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Beadingnurse · March 13, 2011

I hope to get my surgery date set at my appointment with the surgeon next Tuesday (3/15) so I have been thinking about how to track everything after the surgery. I was planning to set up an Excel spreadsheet but then I thought, why reinvent the wheel? Some of you folks who have been down this path probably have already identified the best tools out there. I'd love to find an app or a website to track the nutrients I eat after surgery. I see from the postings that some of you track every morsel you eat and calculate all of your Protein, carbohydrate and fat intakes. How on earth do you do that? :noidea:

I am open to any and all suggestions! What works for you and what hasn't worked for you? Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences!

Barb

Tiffykins · March 13, 2011

I preferred myfitnesspal.com for online and they have a free iPhone app that is easily navigated. Others that I've tried, but didn't like as much were sparkpeople.com fatsecret.com livestrong.com

It came down to myfitnesspal.com had a more accurate database, and there not ever one single food or drink that I couldn't find in the database. Now, things might has changed with the others since it's been almost 2 years since I've tried them.

TStew · March 13, 2011

I love Fitday.com!

I track food, nutrition, inches, weight, moods, etc. There is also a journal and graphs to help you see your progress. I'm not sure about their database of foods as I add most of mine custom so that it's 100% accurate. I've had to use the database once or twice for basic items and had not problems.

Douceur72 · March 13, 2011

I love MyFitnessPal. Like Tiffy said, huge database with everything in it. Different variations of everything too, I remember from my low-carb days "McDonald's double cheeseburger, no bun, no ketchup." Also it remembers your most common foods for each meal...I could sign in, log a meal, and log out in 20-30 seconds.

It has a pretty comprehensive exercise database too.

I haven't tried any others but probably will before surgery just to see what else is out there.