Food Diary?

[meli]

I would like to write a food diary and wondering what would be the best way to do this...

I've been using online diaries (caloriecount.com & myfitnesspal) for some days, but I am not too happy with it as it doesn't list important nutrients, eg. omega 3s, b-vitamins etc..

I am wondering how you keep track of your food intake, and if you could share some tips. Much appreciated.

[meli]

I have an additional question...

How do you track how much complete protein you eat per day?

The nutrition facts on packages say only 'x grams of protein', but not if it is incomplete or complete.

Theoretically, to know how much complete protein I ate, I would have to track the exact amount of amino acids in each food?

E.g. black beans + brown rice = complete protein.
15 grams of protein from the black beans, and 5 grams of protein from brown rice. Is this 20 grams of complete protein, or 6 grams of complete protein and 14 grams of incomplete protein? (numbers are not accurate, just made them up to demonstrate what I'd like to ask.)

I would appreciate some advice on this.

[Talyn]

Welcome to the forum....

For tracking my food, I use a google docs spreadsheet, that way I can update it either when at work or at home.

And you don't need to concern yourself with complete protein, just eat a variety of different protein types.

[lobsteriffic]

Cronometer.com tracks all kinds of nutrients and vitamins. I don't track all of the time, but when I do I use that site.

[Raynak]

Cronometer.com tracks all kinds of nutrients and vitamins. I don't track all of the time, but when I do I use that site.

That's a great site, didn't know about that one, thanks for posting!

[meli]

Thank you for the welcome and replies.

This link, Cronometer.com, is awesome, that's exactly what I've been looking for!
Thx.

[alexander]

I'm glad that I found this too. Thank you for sharing this site.