What’s on Your Daily Plate

I try to be very health conscious, but it is hard to keep up with calories, fat content, and sugars when I eat out. Well that was until I found the awesome website called Thedailyplate.com. I used this website when I was training for the Jailbreak Triathlon last year and again this summer when I trained to hike the Salkantay trail in Peru.

To get started, I signed up as a member at The Daily plate Website and I instantly had access to tons of really useful options to help track my weight such as a food journal, calorie counter, and a fitness log.

Here is how I use the website: Once logged in, I use the food search to locate what I have eaten that day. If I’ve eaten out that day, I can type in name brands and most of the time instantly get all the nutritional information desired. It also has grocery food as well as hard to find calorie food like fruit.

Once I have my food diary from the day completed, I can select an activity from a list of exercises ranging from mountain biking to cleaning the house to sex. The software automatically calculates the intake and burning of calories to give me a the day’s total. I needed to lose five pounds quick to do the four day hike on the Salkantay trail this summer and The Daily Plate kept me honest and on target.

I’ve also used it to help control my 10 pm hunger pains:) I’ll type in a chocolate milkshake with brownie chunks, see what that would to to my hard fought calorie battle and decide to stay on the couch instead of venture into the kitchen.

There are tons more options I haven’t explored yet on The Daily Plate so if you check it out and find something else that works for you, post back and let us know.

Add comment September 26th, 2007