Im sure someone will know of an app. Do you think counting calories for the rest of your life is the best way forward though? Your body does not count calories and then release satiety signals to the brain. Just doesn’t work like that. Ghrelin, leptin and insulin are the three biggest hormone contributors to your weight and general feeling of satiety. Eat foods that keep those in check and you will go a long way towards success. Eat unprocessed foods with little or no added sugar. Avoid processed grain based carbs. Good luck.

Hi iceman,

How about using 5:2 recipes that will give you a calorie count per specific sized meal.

There are several 5:2 cooking books, and recipe threads on the forum.

Personally I work out my own calories by ingredients. After a few Fast Days (FDs) I settled on a particular regime that suits me well and I just do the same thing each FD.

There are some commonalities that pop up in what people have on FDs:

* Soup is common as a FD dinner, made on a clear stock.

* Protein plus low calorie vegies, plus low calorie fruit.

* Many skip grains on FDs.

* Skip added sugar on FDs especially.

@iceman. Ive never counted calories. Im in maintenance mode so I only fast one day per week. Its a water only fast. I just found it easier than only trying to eat a little bit. I avoid grain based foods ALL the time. Personally I consider grain based foods to be junk food. No bread, pasta, cakes, biscuits pizza etc. No sugar. No fruit juice, its just sugar water.

I try and eat unprocessed foods. It works for me. Ive been in maintenance for 3 1/2 years now.