Caloire-count.com is a free website loaded with tools to help you lose weight. As the title suggests, it helps you keep track of your calories as well as providing a forum like community of like-minded people also hoping to lose weight.
Instructions
Register to Use Calorie-Count.com
1. Find the website. Be sure to use the dash between the words “calorie” and “count." Follow the link that leads to Calorie-count plus registration page.
2. Fill out the account information for calorie-count.com. It asks for common membership information such as your membername (which you must choose), your email address, a password with a case-sensitive six character minimum, and also allows you to place a password hint. You also need to provide your date of birth, and gender. You will also need to fill out the information in the More About Me step that asks for your name, address, and time zone.
3. Fill out the information regarding your body. You need to record your weight, height, body type, and your activity level. When you press enter you will see suggestions for your weight loss goals based on your BMI and activity level. You may adjust these goals, but do not change them drastically or you may set yourself up to fail. On this page, you can also answer the optional health questions.
4. Your registration process will be complete and you will also have an About.com member name.
Using Caloire-Count.com Tools
5. Install the calorie-count toolbar on your computer. This will help you keep your calorie count and daily food intake in front of you at all times.
6. Go to the My Account tab and fill out the food and activity logs based on what you have already done today. To do this, click the Add New Foods Tab under My Logs. Type in your first food and the nutritional value page will appear. You can “tag” the item if you plan to eat it regularly. Click “Add To Food Log” and record what meal you at the food for, adjust the date you ate it if need be, and record the number of servings you ate as well. When that is done, you will see the grade for what you age (A-F) and your number of grams and calories. Record every item you eat in this way.
7. As you add more foods during the day keep an eye on the Eat Meter on the Caloire-Count bar, you will see a bar that shows whether you are in the green to eat more food today, yellow, for in danger of eating too much, or in the red for eating too much for the day.
8. Go to your Activity Log and write down every physical activity you do each day. This includes purposeful exercise, regular walking, and household chores. You may have noticed that Calorie-count.com has set up a burn log that you need to meet each day to be active enough to reach your goals, you will be amazed how quickly this adds up. For example, if you sit at your desk typing for 2 hours, you will burn 432 calories.
9. Visit the Tools Tab to get nutritional info on your phone, to get your diet profile, your calorie burn profile and to use the BMI tool.
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