Choose My Plate's SuperTracker

Now that I have talked about all the food groups from Choose My Plate, I want to talk to about the SuperTracker on the website! Choose My Plate which was created by the United States Department of Agriculture provides a tool that can help you keep track of the food you eat, your weight, and your exercise. It is a great tool that I had to personally use last spring for my nutrition class.

To get started you have to set up an account with a username and a password. Then it asks you about your weight, height, gender, age, and your level of physical activities. Once you have entered in the information if gives you exactly how many calories you need and how much of each food group you need daily.

Each day you will have enter in everything you ate for the day. You find the foods from the food-tracker and enter in the amount you ate and it will update your daily intake on what you ate. I had to use the food-tracker for three days and write two very important papers on what I ate. It really helped be aware of what I was eating and it helped my lose weight. Last semester I lost seventeen pounds from using this program, eating right, and working out. It was great! However, I have gained seven of those pounds back because I stopped using the program. My doctor was so proud that I had kept ten pounds off though and I am still proud of myself for that. I am going to start using this program again once break begins. I hope this has encouraged you to try it out for yourself!  Here is a slideshow that shows you how to set up an account:
 

Get Started today by clicking either "Choose My Plate" or "SuperTracker" at the top of this blog!