Hi everyone, I'm 24 years old, 5'10" 175 (BMI ~25) and have never taken very good care of myself from a nutritional standpoint. Over the past couple years I've had "Oh cr*p" moments where I decided to make some modest changes to my diet, limiting fast food, taking a multivitamin, trying to eat more vegetables, that kind of thing. Lately I've been wanting to improve my diet even more, so I've been finally learning to read labels, RDIs, etc, and so far here's what I've found:
I actually eat fairly normally. I'm within most of the RDIs on a daily basis except for sodium, where I think I actually consume 2-2.5 times as much per day as recommended (comes from some processed foods, and I usually have a snack in the evening that consists of several olives, a cheese stick, a pepper, and a slice of cured ham, and I always put salt on my sandwiches). This startled me pretty bad, because about a year ago I quit smoking and my family has a history of high blood pressure (in later years, but better to recognize this now)
My GF and I have an elliptical, and so I've started working out on that and I know a body builder who's going to help me get started with some dumbbell workouts because I also have very little muscle and I want to replace the fat with muscle. (I'm comfortable with my weight, I just want it to be good weight, not flab)
So my question is this: does anyone know of a food log app for an android phone that keeps track of ALL the nutritional information on a label? I know enough to make healthy choices overall, but I really need to be more detail oriented with the sodium and sugar intake. I've heard of one called "Calorie Counter," but it doesn't specify if it logs all the label's information or just whats of interest to calorie counting people, and if you have general advice overall about my situation I'd love to hear it!
I actually eat fairly normally. I'm within most of the RDIs on a daily basis except for sodium, where I think I actually consume 2-2.5 times as much per day as recommended (comes from some processed foods, and I usually have a snack in the evening that consists of several olives, a cheese stick, a pepper, and a slice of cured ham, and I always put salt on my sandwiches). This startled me pretty bad, because about a year ago I quit smoking and my family has a history of high blood pressure (in later years, but better to recognize this now)
My GF and I have an elliptical, and so I've started working out on that and I know a body builder who's going to help me get started with some dumbbell workouts because I also have very little muscle and I want to replace the fat with muscle. (I'm comfortable with my weight, I just want it to be good weight, not flab)
So my question is this: does anyone know of a food log app for an android phone that keeps track of ALL the nutritional information on a label? I know enough to make healthy choices overall, but I really need to be more detail oriented with the sodium and sugar intake. I've heard of one called "Calorie Counter," but it doesn't specify if it logs all the label's information or just whats of interest to calorie counting people, and if you have general advice overall about my situation I'd love to hear it!