How to Keep a Food Journal You Will Actually Read Back
A food journal that works has five columns: time, food, grams, calories, a note. See a filled page and a 3-question weekly read-back.
Claire Donovan · · 6 min readTopic
Food diary templates and printables
A paper food diary works if you fill it in right after eating and write down portions, not just the names of foods. Our templates fit a day on one page, with room for meals, snacks, drinks and a short note.
Paper is fine for a week. After that, adding up calories by hand gets old fast. Calsa keeps the same diary by date and does the adding for you.
Log my first mealLatest guideFood diary templates
Food Tracker Template for Calories and Macros
Copy this food tracker template for calories and macros: a log with total, target and left rows, plus a sample day of 1,875 kcal and 118.8 g protein.
Claire Donovan · · 7 min read
Key number4, 4 and 9 kcalper gram of protein, carbs and fat, to check a macro total
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Claire Donovan · · 6 min readFood Journal Apps: Words, Photos or Numbers?
Food journal apps log by words, photos or numbers. One breakfast came to 321, 458 or 541 kcal on grams alone. Plus a paper template and a checklist.
Claire Donovan · · 9 min readFree 7-Day Food Diary PDF: Fill It In for Your GP or Dietitian
Get a free food diary PDF from Allergy UK or copy a 7 day layout for any GP or dietitian, then fill it in as you eat. A week shows a pattern.
Claire Donovan · · 6 min readCalorie Tracker Spreadsheet: Build One in Google Sheets
Build a calorie tracker spreadsheet in Google Sheets with a Foods tab, an XLOOKUP log and SUMIFS daily totals. A sample day of 10 foods totals 1,436 kcal.
Daniel Reyes · · 6 min readFood Diary Template: A Layout to Copy, Print and Fill In
Copy this food diary template: five columns, a sample day in grams and kcal, and how long to keep it. One cup of rice is 205 kcal cooked, 675 kcal raw.
Claire Donovan · · 10 min read
