Online Food Diaries & Calorie Counters

My friend, Shaun, found a pretty cool food diary website. We've been using it for a couple of weeks now. And it's free!

FitDay.com tracks your weight, your food, your activities, your nutrition, everything you need to know. Plus, with the "log" feature, you can add notes... to keep track of exercise routines, recipes or just to whinge and moan.

It's pretty easy to use. You can look up hundreds of foods by type... or enter "custom foods" based on the nutrition labels. Even the major fast foods are in the database. Just add the foods to your list each day and it automatically calculates the calories, fat, carbs, protein, etc.

If you don't find the food in the FitDay database, try looking in the CalorieKing database. It's extensive! Just transfer the info into your daily diary as a "custom food."

I really like the weight chart. It shows how you're doing... at a glance. To see the line moving in a (generally) downward angle is very encouraging.

The diary is doing its job. That's for sure. On more than one occasion, I've passed up foods or snacks because I knew I'd have to log it in the diary. And sometimes you just don't want to admit you've eaten some of those horrible things.

http://www.fitday.com/
http://www.calorieking.com/