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Online Calorie Counter or Food Journal?

MissMay

By MissMay, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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MissMay    1

MissMay
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Three weeks post-op and dreaming of the days to eat mushy foods and solids (I still have a week out before mushy foods). My doctor has said I won't need a fill because of my current weight loss but I'm nervous that I'll start gaining weight or fall back into bad habits. I'm so hungry lately that I started creating menu choices for meals/snacks and listed the Protein, carbs, calories and fat content for each item. Do you use an online Calorie Counter if so, which one? Or do you use a manual food journal? Has it helped you be more successful?

Thanks!

May

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kittyforet    50

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Hi MAY!!

I use www.myfitnesspal.com

A lot of people from here are also on MFP.

I love it. It has really helped keep me on track with eating and exercise, and if you friend people on there, you can see their food diaries. It does all the number crunching for you. If I were trying to do this manually I would have given up a long time ago on tracking my food.< /span>

If you decide to join MFP, add me as a friend and you can see my food logs. They aren't the best, but they are WAY better than they were pre-banding!! My user name is kittyforet.

Good luck!!!

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MissMay    1

MissMay
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Thanks, Kristi. I do see that a lot of people use MFP.

May

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sinda    0

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Years ago, I used fitday.com to track all my food. I now use sparkpeople.com, partially because it also tracks exercise and partially because it has an app for my smartphone where I can enter foods when I'm out and about. I've been extremely happy with sparkpeople.

I do better with an online log, and I really like looking at trends over time. But I'm an engineer and geeky like that. smile.gif

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Yorkie Mom    1

Yorkie Mom
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I am using Sparkpeople.com to track my intake. It is a free site that also has many other health related articles.

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MissMay    1

MissMay
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Thanks for all the great ideas!

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Lalola    2

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Is it okay if I add you to my fiteness pal? I am pretty new to it and would love to see your food journal.

Thanks! Laurie

Hi MAY!!

I use www.myfitnesspal.com

A lot of people from here are also on MFP.

I love it. It has really helped keep me on track with eating and exercise, and if you friend people on there, you can see their food diaries. It does all the number crunching for you. If I were trying to do this manually I would have given up a long time ago on tracking my food.

If you decide to join MFP, add me as a friend and you can see my food logs. They aren't the best, but they are WAY better than they were pre-banding!! My user name is kittyforet.

Good luck!!!

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MissMay    1

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Hi Laurie. Please add me - I still have a week out before I'm officially on mushy foods but as you can see from my journal, I am just about at my limit and have had eggs the last two days. May I add you as well?

Best of luck.

May

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Diona    0

Diona
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Hi I'm goin for my first fill Friday and this is great can I add u all???

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schwanguysgal    0

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I use lapband.com. I love it! I can input the nutrition facts on any food I eat. It keeps track of my weight lose, I can measure my body and watch the changes. I can enter my fill appts. It also lets me print out a questionaire on what I need to remember to ask my doc before my appts. It gives me a pie graft so I know what proportions of protien, carbs and fat I eat and it calculates all my food for the day. I absolutely love it! I also can add 5 friends or family members as my support people and when I hit certain goals they get an email and can send me messages. It has helped me tons!

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MissMay    1

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Many thanks to all. I actually started using MyFitnessPal and loving that I can input the information via my Blackberry. The lapband.com site sounds great, I can't wait to visit it.

May

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CherieElise    1

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Hi MAY!!

I use www.myfitnesspal.com

A lot of people from here are also on MFP.

I love it. It has really helped keep me on track with eating and exercise, and if you friend people on there, you can see their food diaries. It does all the number crunching for you. If I were trying to do this manually I would have given up a long time ago on tracking my food.< /span>

If you decide to join MFP, add me as a friend and you can see my food logs. They aren't the best, but they are WAY better than they were pre-banding!! My user name is kittyforet.

Good luck!!!

I signed up and added you!

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newlifekp    0

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I use Calorieking.com religiously. Everything I put in my mouth gets logged. Also track exercise.

My surgeon (who is not a bariatric patient) uses it as well...which I did not know when I started using it. Love it!

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mair    0

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I just signed up for MFP. I am looking for something to help me. Hopefully this tool will help also, I have been stuck. One question, it is showing me can have 165 carbs, can I change that? Also, I am hoping it gives me some ideas for lunch, I am totally lost when it comes to lunch.

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Jennifer H    0

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I added you as well to myfitnesspal.com. I love the fact that there is a free app on my adroid phone

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