I've got a challenge for everyone.

For one week, track what you eat online in a free diet tracker. I like to use fitday.com because it gives a nice pie graph of the carbs, protein, and fat that you've eaten that day. On top of that, it gives you many other options including exercise, mood, and weight goals. Under exercise they even had a wheelchair basketball option! Boo ya.

I heard about a sweet free app for smart phones too. The best one is MyFitnessPal. Since I don't have a fancy smartphone, I have no idea how to go about actually getting it, but I'm sure you know how.

So back to the challenge, I want everyone willing to track their eating for one week and I want everyone to pay attention to the pie graph percentages for carbs, fat, and protein. For an athlete, a great ratio to aim for would be:

• Carbs: 50-60%
• Protein: 15-20%
• Fat: 20-30%

This is how a typical diet should be laid out to be most healthy. I understand that most of us get into some intense training episodes and need a little more help in the recovery department. If this is you then I would decrease fat and increase protein. This can be really tough to do with the amount of hidden fats in America's diet these days, but using a meal tracker (even just for a week) will open your eyes to where those hidden fats lie. Also remember in order to keep up with a strenuous practice schedule, you will be needing to increase total calorie input in comparison to the normal 2000-ish-area Calorie diet. By inputting your data and exercising into the meal tracker, you'll be able to understand about how many calories you should be getting per day.

So! Get to it! Suck it up and put in everything you eat daily for one week.And no cheating, that helps no one! Feel free to post other trackers you use and your results if you are brave enough...