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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 05:14 PM
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Question Online food/fitness diaries?

I'm working on a fitness goal to get my beach body back closer to fighting shape and I want to better quantify the "calories in vs calories out." A big part of the challenge is that I eat out probably 5 - 8 times per week.

I'd like to use something online that has reasonably estimates of common foods (e.g. boneless skinless chicken breast, grilled, 6 oz = X calories, Y grams of protein, Z grams of carbs, etc).

I've looked at a couple and they seemed to either lack foods or exercises and didn't have a simple "custom" entry that allowed you to input your own caloric information. Has anyone used one of these before and been happy with the selection of foods and exercises?

I'm thinking I may just need to build a spreadsheet.
Old Apr 9, 2012 | 06:03 PM
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nutritiondata.self.com is useful but i dont know if it logs your diet.

livestrong has a similar setup.
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fatsecret.com / Calorie Counter app for Android.

Easiest thing I've ever seen to track your intake and exercise. Helped me lose 40 pounds in 9 weeks.
Old Apr 10, 2012 | 10:21 AM
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I just realized...

braineack and I use a shared google doc that lists our weight and circumference and the amount of weight we're lifting for various key exercises. ideally we enter it monday morning but realisitcally we enter it whenever.

i can tell you that scott's weight went down 6 lbs and his deadlift went up 40lbs. my weight is down 4 lbs, same increase in deadlifts. and both of us are down about 2 inches in circumference at the navel.

it's very sexual.
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we are hawt.
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Don't forget to deduct "calories shat". Turds contain calories too!
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Originally Posted by elesjuan
fatsecret.com / Calorie Counter app for Android.

Easiest thing I've ever seen to track your intake and exercise. Helped me lose 40 pounds in 9 weeks.
+1 on fatsecret. The fact that it synchs iphone, ipad, android and web makes it available everywhere is really handy.
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Originally Posted by elesjuan
fatsecret.com / Calorie Counter app for Android.
Originally Posted by jbresee
+1 on fatsecret. The fact that it synchs iphone, ipad, android and web makes it available everywhere is really handy.
Nice; thanks. This looks like a better fit than the others I tried and the ability to sync the account between the desktop and iPhone is a nice feature. Pretty robust exercise and food library, too.
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Originally Posted by y8s
I just realized...

braineack and I use a shared google doc that lists our weight and circumference and the amount of weight we're lifting for various key exercises. ideally we enter it monday morning but realisitcally we enter it whenever.

i can tell you that scott's weight went down 6 lbs and his deadlift went up 40lbs. my weight is down 4 lbs, same increase in deadlifts. and both of us are down about 2 inches in circumference at the navel.

it's very sexual.

pics or GTFO.








wait....
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you should see how he spots me doing squats.
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Originally Posted by devin mac
pics or GTFO.








wait....
i may CONSIDER posting before and after pics from april 1 to may 1.
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jan 2011 - aug 2008 rip

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Originally Posted by Braineack
jan 2011 - aug 2008 rip

Props for losing the tie. I think it was making your head swell up.
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it probably was.

none of my shirts fit when i got big, now none of my ---- fits now that im smaller.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
jan 2011 - aug 2008 rip

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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 10:54 AM
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Pre money shot?
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you dont wanna know.
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Originally Posted by y8s
I just realized...

braineack and I use a shared google doc that lists our weight and circumference and the amount of weight we're lifting for various key exercises. ideally we enter it monday morning but realisitcally we enter it whenever.

i can tell you that scott's weight went down 6 lbs and his deadlift went up 40lbs. my weight is down 4 lbs, same increase in deadlifts. and both of us are down about 2 inches in circumference at the navel.

it's very sexual.
Does it track your KY expenses?
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Is that a hipster messenger bag I see Brainy wearing?
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no it was a camera strap.



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