Today is a great day. I have some handy calorie counting tips that I want to share with you. Staying in shape, and/or loosing weight is challenging and a science. I want my tips to help you reach whatever goal your working towards.

Today’s Tip is:

Memorize Calories for the common foods you eat.

If you usually eat oatmeal for breakfast with a cup of coffee, two slices of toast and 2 teaspoons of butter you should figure out how many calories are in each foods that you eat on a daily bases. As you start to memorize the number of calories in your favorite foods, calorie counting gets easier and starts to become second nature. Calories counting is super hard and confusing but if you start to learning you’re the calorie count for your everyday foods, calorie counting will get easier and start to take less time.

Here is a basic calorie chart common breakfast foods.

Coffee (Filter)                                       2 Calories                        Nutrition Grade --

Coffee (Black)                                      2 Calories                        Nutrition Grade --

Coffee, Instant                                      5 Calories                        Nutrition Grade --

Sugars, Granulated                             16 Calories                        Nutrition Grade D+

Orange Juice                                     112 Calories                        Nutrition Grade A

Cream, Half and Half                         20 Calories                        Nutrition Grade B-

Milk, Reduced Fat, 2%                     122 Calories                        Nutrition Grade B

Milk, Low Fat, 1%                            102 Calories                        Nutrition Grade A-

Milk, Non Fat                                      86 Calories                        Nutrition Grade A

Blueberries                                          83 Calories                        Nutrition Grade A-

Bananas                                            105 Calories                         Nutrition Grade A

Strawberries, Fresh Fruit                    52 Calories                         Nutrition Grade A

Bread, Whole-Wheat, Toasted            77 Calories                        Nutrition Grade A                                   

Oats, Regular & Quick & Instant    166 Calories                         Nutrition Grade A

Oatmeal Instant                                157 Calories                         Nutrition Grade B+

Frosted Mini Wheat                          203 Calories                        Nutrition Grade A-

Multi Grain Cheerios                        110 Calories                        Nutrition Grade B+

Honey Nut Cheerios, Cereal             110 Calories                        Nutrition Grade B

Go Lean Crunch, Cereal                   190 Calories                        Nutrition Grade A-

Cheerios, Cereal                                110 Calories                        Nutrition Grade A-

Special K, Cereal                              117 Calories                        Nutrition Grade B+

Red Berries Cereal, Special K          110 Calories                        Nutrition Grade A

Raisin Bran                                       190 Calories                        Nutrition Grade B

Light Yogurt, Yoplay                        100 Calories                        Nutrition Grade A-

Egg, Beaters                                       30 Calories                        Nutrition Grade A

Egg, White                                         16 Calories                        Nutrition Grade A           

Egg, Whole – Cooked, Poached        71 Calories                        Nutrition Grade B

Egg – Cooked, Fried                          72 Calories                        Nutrition Grade B-

Egg – Cooked, Hard Boiled               78 Calories                        Nutrition Grade B-           

Egg Whole – Cooked, Scrambled    102 Calories                        Nutrition Grade B-

Pork, Cured, Bacon                          103 Calories                        Nutrition Grade D

I hope this helps. 

You can also send my your daily meals and i will help you figure out the calorie count of each food. 

Happy Counting 

References
http://caloriecount.about.com/tag/food/breakfast