Thank you to an awesome 12WBTer, Tina K (aka Tink on the forums) who worked a heap of magic on the previous version of the MS Excel spreadsheet I had shared. Tina emailed it to me at Christmas – a lovely Christmas present! Just perfect timing as I start tracking my calories more closely again to prepare for Round 1 12WBT and hitting some goals.
Some awesome new features added by Tina include option to track your water intake, a Calorie Converter (insert the value in kJ and it converts to calories); a Calorie Calculator (put the calories of an item in per 100g and add the serving size to calculate the exact number of calories in the amount you consume); more automation and plenty of other great features! I am already using it!!
Download this calorie tracker to help you keep track of the calories in and out during Michelle Bridges’ 12 Week Body Transformation Round 1 2011 (and beyond!). This is an excel spreadsheet that is set up ready for you to plug in your stats and menu and training – track your calories in & calories out. After all, that is the bottom line when it comes to losing weight.
Here is a link to the new 2012 Calorie Tracker.
Read this blog entry from last year to learn more about tracking calories and why it helps. In a nutshell, evidence shows that those who track their calories in (what you eat) and calories out (what you burn through your basal metabolic rate plus through exercise) will lose more weight, they will lose it faster and they will keep it off longer.
Enormous shout out to Tina K – thank you!! Visit Tina’s blog: Currently Clueless.
** Important info ** Tink has gone to a lot of effort to create an “INSTRUCTIONS” sheet at the start of the file. It is the very first tab. Please click on this to read through and follow these instructions to personalise your spreadsheet!
Feel free to share this. Happy tracking!
xx Ange
PS: This is a Microsoft Excel file. You will need to have software installed to open the file. Because it is an .xls file some virus scanners might not like to download or open it – I will leave to that you to figure out!
This is fantastic- thank you so much for sharing,
Vanessa (aka vanny)
You are so welcome! x
thanks so much Ange AND Tina!
I tried to use MFP but didn’t like it so haven’t been tracking for the last week…I think your spreadsheet suits me as I am often at the computer or I can just print it and put it on the fridge!
i’m on MAC with Numbers so just have to work out how to NOT lose all the macos!
Fantastic!! So glad it might be just what you are after!! Hope it works OK on the mac too. xxx
This. Is. Awesome.
Thanks!
Glad you like! xx
looks awesome but i cant figure out how to unlock it?
What do you mean Megan? The file should open in Excel without any issue. Happy to try to help if you give some more info. xx Ange
Like your post. Keep it going !!!
Thanks!
That spreadsheet is fantastic – thank you for sharing!
I’ve just found your blog and your transformation is fantastic – you rock!!!