Calorie Tracking App

[jenskot]

I've started using http://www.myfitnesspal.com/mobile and it's excellent!

You can scan bar codes with your phone to automatically track the food you are eating. And it's free! And easy to use!

Bonus: you can signup with friends to track each other's progress. Extra motivation!

[jenskot]

My only complaint so far is that not all calories are the same. Foods high in Fiber may help with weight loss even if they seem to have higher calories.

My suggestion is to tweak your goals. If you want to eat 1,500 calories a day, make it 1,600 but add more Fiber to your diet.

[Questionor]

My only complaint so far is that not all calories are the same. Foods high in Fiber may help with weight loss even if they seem to have higher calories.

My suggestion is to tweak your goals. If you want to eat 1,500 calories a day, make it 1,600 but add more Fiber to your diet.

I'm pretty sure that when you look at nutritional facts on any product calories from the carbs in fiber are not counted towards the calories in total. The math should be simple to check on any product though. You can't digest fiber so the calories from those carbs don't enter your blood. I don't know the site you are using but if you're entering total carbs, protein, fat and it's calculating calories from that and it doesn't let you fill in total fiber then you shouldn't include those in the carbs you are entering. I'm not sure how much fiber helps with weight loss besides the fact that you are filling your stomach with stuff that isn't digested. (which is a factor that is nothing to sneeze at) Fiber is mostly great for keeping the digestive system moving correctly. Using spoiler tag for those who might be eating or something and don't want to read this: It's pretty commonly known that it's good for constipation cause it pushes things along. It's also good if you have the opposite trouble and often have diarrhea as it helps with having "well formed" poop

[stormsweeper]

I'm pretty sure that when you look at nutritional facts on any product calories from the carbs in fiber are not counted towards the calories in total.

Insoluble is not counted, but soluble (oats, beans, some fruit and veg) is (at 4kCal/g).

[Questionor]

I'm pretty sure that when you look at nutritional facts on any product calories from the carbs in fiber are not counted towards the calories in total.

Insoluble is not counted, but soluble (oats, beans, some fruit and veg) is (at 4kCal/g).

is soluble, digestible?

[zuk]

I started using this on Jan 1st also! I love this app. I'm using it more as informational, not as the diet tracker itself. I have a goal to lose 25 lbs (have gained some since I got injured last year). I'm using my nutritionist's diet again that worked last time and its philosophies are different than MFP. I am very interested in seeing trends though. If I'm consistent from week to week, I'm happy about the progress.

[jenskot]

Cool Zuk! Good luck and I'm happy to hear that despite the injury, you're not letting anything hold you back!

[jenskot]

Lost 2 pounds!

[zuk]

Weigh day is Fridays (started on Sunday).

[zuk]

Woohoo! Lost 9 lbs. Combined the diet with rigorous exercise. Of course it's easy at the beginning, but that's motivation right there. Already 35% of the way there to my goal.