Resource Library

  • How Accurate Does Calorie Tracking Really Need to Be?

    Beginners often stress about accuracy with calorie counting. I ate a piece of pizza and counted it as 400 cals, but what if that was wrong? More broadly, the fundamental question is: How accurate does calorie tracking need to be to succeed at losing weight [...]

  • How to Add CalorieLite as a Mobile App

    CalorieLite is currently a web-based app, so there's nothing to download and install from any app store, but you can still easily add it to your mobile device and use CalorieLite just like you would any other app on your phone. Here's How to Do [...]

  • How to Make Calorie Tracking Take Less Time

    Calorie tracking should take less time as you get better at it. And eventually it barely has to take any time at all. But it's very common when you're starting out for the whole process to feel arduous and quite stressful. The first few times [...]

  • Why I Created CalorieLite

    We have more health and fitness information and tools available than ever before. Macro trackers, smartwatches, food databases, workout apps, continuous streams of fitness content, and instant access to more nutrition research than any layperson could reasonably read or fully understand. And yet, plenty of [...]