Lose weight by tracking calories
I believe strongly that the one thing you must do to lose weight is to track calories. Tracking calories has helped me to lose 10kg in just over four months.
This short post is inspired by a blog post I read today that confirms my views on just how important tracking calories is to losing weight.
Using technology to track calories
Today it is very easy to track your calorie intake using a smartphone. I use an iPhone App called MyFitnessPal to record my food intake along with my current weight each day. I also have MyFitnessPal linked to the App I use to record my running activity, RunKeeper.
How calorie tracking works
Trinh Le is a dietician consultant for MyFitnessPal and is one of my favourite bloggers, regularly posting useful articles about dieting and food. Today she posted a great article covering the topic of tracking calories and how this approach works even when the recording is not 100% accurate. Read the article here.
Benefits of calorie tracking
I have found that calorie tracking provides a number of benefits:
- you learn just how many calories food actually have – prepare to be surprised!
- you start to think about how much you are eating with each meal, particularly when eating out
- you make better choices when you know just how many calories you are eating
