Maintaining Charts

Currently, I am maintaining two charts daily and have been doing this since 2020 which, I suppose, makes me kinda odd, given the fact the few people do what I do...  and, maybe that is good.

I designed these charts myself using Excel and since I have taken no classes in MS Office, consider myself to be self taught.

My first chart is where I have been recording my daily morning weight standing on the scales only in my underwear but after I urinate, just in case I can eliminate a little more fluid which I believe is responsible for my fluctuations in daily weight amounts.

My second chart took me a little longer to complete as it is more detailed and color coded, but I use this chart to daily record my daily intake of calories as they relate to breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks as well as the five food groups: protein, dairy, grain, vegetables, and fruits.  I have also listed the RDA for each group.

At the beginning of my recording counts, I would be completely accurate regardless of the amount and while I still am accurate and relatively honest, once I approach 2,000 calories for that day, I stop recording, and I do that because it hardly ever happens these days, since I am pretty much centered on 1,600 calories each day without fail.

When my wife and I are going out to dinner, I also decide in advance what I will order and look up those calories and write them down before we go out, so that all I have to do when I return is confirm the data.  This is my procedure as well if we go out-of-town as I always take my laptop with me and make sure I have a WIFI connection; although, my phone is always connected to the Web and should I forget my laptop, I can always use that.