Best Online Food Diaries: Track Calories & Achieve Your Health Goals

A food diary can be an asset when trying to lose or maintain weight, or just to track food and be sure that healthy foods are being eaten. An on-line diary can be used for such purposes. A Kaiser Permanete study found that tracking food intake doubles weight loss success.

MyNetDiary

• Some online food diaries have mobile functions.

  This diary combines on-line and social features. At a cost of about $9 per month, get printable reports, a free iPhone application, and more. Track calories, fat, and other nutritional information.

TheDailyPlate

• TheDailyPlate helps people eat smarter. It is free, has a calorie counter and a meal planner, and diet and weight loss plans.

NutriDiary

• A free to use food diary featuring the ability to ask a dietitian questions. Log meals, view progress reports and check body mass.

MyFoodDiary

• This on-line food diary is free to try out for a week, making it easy to decide whether or not the $9 per month membership price is worth it. The site offers food and exercise logs, as well as mobile features.

FitDay

• FitDay offers free and premium memberships. You can try it for free and, if you like the basics, upgrade. This site offers benefits such as goal setting, calorie counting and the ability to learn more about nutrition.