The Calorie King

One of my favorite tools for eating healthy is CalorieKing.com.

Weight loss is simple math. You have to burn more calories than you consume. Part of this is knowing how many calories you are consuming. But not everything has a label. So CalorieKing.com can tell you that, and so much more.

Let's do an example. McDonald's french fries. A small 2.5 oz serving of McDonald's french fries has 231 calories, 11.5 g fat, 1.6 g sat. fat, 161 mg sodium, 29 g carbs, 2.8 g fiber, 2.8 g protein, and 9.2mg calcium. CalorieKing.com also does a calorie breakdown, which tells you what percentage of calories come from what. For McDonald's french fries, 50% of the calories come from carbs, 4% from protein, and 44% from fat. CalorieKing.com also tells you what you could do to burn off those calories. To burn off a small, 2.5 oz serving of McDonald's french fries, you could do 64 minutes of walking, 26 minutes of jogging, 19 minutes of swimming, or 35 minutes of cycling.

One thing that I like to do before I go to any restaurant is type the name of the restaurant into CalorieKing.com. A list of food from the restaurant will show up, with a certain number of stars beside the name of the food. The more the stars, the healthier the food. This way I can pick the healthiest option the restaurant has to offer before I go there.