Food Trackers Vs. Exercise Trackers

If you have linked to this blog, you may have gathered that I am a person who -- like you -- regularly peruses the internet, hoping to find motivation, information, and inspiration for my latest attempt at weight loss. I've signed up at many a website to track my calorie intake and exercise outgo -- and all of them are a pain the rear to fill out every day. I usually quit within two weeks. Especially the food trackers. I mean really! Not only do they make you lie and feel guilty for doing so, but looking up the contents of every casserole and sandwich? (With this economy, I actually cook some things from scratch.) Give me a break! Logging exercise, on the other hand, isn't necessarily as bad, because everything you log makes you feel virtuous. I especially like logging my steps. I think of it as rather like camouflage exercise. No aerobics, no heavy lifting, and I have to walk every day. And it still counts! I've even gotten into the habit of wearing a pedometer everywhere I go, which makes me look like a regular exerciser to people who don't know me. At any rate, I decided it was time for the chronically diet challenged to have a place to go to share the delights (stuffed crust pizza with pepperoni, sausage, and mushrooms) and despair (OMG, could that half pound of M&Ms I scarfed last night have caused this monster zit on my chin?) of falling of the salad, Perrier, and broiled fish wagon. Remember, to save calories, just dip your fork in the dressing with each bite. Or not.

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