Info for Healthy Eating

As some of you know, I had lap band surgery back in April. So far I've lost a little over 30 pounds and I'm still working on losing more. I've been trying to exercise consistently 3-4 days a week, and the band helps me with portions and also with the types of foods I can tolerate. I had a bit of an ordeal earlier this week, though, and as a result I know have a bit less restriction than I normally have. All that will be corrected when my doctor returns to Istanbul on or around August 24,
however.

In the meantime, I am trying to keep a food log and I would like to share a couple of websites with you.

http://caloriecount.about.com

It's free to join and you can keep an online food log plus an activity log. Simply search for foods that you are eating (you can even search recipes) and find the nutrition information. Click to add it to your food log. Many of the entries also have a nutrition grade - A,B,C, etc. The site will also analyze your daily intake and give you a grade based on calories, fat, sodium, etc.

http://recipes.sparkpeople.com

This site is also free to join. You need to register if you want to save recipes. You can look up recipes or submit your own. By adding the ingredients and providing information on the number of servings per recipe, this site will calculate the nutrition information per serving. If you have a favorite recipe and don't know how many calories, fat grams, or miligrams of sodium per serving it contains, this site will help you find out.