Patent ID: 7753681

Claim:
A nutrient consumption/expenditure tracking method comprising: providing a chart, wherein the chart includes: distinct regions corresponding to a category of human nutrients and human physical activity; and, a first bank of visual markers, wherein the first bank of visual markers includes a plurality of visual markers, each of the plurality of visual markers pertaining to a different individual consumable nutrient belonging in the category of human nutrients and a second bank of visual markers, wherein the second bank of visual markers includes a plurality of visual markers, each of the plurality of visual markers pertaining to a different human physical activity, wherein each of the visual markers is removably attachable to the chart; removably attaching a first visual marker from the first bank of visual markers to the distinct region of the chart corresponding to the category of human nutrients when a person actually consumes the human nutrient representatively depicted in the first visual marker; removably attaching a second visual marker from the second bank of visual markers to the distinct region of the chart corresponding to human physical activity when a person actually performs the human physical activity representatively depicted in the second visual marker; monitoring the placement of visual markers in distinct regions of the chart to determine what types and what amounts of human nutrients were consumed by a person during a period of time in which actual nutrient consumption is tracked via representative visual markers; and, monitoring the placement of visual markers in distinct regions of the chart to determine what types and what amounts of human physical activity were performed by a person during a period of time in which actual physical activity is tracked via representative visual markers.