meals and saves your favorite meal choices, so its easy to re-enter things that you eat on a daily basis. Oh, and the best part it that is also FREE!!!
http://www.dietfacts.com It has all the restaurants on here you could think of!
thedailyplate.com is such a great site for tracking- it has the nutritional info for SO many foods, even generic grocery store items, and you can easily manipulate the serving size to fit what you actually consumed…It’s been great for me just to see what kind of variety I am (or am not) getting.
It’s also interesting to read the challenges:
I used fitday.com for just a few months and lost several pounds. The only thing that is difficult is if you’re eating out at restaurants for a lot of meals, it is difficult to keep track of everything you are eating. I found that calorie-counting kept me eating at home a lot, which is good for the pocketbook too I guess.
I don’t know how to do this because I don’t know portion sizes.
What about you? Do you track your progress? If so, how? What motivates you to keep it up? And what keeps you down?
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