Calorie Counters - Best online tracker?

I've been tracking my food on fit day, but I notice they are missing a lot of brand names and some foods that I think would be fairly common. For example, I tried to find non fat latte, and they didn't have it. I also tried to find Kashi granola bar, and again they didn't have it. I made adjustments and got a pretty accurate count, but I'm wondering which sites people use. I went to the Daily Plate, and they had both of those items, so I'm thinking about switching.

So which online calorie counting sites do you find to be the most accurate, and offer the most foods, brand names, etc.?

I use The Daily Plate and love it, if I can't find something I can add it in manually and the things I eat regularly are listed so all I have to do is click on them and they are added to my plate.

I HEART the daily plate! I like it a lot better the nfit day or spark people! TDP all the way!:D

I also use the daily plate, it's got the most complete food database I've seen anywhere. You do have to be careful with some of the entries, especially the homemade recipe type entries, but there's usually more than enough options for the item you ate to give you good choices if you think one of the numbers is suspicious. I love the "things I eat often" list, too. :)

I use The Daily Plate.

I use the daily plate too, am a convert from fitday. LOVE IT! SO much betta.

:D

Thanks guys, I think I'm gonna switch.

LOL. After reading this so am i!!!!

I've been tracking my food on fit day, but I notice they are missing a lot of brand names and some foods that I think would be fairly common.

I had the same trouble when I started out on fit day and that is why I am a Daily Plate user now. I can count on one hand how many times I wasn't able to find what I was looking for on it.

I signed up this morning, and wow, Daily Plate rocks! You can even track your water, and everything.

Thanks for the heads up! I tried it and really like it too!

Yep, yep!!! Signed up today too!! So easy!

The Daily Plate, hands down for me :-)

Dude!!! It says that my calorie intake today is -258!!!!! So great to see that I'm actually doing something right

Dude!!! It says that my calorie intake today is -258!!!!! So great to see that I'm actually doing something right

-258?

How is this possible? If you are eating 1200 cals or less, AND excersizing, you should be eating back the calories you burned to get back up to at leat 1200 cals so that you don't seriously starve yourself.

between the weights i lifted, the desk work i did, the work i did with the kids today, the shower i took and the sit ups i did i must have burned 258 calories over 1900. i eat 1900 calories per day. you actually are suppposed to burn more than you consume anyway.

between the weights i lifted, the desk work i did, the work i did with the kids today, the shower i took and the sit ups i did i must have burned 258 calories over 1900. i eat 1900 calories per day. you actually are suppposed to burn more than you consume anyway.

you burn TONS of calories without actually doing ANYTHING, just the calories that you burn living is your BMR, so if you burn those plus EVERYTHING that you eat off, you are leaving no room for nutrition.

http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/

also do the 'calculate daily caloric needs' thing underneath your results.

the only exercise i did was the weights and the crunches...everything else was just a normal day, though

thanks everyone i am going to try daily plate also

Hey so I have a questions. I used your BMR calculation site and it says mine is 1610.69 and I get a Moderately Active (gym 4 +times a week and a lot of walking) so when I times it by 1.55 I get (rounded up) 2500 and to lose weight I should subtract 500-1000 cals from that total.. so the minimum I should be eating is 1500 right?

Hopefully that made sense!!!

Thanks folks.. oh and I use caloriecount.about.com but since almost everyone said the daily plate, I might switch heh

I use Edibles on my IPhone. It backs up to their website so I can view my eating history online. The program was pretty cheap, I think a one time fee of $6, although I do wish it had more functionality.

It does make counting calories pretty effortless since I always have my phone with me.

I use http://www.sparkpeople.com/ to track but I use tdp sometimes to look stuff up :)

I used to use Fitday but now I am going to try Daily Plate.

does the dialy plate have all the other functions fitday has?

i dont have a problem adding in the food i cant find but if everything is the same but with a bigger food data base- then daily plateit is

Thanks everyone! I'm new here and I was trying to decide which online calorie journal I should go with. This info definately helps I am going to sign up on TheDailyPlate!