calorie counting/diary software

[oldman]

Hi All,

I've decided to count calories exactly using a 5kg scale. A spreadsheet would work, but do any of you have a better way?

I've found http://www.crosstrainer.ca/ It looks decent, but I'm not sure that Excel might be better for what i need.

any experience?

Thx.

[Bob Smith]

I made up my own spreadsheet in Excel. Works quite well and tells me all that I need to know. I get the nutrition info from the product label, or the USDA Nutrient Database (if there isnt a label).

[oldman]

Thanks Bob,

The USDA Nutrient Database at http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl looks excellent!

Looks like excel is a simple answer. All I plan on tracking is Calories/Carb/protein/fat maybe fiber do you track more stuff?

[Bob Smith]

Carbs, pro, fat, calories per meal, total calories for the day, grams and % of calories from each macronutrient, goal calories and calories remaining for the day.

[oldman]

Makes sense.

I started the eXcel.

page 1 : ingredients
page 2 : monthly template
pages 3+: the months.

I briefly thought about setting up linked sheets for each day, but then sanity caught up with me. I think cut and paste will work just fine and XL is pretty good with sorting the ingredient lists.

the crosstrainer had a few nice features like pie charts and also workout scheduling, but I think I'll save $50.

Thanks.

[Lestat]

Bob, I made a spread sheet and found out that I have not a clue what I'm doing. Can you PM me or post an example of the one you made? Oldman any example from you would be appreciated also. Thanks.

[oldman]

Originally Posted by Lestat

Bob, I made a spread sheet and found out that I have not a clue what I'm doing. Can you PM me or post an example of the one you made? Oldman any example from you would be appreciated also. Thanks.

I'll post it when I finish. Give me a few days to make it decent.

[Lestat]

Thanks, that would be a great help.

[Peace Division]

Have you tried: www.fitday.com

Easy to set up and you can add foods that aren't in their database. Plus it's free. Peace.

[Bob Smith]

Here is a link to one that is pretty similar to the one I use. http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/for...p?threadid=454