Resources for my diet

To assist myself with counting calories while I was on my diet, I used the following sites:

• Calorie Lab - very helpful for finding how many calories are in certain foods that aren't canned or packaged with a label (fresh produce, vegetables, etc.). Also has a calories burned calculator.
• Diet411 - similar to Calorie lab sans calculator. Might find some things here you can't find there.
• For those that eat out regularly, Calorie Count works great. It has most restaurant's nutritional information. If it's not listed here, then go to that restaurant's website and see if you can find it that way.

Just remember that because you're on a diet doesn't mean you can't go to certain restaurants, it just means you have to be a little smarter about what you order (eg. steamed rice instead of fried at a chinese or japanese place). Just be honest with yourself - include every little thing you eat, all the way down to chewing gum or breath mints. It will make more of a difference than you think.