Should you count calories and track your meals?
Just realized that today marks officially 100 days in a row that I have successfully logged in and recorded my meals on MyFitnessPal.
I know there are different schools of thoughts on counting calories; however, from my own experience in working with many many people from all over the country and even different countries is that people that track their fitness and diet tend to get the best results.
The other day I was listening to a Podcast with Tony Hsieh (CEO of Zappos) and he was saying how the #1 tip he teaches to his entrepreneur group that he mentors is to track everything. He even tracks how many hours of video games he plays a week. And the reason why? Because when you track areas of your life then you can begin to see patterns. And once you identify a disempowering pattern then you can begin to course-correct and create a plan of action to break the pattern.
See it’s hard to manage what you don’t measure, and I can assure you that Apple isn’t scratching their head saying “Gee I wonder how many phones we sold last quarter?” Successful companies track everything, just like Olympic athletes have coaches that track their diet and nutrition to make sure they’re ready to perform at optimal performance rather than just winging it. Even .0001% can sometimes mean the difference between winning and losing.
I always try to get my cleansers to commit to taking just 5 minutes at the end of the day to log their meals (5 minutes is all it takes!!) because I know how much of a difference it can and will make by being able to look at your diet from a birds eye view. It really just takes the guest work out of the equation.
MyFitnessPal is a great free application and website that you can create an account on and simply log your meals each day.
Start logging your meals everyday and watch overtime how you slowly start making better eating choices 😉
