Counting Calories After the Fact Doesn't Work

Decide what you're eating before you eat it. Reverse-engineering a meal you already ate is guessing, and guessing makes you quit.

There's a version of calorie tracking that actually works: you decide what you're going to eat before you eat it, and you know the numbers going in.

Then there's the version that doesn't work: you eat the meal, then try to log it afterward. You're guessing the portion size, guessing the recipe, guessing the restaurant's prep. The number you end up with is fiction.

The difference between the two isn't effort — it's timing. Planning ahead is actually faster because you're making one decision per day instead of twenty decisions per meal. Build the menu on Sunday. Know your numbers before the week starts. Adjust when life happens, but start from a plan.

Browse the recipes or copy the sample menu to put this into practice today.