I agree it is good to be accountable. I just use Myfitnesspal.com to record my calories and what I eat.

See I downloaded that and found it time consuming and painstaking. They rarely had foods I actually ate and it took forever to search. Also I already memorized some calorie counts from when I wanted to be a dietician, and their counts we're wrong. I prefer a good old fashioned notebook and read labels. If I can't find a label I go to calorieking.com and look up counts. Tally at end of day. I've also found it more helpful to keep track of servings instead of calories some days. Like servings of fruit and whole grain.

Hi Ghostwolf: I like that idea of keeping track of servings instead of calories. But, I do have trouble with portion control.

I measure out my whole grains and non whole grains. I try not to have more than a cup of each in a day.
2 servings of fruit a day. That's 1/2 cup chopped melon, or berries, or apple. Half a banana or a small one.
Cooked veggies or small raw veggies like celery and carrots are 1/2 cup serving. Leafy big veggies are a whole cup, or you can think of it like one handful or 2 handfuls for the leafy ones. I try to have 3 to 4 servings veggies. No more than one serving dairy, that's 8 oz. Or you could have yogurt and a small milk.
Protein is the hard part because it has many calories. I try to get most of my protein from low fat, low cal eggwhites. A serving of meat is only 3 to 4 oz, so much smaller than most steaks and only about half a chicken breast. Protein varies based on your weight and muscles and exercise type.
Fat should only be healthy fat. 2 tsp for oils and 2 tbsp for peanut butter and sharp cheddar. 1/2 an avocado.
If I have a cheat meal then I have to cut way back on everything else.