[alexm920]

I feel like this amounts to "Tracking calories wasn't working, but tracking calories divided by 100, that's the ticket!" While a mechanical clicker is certainly cleaner than an app, you hit the same snags of not really knowing the calorie content unless your diet is incredibly regular. While I'm happy the author found a gimmick that helps them stick to their calorie targets, I don't think this needed a write-up, much less a dedicated website.

[hippich]

Most crucial part is adjusting a total number of points each "sprint". This way you start with each click = 100kcal, but eventually, it will be something else based on how your brain estimates the caloric content of the food you eat.

[flowardnut]

Learning "how many calories are in this handful of snacks" is what helped me. I suggest people weigh everything with a kitchen scale (for a few weeks) until the get the feeling of what a serving of cheese is.

Once you get a handle on serving sizes, something like this above is a much easier tool to utilize.

[stephengillie]

Dividing by ~80 instead of 100 lets most people eat 1 point per hour. I've been working on this to replace my "cheeseburger equivalent scale".[0] With this system, add kcal/80 to the current hour, and that says when you should eat again. For example, if it's 8am and you eat 400 kcals, add (400/80)+10 = 15 or about 3pm is when you should eat again.

[0]Cheeseburger Equivalent scale:

- Average plain cheeseburger = 350 kcals. (Not a Whopper, Big Mac, or any deluxe burger - this is a "Where's the Beef" cheeseburger.)

- You get 6-7 cheeesburgers per day. And no other food.

- Trade 1 cheeseburger for 1 item of equal calories. Examples: Slice of pizza, Donut, 24 oz soda/beer, 5 chicken wings, etc.