Studies have shown that tracking your daily nutritional intake can double your weight loss. With results like that, it may be a good idea to give it a try. Luckily, there are many places online where you cannot only track what you eat but how much you work out and connect with others who are also trying to live healthier for support and guidance.

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SparkPeople: Here you’ll find one of the more robust free tracking services out there. You’ll get simple tools for tracking your diet as well as free advice and meal plans on what you can eat each day to stay within your target. You’ll also be able to track your fitness, join online groups and chat with others about weight loss and living healthy.

FitDay: Check out this site to track your weight loss progress and to keep a daily diet journal to make sure you’re eating right. You can use the basic version online for free, or if you care to make a small investment in it, the site offers a PC version of the software as well as premium memberships.

The Daily Plate: Are you really keeping track of everything you eat? This site makes it a little easier to track not only your calories but your overall nutrition as well so you can tweak your diet to your personal needs. Additionally, the site offers a forum, meal ideas, and several calculators and informative tools to help you learn about working out.

traineo: This site is designed to give you the motivation to stick to your plan as well as support from others to encourage you to keep going. Users can set weight loss goals and then track what they eat and how much they work out. Additionally, the site boats some great networking tools to get you in touch with motivators. Better yet, there is a mobile version for the iPhone so you can track on the go as well.

FitConnect: Here you’ll find a wide variety of fitness tools, but the site works a little differently. First of all, tracking will be more up to you, as you have to blog your progress rather than simply input your diet and workouts. The advantages are that there is a large community, tons of articles about fitness, recipes, workout routines and even instructional videos.

This post was contributed by Meredith Walker, who writes about the masters in public health. She welcomes your feedback at MeredithWalker1983 at gmail.com

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