FitDay.com: Web-based Nutrition and Exercise Management

Nutrition and Exercise Tracking the Easy Way - and It's FREE!

Keeping track of calories is a real pain. Keeping track of carbs, protein, fat, and other nutrients is an even bigger pain. Let's face it, maintaining a healthy diet is pretty hit-or-miss for most of us. So is figuring out how many calories we actually burn during a day. Seat-of-the-pants estimating is OK for most people, but some of us need some stricter controls.


I am a diabetic, Type 2, and need strict control over my diet and exercise. I know that record-keeping is essential, but who has the time, right? Like I said, it's a pain. The price I've been paying for the lack of control is fluctuating blood sugars and weight. To get both of those under control, I need help. FitDay.com is giving me the help I need to get on track and stay on track with weight control.


FitDay is a free online diet and exercise record book, but it goes much further than just storing and displaying numbers. FitDay also gives you on-screen analysis of your nutrient intakes and the calories you burn. Signing up is easy. You have to give minimal information:

Login Name (whatever you prefer)
Password (entered twice for confirmation)
Sex (gender, actually, so the program can do a more specific breakdown of calories burned and recommendations)
Height (for basal metabolism and Body Mass Index calculations)
Weight (same as for Height, also gives you a benchmark to start from)
Age (for Recommended Daily Allowances)
Lifestyle Level (how active you are in your daily routine for basal metabolism estimation)


If you use a free e-mail account (Yahoo!, Hotmail, gmail, etc.), none of this information is personally identifiable.


Once you log in, you will come to a screen with a column of links down the right-hand side. These links take you to the various parts of the program. They are:


Home

On the Home tab, you can change your profile information (except Login Name and Password). You can also choose whether or not you want your Journal to be public. It is Private by default.

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