Calorie tracker

Calorie

The truth is, most people eat junk and know that it's junk. If you're trying to lose weight, a good way to do this is to count calories. There's a bunch of websites and apps that tell you how much calories in your food but there's no universal device that tell you how much calories you've burned. I'm thinking this device could be attached to your watch and measure your pulse rate. Using the pulse rate it then calculates for the calories burned. So to lose weight you just need to make sure you burn enough calories everyday.

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Why not take this further? Let's have the device also look into a calorie database. Instead of using another website or app to count the calories in your meal just include this in the device. This way you won't look like a total ass when you read the calorie content at the back of the product while grocery shopping. You can be a pretentious douche in secret.

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MyFitnessPal is one of the most popular calorie counters right now.

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What they need is a way to be held accountable for those choices and change them over time. It's an idea that's very counter to the Type A/engineer-driven calorie counting that's on the market today.

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@bharrison9p This makes it very polarizing, but after people use it for some time, they love it.

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@bharrison9p This seems like it's good to keep a fit person on track, but not great for those who need to make a real concerted effort to lose/gain.

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@ncarter9s There is part of me that wants to try it- I need to lose. It just seems different, which could be a big help.

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@jwagner9q As an unfit person that as lost approx 28lbs so far since starting to use this, I would like to disagree!

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@jwagner9q I have an app that has a kind of weight loss plan built in.

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It's not the most accurate for counting calories, but as long as you have a rough idea of what food should go where (chocolate is red, soda is red, salad is green) then you'll do fine

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@mkim9w I don't like this idea, it is too easy to cheat.

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@mkim9w I use Calorie Counter by Fat Secret and it is not hard to keep up with things and it is pretty precise. I am a bit OCD so I do like this precision.

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@pkim9y I agree with you... I'm on the other end of the spectrum: I'm on a mass-building program and eat 6-8k calories a day, every day... there is no cheating, there is only counting, and you have to count everything...?

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@pkim9y when you're dealing with that quantity day in and day out, it's hard to keep mental track

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@mperkinsa0 Even after I get to where I want to be I will probably still use it just so I can know what I am eating and knowing is half the battle.

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?that logic is totally flawed, that's why... logging caloric intake clearly helps people lose weight

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@kchapmana4 ?If you live by a calorie counter like DailyBurn or CalorieCounter, and use it faithfully, it can help you avoid foods that you shouldn't eat.

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I love this idea because it's so simple.

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If I can convince my gf that this will work just as well, as they say to establish the habit of eating better foods rather than tracing the calories in every grape or Tic Tac, we might just survive...

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you do NOT need to count every calorie.?

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?I feel hungry a lot. This would not work for me

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@cpaynea9 It's about being aware of how much a handful of one food contributes to your calories versus a handful of another food

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Now I know that I'm getting my 1800 calories a day and I feel happy when I achieve a 4 or 5 star day, especially when I back it up with exercise, and it seems to be working with very little investment of my time.

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