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Keep Track of Your Diet and Exercise Goals With Fitbook

FitSugar — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:00:00 PDT

If you're serious about getting in shape and eating right, documenting your plan of action and your daily progress is a great way to meet your goals. I found an easy way to keep track of all your stats - the fitbook ($20). It's 12-week fitness journal and food diary that's 5.5 square inches, so it's small enough to tuck in your purse or gym bag. It's made of 100 percent recycled paper, and comes with a little pen to jot down your info. It has neat little charts so you can see how much you've worked out, what you've eaten, your weekly weight, and your body fat percentage.

A fit and healthy lifestyle doesn't come easy to many people. It takes discipline and a lot of planning, so using a journal like this one is a great way to set yourself up for success. Plus research shows that those who write down their goals are 75 percent more likely to achieve them.

If you want to take a peek inside this neat little fitbook then

Holiday Survival: Keep Track to Keep the Pounds Off

FitSugar — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:00:00 PST

Generous pours, savory hors d'oeuvres, and sweet nibbles make it difficult to leave a holiday party knowing how much you actually consumed. The eating and drinking is drawn out through the entire night, so you may not notice when you've actually eaten enough to make a full meal. And when you have three holiday parties in one weekend, those unaccounted for calories can really add up.

Combat holiday-related weight by tracking what you consume at each event, even if you don't usually keep a food diary. Once you put it in writing on one piece of paper, the glasses of bubbly champagne, bacon-wrapped prawns, and to-die-for truffles form a big picture of the calories you've consumed. Even if you think you escaped most of the tempting goodies and stuck by the crudités, write it all down.

Next time you're headed to a holiday celebration take a peek at your diary from the previous party. If you didn't eat as well as you would have liked, it will motivate you to do better, and if you ate healthily, it will encourage you to do the same at your upcoming event.

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Tweet What You Eat

FitSugar — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:00:00 PDT

Logging your food online has never been so easy, especially now that TweetWhatYouEat is in the mix.

The latest in online food logs makes it super easy to track your food intake. All you have to do is login to Twitter to track what you eat by "tweeting" food items to your personal food diary on TweetWhatYouEat from your mobile phone, IM, or through Twitter. From there you'll have your own personal log of all your meals and snacks. The best part is that the program will track your calorie intake based on what food you enter. Pretty cool, eh? Try it out here.

Fit's Tip: If, like me, you still don't fully understand what Twitter is then check out GeekSugar's simple Twitter explanation.

Cool Healthy Gadget: Little Black Book

FitSugar — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:45:00 PDT

I am a big fan of journaling your food intake for weight management to identify eating habits and behavior patterns. I've even suggested a fitness journal for the same reasons.

One way to make journaling a bit easier is by using a specialized journal such as The Little Black Book (starts at $19.99). The book is made of well-organized forms, listing the time you eat, the food/drink consumed, serving size and calories. The forms also include colorful boxes for marking off your consumption of the recommended daily servings of each USDA Food Pyramid group. There’s even a place to check off any medications or vitamins and supplements you take. Unlike many food diaries on the market today, this one is convenient and discreet because it's small enough to fit in your pocket or purse. Buy it from DailyFoodDiary.net.

They do say organized people are more successful at weight loss, so keeping a journal like the Little Black Book could get you well on your way.

Online Food Diary: Nutrax

FitSugar — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:45:17 PST

I have told you guys before about keeping a food diary to help track calories, problem is that we don't always carry a pen and paper with us everywhere we go. One thing I KNOW you have with you at all times? Your cell phone (don't lie, we all do).

A great way that you can keep a food diary with your camera phone, yup your camera phone is with Nutrax.com, a great site that lets you create a FREE online food diary. Once you sign up, you'll get an email address to which you can send photos that you took with your camera phone of what you ate as you ate it (no memory required). This way when you go to your computer, you will see all the pictures you took and then you'll be able to log everything from the visuals. Pretty cool, eh? Even cooler yet is that Nutrax will give you all sorts of info (and analysis) based on your food diaries. Did I mention it's all FREE? You can also sign up for Nutrax Select (for an additional $8/week) and you'll get personal help and advice from a nutritionist. Sign up today and let me know what you think.

