On-Line Diet Trackers

[HappyAnika]

At the recommedation of others here at TE in another thread, I just started using www.sparkpeople.com. The online food tracker is free and so far I like it. However I find myself going to calorieking.com frequently to look up the information for things that aren't in the sparkpeople database (like the kind of cereal I eat, the kind of bread, etc) since I usually log this stuff when I'm at work and away from the food labels on the packages at home. But once you enter it at sparkpeople you can save it, so then if you eat the same stuff a lot (which I do for breakfast and lunch) its fast to re-select it for that day. There's also a lot of helpful articles on nutrition. Warning-they send you a ton of e-mail so I'm glad I signed up with my "crap" e-mail account so it doesn't bother me at work.

I like the idea of having something for the palm, I find it hard to come into work Monday morning and remember what I ate from Friday night through the weekend . . . I could log in at home, but that dial up connection is too much for my very limited patience.

[RedCanny]

For my 20 lb weight loss this year, I used Fitday for several months, then ponied up for Calorie King in April, because Fitday really didn't help me factor in the calories I was burning in exercise. As a result I'd have calorie-deficit days, which resulted in low energy and halted weight loss.

I don't eat a lot of packaged foods either, but I do use Cooking Light recipes quite often, and it's not too hard to enter in the nutritional data for such "custom" foods.

[Dogmama]

Thanks for the replies. I like the idea of the PDA counter. I imagine it can be downloaded into a computer, right?

I like Cooking Light also. Another cookbook that I use is South Beach Diet Quick & Easy. All meals under 30 minutes -- that is if you can find the oregano, etc. Maybe it's under 30 minutes for organized cooks who don't have to stop to put the laundry into the dryer, answer dumb questions from DH, answer the phone, etc.

[paigette]

I am Weight Watcher's gal, when I signed up for their monthly pass, I get free access to their website tracker. I've thought about stopping that & joining Calorie King, though.....

Anyway, I spent a few hours at B&N this weekend & bought a cookbook called "Low Fat & Light 4 Ingredient Cookbook", seriously every recipe was only 4 ingredients, I've tried 3 from so far & they have all been exceptionally good. They list the nutritional facts about all the recipes.