Turns out stalking people on Twitter pays off every now and then. Yesterday, I saw a conversation between two bloggers about their favorite place to track calories. One blogger was about to come over to daily plate which I have been using for a while, and the other suggested Daily Burn. Then later the one that was changing over changed her mind and said she’d be going to Daily Burn because of how great it was. I couldn’t help but look.
I can’t believe on what I’ve been missing out on. Here’s a bullet point list of features that make calorie counting websites good IMO:
- calorie counting (obviously)
- huge database of food
- good statistics
- (for bloggers) easily obtainable data
- ability to input workouts
And here’s what Daily Burn has:
- calorie counting that I can do on my iPhone by scanning the barcodes on foods. I couldn’t make that amazing feature up if I tried
- work outs that you can input and then track on your iPhone
I promise if you don’t have an iPhone you’ll still love it:
- a database of workout suggestions
- videos of weight lifting moves
- meal and work out planning
- grocery shopping list creation if you meal plan
- challenges that you can join (e.g., lose 10 pounds, run 1000 miles, bike 1500 miles)
- the ability to take out your daily info as a CSV document (Excel compatible) meaning I can create nifty charts easily. I used to do these charts but with daily plate or fit day they were a pain to do. It was a breeze on Daily Burn. See:
| Fat | Carbs | Sugar | Protein | Fiber | Calories | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butternut Squash Rissotto | 10.8 | 78 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 421 |
| Bagel, Mini Whole Wheat | 1 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 110 |
| Clementine | 1 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 80 |
| Bagel, Mini Whole Wheat | 1 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 110 |
| Egg | 14.9 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 13.5 | 0 | 202 |
| Roasted Garlic Hummus | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 70 |
| Baby Carrots | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 35 |
| Chicken Pesto Classico | 8 | 39 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 310 |
| Peanut Butter | 8 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 4 | 1 | 95 |
| Peanut Butter | 8 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 4 | 1 | 95 |
| Honeycrisp Apple | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 80 |
| Daily Nutrition Totals | 58.6g | 223.7g | 40.1g | 68.5g | 24.0g | 1608 |
- And best of all (again IMO) is that you can enter recipes item by item and it calculates the calorie content of the recipe. This is literally a dream come true to me. See the first item in the list above to see my first attempt at this.
I’m sure there are even more features that I am not including because I have yet to discover them. I’ve only been using the program for a day and this is all the stuff I’ve found in that short amount of time.
I’m not paid anything for this review. Quite the opposite in fact: I paid for Daily Burn. They have a free version but the paid one is much much more thorough and I thought worth it.
Honestly, I think I’m in love with this website.