As I mentioned in a post last week, I start my 7 Day Detox today. 2 days of fasting followed by at least 5 days of macrobiotic foods and increased supplementation working together to flush my system, re-establish positive bacteria in my guts, and recalibrate my appetites. I’m pretty excited, these fasts are typically an amazing means of starting a new chapter of creative output and general sanity.
In the interim I’ve been trying to find a piece of software that would help me more thoughtfully track my diet – what nutrients I’m getting, their relative balance to one another – and also my exercise while setting goals for both losing weight and also getting more mileage out of the foods and exercises I do. After a bit of research I came across a piece of software that actually has met my stated goals and far exceeded them.
Diet Controller combines a calendar, customizable food and exercise logs preloaded with a ton of info, analytical tools allowing for more metrics than any person could ever need, graphing methodologies allowing you to visualize and speculate and get the most out of your meals and set goals for the future and run reports on your progress, and a journal to keep track of day to day changes.
I wouldn’t be exagerating by saying that this elegant tool, with versions for Windows, Macs and Linux, has really revolutionized the way I structure my diet and the way I get my caloric intake. I’m able to meter out my daily intake to not only lose weight, but keep eating all the food and beer I normally like to while also maximizing the nutritional content of my meals for better over all physical and cognitive performance.
You can download a 10 day free trial of Diet Controller here. After the initial 10 days the software is a one-time cost of $40 which, in my opinion, is a total steal when considering the tools you are receiving in return.
I can’t recommend Diet Controller enough to anyone who is trying to lose weight, increase their physical performance or trying to understand how to best utilize their food intake for it’s greatest nutritional potential.