Studies show that folks who keep a food diary lose more weight. What have you got to lose?

Does keeping track of foods, exercise, weight, and goals seem too complicated? Wouldn't it be great if you could just click a button and it would be done for you?

What if there was an app on your iphone that would keep track of it all for you?  What if you could see exactly how much more protein you needed before the end of the day. Wouldn't you like to know how many carbs a certain food item has and how much you can have, before you eat it, or better yet before you purchase it at the store, or order it from a restaurant menu?

Now you can…. It’s fast and easy.  

One app that I have used for years is "LOSE IT" but there are many others - just choose one that fits your needs. 

I like LOSE IT because, you plug in your food item and adjust the portion size and it will figure your totals. This online food tracker will give you the current count of protein, fats and carbs for each day, as well as percentages and it allows you to scan in your own food nutritional labels. That takes the guess work out of making selections at the grocery store. 

Set up your nutritional goals including measurements. You can enter your own guidelines and track your personal boundaries for calorie counts, fat, carbs, fiber, protein, and water for each day. Then you can see at a glance how your progressing.

When you enter your weight under the “weight” section, then your target weight and the deadline, it breaks down your weight to tell you how long it will take and how many pounds you have to lose to accomplish your goal. That way you can tell if your goal is realistic. It makes it easy and fun to record your progress and see your accomplishments.

The app even calculates your daily “activities”, has an online community and challenges if you want to connect with others that are on the same journey to success. 

One of the other advantages to LOSE IT is that it instantly syncs to your computer from your iphone. The computer version allows you a little more in-depth information about your weight, health and progress.

Keeping a food diary is more than just a daily help for keeping track of what you eat, having a food diary allows me to see forward in meal planning. I plan my meals on the app and they set them on a clock -it's as easy as touching a button. It already calculates the food in waiting into my daily counts, and allows me to see them, as they wait for me to include them in my menu.  Keeping a food diary was really helpful when I first began to struggle with low blood sugar. I could go back and review my menus and foods eaten to figure out what was causing the most problems and what foods were helpful in helping me remain stable. 

So Check it out and — Lose it! 

Yes you can, you have many more miles to go !