Low Carb Monster - Choosing A Carb Counter

Choosing A Carb Counter

When it comes to counting carbs, it helps to know what kind of person you are and what your lifestyle is like. For instance, are you the type of person who has time to log your carb intake into a program online? Or is your schedule so hectic that you make rushed trips to the grocery store and hope to be able to just run in and run out?

Different Strokes for Different Folks

If you're a Type A personality, you're going to do everything in your power to make your low carb diet work. You'll follow the directions to the letter and log every carb gram you eat, making sure not to go over your alloted daily amount. Because of this, you'll probably have great success with your low carb diet. And that's great. But how are you going to keep track of your carb intake? That's largely dependent on how comfortable you are with technology.

If you're quite tech-savvy, you might want a carb counter you can download on to your Palm Pilot. Or, you might opt to have one that's more like a calculator. These allow you to enter the amount of carbs you eat each day and some even subtract that amount from the amount you're allowed to have. All you do is enter "4 oz. ground beef patty" and it will tell you how many of carbs it was and subtract it from your allotment for you. Pretty neat huh? If you're an Internet wizard, there are tons of low carb dieting websites out there that will let you keep track online in a similar fashion to the calculator type.

If you're a techno-phobe, why not just write down the amount you get each day, look up the carb count for the foods you eat (either in a carb counting book or on the Internet) and subtract it as you go? This is probably the cheapest way to go, and for some, it might be the easiest.