Counting Calories with SparkPeople

Well.. it's that time of year. The Christmas cookies are gone and it is time to eat healthy and exercise. We have what we call the "Gurell Metabolism". None of us can eat and drink without thinking of the consequences and we can no way match what our friends eat. The past four years I have motivated myself each year with a 21 day Liver Cleanse. It's gluten free, sugar free, dairy free, corn free, soy free, caffeine free and alcohol free(basically fun free), but I feel a million times better when I am done. When I am eating healthy and watching my calories I use an awesome website called SparkPeople.com. Below I have listed some things I love about this site and I am sure you will too!

1. This website helps you track EVERYTHING you eat. If a food isn't already in the data base it is super easy to add.

2. It also tracks exercise for the day(even if it is only walking or playing Wii). And it doesn't add the calories you burned to calories you can now eat.

3. The apps for phones and iPads are fantastic. You can even take a photo of the code on the food label and all the info is loaded automatically. And even more trackers, recipes, blogs, exercise videos and motivation are all available online.

4. I have calculated recipes I make at home using the calorie calculator and stored those so they are always easy to add to my food tracker and I know exactly the ingredients I used because I made it at home!

5. Something new I love is the route tracker. I can log my route on a map and then the site calculates length and calories burned. 

If you have the "Gurell Metabolism" or if you want to be healthy in 2013 check out SparkPeople.com.