Online Weight ManagementTools

Losing weight can sometimes be challenging because we don't see immediate changes. If you are the type of person who wants to see instant progress or simply likes to keep track, there are many online weight management tools that may work for you.  Here are a few to get you started.  If you have any favorites I have not mentioned, please feel free to list them or send me a note and I will add those sites to this post.



Nutrition and Exercise Trackers

• SparkPeople: A free online diet, exercise and healthy living community. (This is one of my favorites because you can set caloric goals and as you input your food it tells you how many calories you have until you reach your limit.  This one also has a place to input the amount of water you drink)
• FitDay: A free and very popular online journal and diet tracker (must register)
• Nutridiary:  Tracks Food, calories and weight (free/must register)

Community and Group Support

• PeerTrainer: Find others like you and form support groups and teams.  This site also offers great fitness and nutrition tips.  Additionally, you can make a plan and track food an exercise (Free/must register)
• Fit Tracker:  Fit Tracker is an online community where members can connect with each other to socialize and learn more about health and fitness. 

Weight Loss Calculators

• Calories Per Hour: Calculate your calorie goal and make a plan that works for you.  Has a search-able database of over 679,300 foods and 1,500 activities to help you be accountable to your goals  

Nutrition Information    

• Nutrition Data: Know what you eat.  Provides comprehensive information on most foods to help with healthy planning.  
• Dietfacts.com: Look before you eat.  This site lets you see the nutritional value of standard foods and has manually entered information from most restaurants as well. (Warning-I can no longer enjoy some of my favorite foods at restaurants after visiting this site)
• CalorieKing: This comprehensive program goes back to the basics, you won't find any fad diets here.  You can try a 7 day free trial and become equipped with basic tools to help you reach and maintain your goals.
• Calorie Count:  Type in your food of choice and find out how many calories, carbohydrates, proteins, etc. you will eat.  
• WebMD Portion Size Guide:  This PDF guide gives you real life examples to compare appropriate portion sizes. 

These are a few of the many tools out there and available to assist with reaching health goals.  If you have others please let me know and I will gladly add them to the list.