Nutrition Tip of the week #15

www.mypyramidtracker.gov is a great resource to use if you are trying to manage your weight and health

The My pyramid tracker is user friendly, and has a tool where you type in what you ate for the day, and the tracker estimates the number of calories, nutritional content, and even lets you know if you are getting too much/not enough of the basic food groups.

The My pramid tracker also has a tool to type in your physical activity throughout the day, including walking, jogging, swimming, to reading and talking on the phone. The tool then computes how many calories you have burned during the day.

When you use both of the features, the tracker can let you know if your calories spent = calories eaten for weight maintenacne; or calories spent > calories eaten for weight loss, or calories spent < calories eaten for weight gain.