By now you probably have a few different accounts at various online food logs. I know I have fitday and myfitnesspal and I can't remember the others. While I don't always use these accounts, I can take the extra time to unfurl a few quest bar wrappers and pull some Purdue chicken packaging from the garbage to figure out my daily macros.
I don't like digging through my garbage all the time so here are a couple of tips for making the most of online food calculators:
1. Enter in about 2-3 days worth of food. Eat as you normally do then enter all your foods in. If you think your diet is pretty good, you can get an objective picture of where it actually is. Then you can go ahead make adjustments.
1. I will enter my meals in advance to get an idea of what my menu should be. Then I get my groceries and basically eat the same thing every day until I'm sick of it. Then I start over again.
3. Sites such as myfitnesspal allow you to scan barcodes with your phone or tablet. You can enter in everything from your protein powder to greens supplements to your Purdue chicken.
4. If you need to know better what vitamins and minerals you need to buy, sites such as fitday have a pretty comprehensive list. Then you can purchase whichever specific vitamins or minerals you are deficient in.
5. I wish I didn't have to write this but most people don't know how much protein, fat, or carbs are in the foods and portions they normally eat. Seeing those numbers will help you learn... And the next time someone tells you they had 10 egg whites and 2 whole eggs at breakfast you will know why.
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