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Online Food Calorie Databases: A Great Tool For Diet and Fitness |
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One of the best ways to make diet or fitness program fail is by not tracking your performance or results. In the past it was not always easy to find out how many calories are in the foods we eat. The Internet is a great resource for knowledge when it comes to diet and fitness, however don’t let counting calories overwhelm you and run your life.
Denial is a very powerful thing especially when it comes to our fitness level and our weight. One of the first things a personal fitness trainer does is assess what level a person is at so that there is some way to track progress and results. This should be the plan of attack for any one attempting change in their life including diet and fitness. Testing your fitness level is somewhat easier than figuring out what your calorie intake is. There a number of good books like the Nutrition Almanac but they are not very complete and don’t include fast foods.
The Internet has made now made it possible to find out the calorie value for just about any food out there with just a few clicks. The website Calorie King (www.calorieking.com ) has a fantastic database with just about every food and fast food imaginable. With a website like this there are no excuses for not being able to track your intake.
Most people have no idea what they intake in terms of calories each day. The average North American gains about 1 pound a month. This is not noticeable until 5 years slip by and you are 50 pound overweight! If you are going on a diet it is good practice to eat normal for a few weeks and write down every morsel of food that goes into your body. Then add up your calories and get an average daily intake value. Now reduce that value by no more than 500 calories. This is where the Calorie King comes in really handy. Stick to this diet and you will lose weight.
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