tracking your diet and exercise is easy, just do it

as a suggestion from my visit to the doctor yesterday, my nurse suggested that i start to write down everything i eat.  by doing this, it makes you more aware of your intake and stop you from eating foods you wouldn’t want to admit you did.  i started to make an excel spreadsheet but did a search for food journals online. 

 i came across a great website called Fit Day and they have a free online diet & fitness journal that is really easy to use.  you set your goals and it tells you how much you have to lose, and also breaks down your intake by calories and every nutrient.  i like the user friendliness of it because pretty much every food is already in there with it’s calorie and nutrient count, so you just select it and it adds to your journal.  for the exercise portion, you just type what kind of exercise you did like..”walking” and there are preset distances and times to select, and you just choose one and it automatically adds that to your journal for you.  after you select your exercise, it shows how many calories you burned from doing that. 

i set a 3 month goal and i have to lose 3 lbs /week.  my goal is between 30 lbs by my 30th birthday in march!