How to Calculate How Many Calories I Ate Today

Proper nutrition revolves around maintaining a balanced diet and eating healthily. One way to keep track of your eating habits and understand your nutrition is to keep track of your daily food intake. While other factors, such as fat and fiber, play significant role in diet and nutrition as well, calculating the amount of calories you consume is one way to keep an eye on your health.

Things You'll Need

• Notebook
• Pen or pencil
• Computer with Internet access

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Instructions

• 1

  Keep track of what you eat during the day. Use a notebook to write down the specific types of food, as well the amounts of food that you consume. Use measuring cups and measuring spoons so you have an accurate idea of how much food you ate.

• 2

  Read the nutritional labels on the food packaging to calculate the number of calories you ate. Remember to pay close attention to the serving size. For instance, a serving size, or 1 cup, of cereal may have 100 calories; a bowl, however, may hold two or three servings.

• 3

  Go online to learn about the amount of calories in other foods you consume. There are many online resources that provide nutritional information about a plethora of different foods, including those that may not have labels, like fruits and vegetables.

• 4

  Add up the total amount of calories you ate during the day. A calculator can help you add up the numbers.