i absolutely love....

if every day were like today...in 5 weeks

I try to enter each ingredient in the quantity I have it (or plan to have it) and let the computer tell me how much of everything it is. For example, I had a wrap the other day. I entered the wrap itself, then the lettuce, sprouts, tomato slices, etc. I also did that with stuffed peppers I made at home. There were fewer total calories in my homemade peppers than any of the processed frozen ones. Feel free to look at my diary. I mostly cook from scratch and try to avoid the processed stuff. Not always, but about 90% of the time.

What I love about this site is that I can see exactly what I'm eating and where I need to boost the fresh veg and fruit and still not go over my calories for the day. I've only been on this a week and I've eaten lots more food than I usually do and lost weight. I make better choices when I have it all laid out in front of me.

the motivation and information!!

I also love this site, and how ironic that you write in about keeping track. My sister is a pro at entering recipes, and while I have entered a few the one i entered today is not going the right way. Based on the spag sauce I used and the number of people it should feed and the ground turkey, I am getting something like 60 calories per serving this has to be wrong.

the support, the food database, and the if every day was like today!!!