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**AgJ5mNXM** · 02-01-2012, 04:54 AM

I thought it might help me keep up with my food intake and calories by starting a Food Diary. I found one on MedHelp, which seems to be fairly simple and has all sorts of trackers, too. Part of my "newbi-ness" seems to be that I have to really think about grams/ounces/servings/calories. So I can input how many calories there are per ounce or tablespoon, and then save that food to my page to use again. i.e. I had a hamburger patty sauteed in Braggs' aminos and cucumber. I dumped the meat onto my scale (111 grams), converted that into 3.86 ounces, and input 3.88 ounces as my serving size and came up with 155 calories. Then I calculated a large cuke (300 grams) was about 36 calories.

Anyway, does a Food Diary tend to help, or does it tend to become more trouble than its worth? And if it's worthwhile, does anyone have a site where food values are calculated into grams already?

02-01-2012, 04:54 AM	#1
AgJ5mNXM Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 339 Senior Member	Food Diary? I thought it might help me keep up with my food intake and calories by starting a Food Diary. I found one on MedHelp, which seems to be fairly simple and has all sorts of trackers, too. Part of my "newbi-ness" seems to be that I have to really think about grams/ounces/servings/calories. So I can input how many calories there are per ounce or tablespoon, and then save that food to my page to use again. i.e. I had a hamburger patty sauteed in Braggs' aminos and cucumber. I dumped the meat onto my scale (111 grams), converted that into 3.86 ounces, and input 3.88 ounces as my serving size and came up with 155 calories. Then I calculated a large cuke (300 grams) was about 36 calories. Anyway, does a Food Diary tend to help, or does it tend to become more trouble than its worth? And if it's worthwhile, does anyone have a site where food values are calculated into grams already?
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