Food Journal - What do you use

One of my goals for the new year is to get back to journaling my food. 

I have used Fitday.com, Sparkpeople.com, dailyplate.com and currently using myfitnesspal.com. 

Just wondering if someone had something they would like to share, even if is your own system.

I used to have a journal that I put in my planner everyday and carried with me.  I think it was my most successful. 

I like fitday.com because it gives you all your nutritionals.  Sparkpeople has a great recipe builder.  My fitness pal, I like the forums.

Any help would be appreicated.

Pam

 

 

I use Fitday.  I prefer it because:

** Clean Data.  I like that the foods in the database are monitored by the site builders and not entered by other users.  I tend not to trust other people to read labels, not enter typos or do math correctly.  Sparkpeople, DailyPlate and sites that use a comglomerate of foods ... just scare me a little bit.

** DietFacts Database.  I like that the DietFacts database of brand name foods and restaurent menu items is connected to FitDay and I can instantly add foods from their website as a custom food into my food log.

** Custom Foods.  I like that I can add my own foods easily and find them quickly in the Custom Food list.  I also like that I can add those foods into a recipe.  (I just go to a blank day (tomorrow) and add all the individual ingredients to the log then divide by the number of servings.)

** Recent Foods.  since the site update I LOVE the Recent Foods Log so much!  That's how I enter about 98% of my foods every day ... just go to the Recent Food View and click off all the foods I ate that day (or plan to eat) and add them all at once.  So fast!

** Custom Nutrition Tracker.  I am trying to increase my sodium intake (per the doc) so I've added sodium as a nutrient I'm keeping special track of.  I can just flip over to the Custom Nutrition Tracking and see where I am for the day.  I also track fiber and protein in that screen.

Can you tell I love Fitday?  :-)

I just use a note book.  Lets me put everything in there.  I keep in my bag and bring it back and forth to work, anywhere.  My notebook is about 5x7 and "fancy".  So it doesn't look ratty.  Kind of like a journal you purchase at a book/stationary store.