Calorie Counting your way to successful weight loss

This step is one that may be seen as time consuming, but it is certainly worthwhile in the long run to lose weight. Calorie counting is the act of recording and adding up all the calories you eat in a day so that you know that you are eating within your calorie goal.   The nutritional information of food has become much clearer on labels of late, making this process much easier. You can calorie count using pen and paper, an excel spreadsheet, or you can use one of the excellent free calorie counting websites available like www.myfitnesspal.com.  By doing this you can rest assured that you are eating less calories than your body is burning and so you are losing weight.