Monday, May 19, 2008
Count those damn calories!
As a food lover you sometimes have to face down the scary fact that there are only so many calories you can safely consume in a day, without gaining weight.
Perpetually on diet (or at least thinking of one), I know that I need to track what I'm eating to maximise the taste per calorie, and rather than wasting vital calories on stupid everyday things like milk, I'd rather turn to great flavours like grapeseed oil or my chili reduction.
To help with that I discovered a really helpful site, run by The New York Times company no less, called Calorie Count plus, with a database of foods, recipes, etc and their requisite calories. You can track your activity (i.e. exercise or lack thereof) as well as weight; an excellent dieting cookbook. I'd suggest taking the data of your calorie intake into excel and draw a trend line, because sometimes it can seem like your calorie intake is going up, but in fact your general trend is downward.
It also analyses what you eat, makes healthier suggestions if necessary, and also rates the healthy-ness of what you are eating.
All of this coupled with thousands of pre-calorized recipes makes it the perfect stop for a loving foodie on a bit of a detox or diet period.
Check the site out at: http://caloriecount.about.com/
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