Counting calories is a good way to gain insight into your diet. That's why it can help you. Still, it's not the cure-all, because calories aren't everything.
Are you going to try it for a while? You can pay attention to this.
1. Get it right. Dust off the kitchen scale and weigh the ingredients you use to make sure you know what you're eating.
2. At the same time, don't take it too seriously. One calorie is not the other. Nutrients are also important.
3. Keep counting calories for a while to get a good insight into your eating pattern. In the long run you will be able to see at which moments you go wrong and where the most important pitfalls are for you.
4. If you want to get serious with your diet, don't keep messing around if you have no idea what you're doing. Let a professional help and advise you.
These are the most useful apps for keeping a food diary.
Two editors from Santé counted calories for a while. Because how much do you really eat? You can read the story in the May issue of Santé.
