Tips on Calorie Counting/Meal Planning

I could use some help on counting calories.  I currently don't plan what I eat.  I try to track calories as I go, but I feel like it takes too much time to log what I've eaten!  Are there meal planning tools out there to make it easier and quicker?

Hi Saphrael,

It really does take a lot of time to log everything. I'm forcing myself to make time for it because it's so important to me.

You might try mypyramid.gov, enter in your stats, and see how many servings of each food group it recommends. I go by their recommendations for number of servings per group, but I count the calories here. Once you've built up a decent database of tagged items here, your logging time should be reduced.

As for a formal meal plan, I don't have any suggestions. Perhaps someone else will have better answer for you.

Good luck!