food tracker?

[miranda]

Hi everyone

I'm doing quite well with my paleo eating, and have had some symptom relief, so that's all good. I lost a bit of weight early on (a few pounds) but nothing else since. I figure it is time to track a few days' eating and see if I can identify where I'm going wrong. Is there a good food tracker that anyone can suggest? Ideally I'd like to be able to see a breakdown of the various macro nutrients, and if I could alter that for paleo amounts that would be even better.

Cheers
Miranda

[rheagan]

I use Cronometer and I find it very helpful. It gives you a macro- and micro-nutrient breakdown that is totally customizable, but you can also set it to "paleo" and it will give you its version of what nutrient intake should be for someone following a paleo diet. It's not perfect, but I find it quite useful, especially in the macro-nutrient department. And you can use the website or they also have an app.

cronometer.com/

[miranda]

I thought I'd replied yesterday but it didn't go through. Sorry. Thank you rheagan!

[miranda]

Just been playing with it. It looks quite good. Not sure that the paleo percentages look right though? 15% protein 20% carbs 65% fats? It will give me a good idea of how I'm tracking for a few days, though.
Thanks!

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I've signed up for Cronometer, and it looks good, but where do you set it for paleo? I've looked through the site and didn't see how to do that.

[miranda]

When you go to the page in Cronometer there is a section that says calories summary. There is a cog off in the top corner of that section and if you click there that gives you various options - one is paleo, but you can also customise.

[freeholder]

Thanks -- I found it!

[miranda]