Calorie and exercise counter websites

[pugwash4x4]

Hi Guys,

Need some help with losing weight, and i know my biggest problem is not really having an idea of how many calories i am consuming each day (ie the "nibbles" that i bet makes up the extra weight")

Quite prepared to measure every mouthful to find out just how much i'm eating- worried that its WAY more than i think.

Have the exercise bit in hand- aiming to lose 6 stone over the next 12 months- a tall order!

[King Herald]

I use www.sparkpeople.com You have to enroll, free, and log your stuff in daily.

It will advise you how much to eat to get to a certain weight in a certain time frame, but it will not let you go crazy and try to lose 10lbs a week or any silly stuff.

I've lost 35 lbs in the last nine months, though I am nowhere near as diligent as I should be.

[pugwash4x4]

Registerd on sparlpeople a while ago, but find the US-centric bit slightly difficult!

[Stu R]

Don't suppose you've got an iphone? There's loads of apps for that sort of thing.

Probably similar ones on Android too.

[obob]

I used to use this, found it to be excellent:

http://www.thedailyplate.com/

[King Herald]

pugwash4x4 said:

Registerd on sparkpeople a while ago, but find the US-centric bit slightly difficult!

For a race of predominantly fat barstewards, they seem to have an odd idea of what a 'serving' is.

One 'serving' of bread is half a slice. A 'serving' of cheese is the size of two dice.

[Animal]

Sitting at my desk all day I just use Excel.

I've got one sheet which is a list of foods with a second sheet that I simply add to every time I eat something to keep a running total of what I eat every day (clear the sheet each morning). I keep a note of my targets and so I can tell whether or not I should be aiming to get some more carbs or protein or whatever.

[Halb]

I had the nibbles problem. I started keeping a diary of what I eat and using weightwatchers points, combined with my exercise, I dropped size round my middle and fat overall, was good, currently on the same tack

[King Herald]

Animal said:

...... I simply add to every time I eat something to keep a running total of what I eat every day (clear the sheet each morning). I keep a note of my targets and so I can tell whether or not I should be aiming to get some more carbs or protein or whatever.

Do you have an accurate and logical-to-follow source of calories you can give me, for your foods?

Sparkpeople tends to get a little odd with their food measurements, and it is a pretty fine line between getting it just right, starving needlessly, or packing the pounds back on.

[tur8o]

if you have an iphone there is an app called myfitnesspal that you can use to keep track of your calorie intake etc. i believe its linked to a website, www.myfitnesspal.co.uk dont know if you can use the website without iphone app but may be worth looking at.

[Animal]

King Herald said:

Animal said:

...... I simply add to every time I eat something to keep a running total of what I eat every day (clear the sheet each morning). I keep a note of my targets and so I can tell whether or not I should be aiming to get some more carbs or protein or whatever.

Do you have an accurate and logical-to-follow source of calories you can give me, for your foods?

Sparkpeople tends to get a little odd with their food measurements, and it is a pretty fine line between getting it just right, starving needlessly, or packing the pounds back on.

Sorry, I generally tend to use the packets.

However, try these:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/nutrition-facts-calori...
http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/calories-in-f...

[King Herald]

Animal said:

Sorry, I generally tend to use the packets.

However, try these:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/nutrition-facts-calori...

Cool, that one works well for me.