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Enter to Win a $500 Under Armour Gift Card

FitSugar — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:43:34 PST

It's the New Year and time to get back on track, jump-start your January, and get fit for 2012. We've dedicated the month of January to helping you set your path for the rest of the year. Each week we've broken down different fitness fundamentals, and we're ending the month by focusing on all-around healthy living. And we're giving away amazing prizes to help you meet your goals for the year.

This week we're giving away apparel from Under Armour - perfect for every workout, from yoga and Pilates to kickboxing and boot camps. Enter below and you could be one of two lucky winners to receive a $500 gift card to Under Armour!

This giveaway has ended.

Check us out on Facebook where we will be keeping our own fitness diary and providing tips, advice, recipes, and workouts for all of our fans. If you're craving more fitness gear and goodies, enter our Asics giveaway for a year's supply of Asics running shoes and our KIND Healthy Snacks and Magimix giveaway for a year's supply KIND Healthy Snacks and a Magimix Food Processor. Good luck!

Win a Year of KIND Healthy Snacks and a Magimix Food Processor

FitSugar — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:30:23 PST

It's the New Year and time to get back on track, jump-start your January, and get fit for 2012. All month long, we're helping you set your path for the rest of the year by breaking down the different fundamentals of a healthy and fit lifestyle. Our focus for the next seven days is how to fuel your body.

We're giving away amazing prizes to help you meet your goals! This week's prize prepares you for a year of healthy eating. For starters, we are giving away a year's supply of KIND Healthy Snacks bars (that's 72 bars a month) - plus some KIND Healthy Grains, perfect for a superfood snack. We're also giving away a powerful food processor from Magimix. The amazing Magimix by Robot-Coupe 4200XL 14-Cup Food Processor, with a juice extractor and smoothie mix attachment, will help you prepare healthy meals, smoothies, and juices all year long.

Enter below and you could be one of two lucky winners to receive a year's supply of KIND Healthy Snacks and a Magimix by Robot-Coupe 4200XL 14-Cup Food Processor!

This giveaway has ended.

Check us out on Facebook, where we will be keeping our own fitness diary and providing tips, advice, recipes, and workouts for all of our fans. If you're craving more fitness gear and goodies, enter our Under Armour giveaway for $500 to spend on Under Armour and our Asics giveaway for a year's supply of Asics running shoes. Good luck!

Enter to Win a Year of Asics Running Shoes

FitSugar — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:43:54 PST

It's the New Year and time to get back on track, jump-start your January, and get fit for 2012. We're dedicating the month of January to helping you set your path for the rest of the year. Each week we're breaking down different fitness fundamentals - and week two is all about running. Yep, it's time to get a little cardio. And to help motivate you, we're giving away amazing prizes to help you get fit!

This week we are giving away a year's supply of running shoes from one of our favorite brands - Asics. Enter and you could be one of three lucky winners to receive a year's supply of Asics running shoes (that's about five pairs)!

This giveaway has ended.

Check us out on Facebook where we will be keeping our own fitness diary and providing tips, advice, recipes, and workouts for all of our fans. If you're craving more fitness gear and goodies, enter our Under Armour giveaway for $500 to Under Armour and our KIND Healthy Snacks and Magimix giveaway for a year's supply KIND Healthy Snacks and a Magimix Food Processor. Good luck!

Enter to Win a $500 Under Armour Gift Card

FitSugar — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:27:33 PST

It's the New Year and time to get back on track, jump-start your January, and get fit for 2012. We're dedicating the month of January to helping you set your path for the rest of the year. Each week we'll break down different fitness fundamentals - we're kicking off the New Year with a focus on strength training. Everyone can use some muscle! And we're giving away amazing prizes to help you get fit!

This week we're giving away apparel from Under Armour - perfect for all your strength training workouts and suitable for any climate. Enter below and you could be one of two lucky winners to receive a $500 gift card to Under Armour!

This giveaway has ended.