I put my food into the tracker before I eat it and check to make sure I have not gone over my limits. If it will put me over what I am supposed to have, I choose something else.
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Totally! And if I plan and track my meals for the day, I tend to find myself less 'obsessed' about what I'm going to eat for lunch/dinner/etc over the day.
EDNATUBBS3/6/2011 2:49:00 AM
This has truely worked for me. This helps me not to go over my calories or eat to much sodium.
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