Food: "material consisting essentially of protein, carbohydrate, and fat used in the body of an organism to sustain growth, repair, and vital processes and to furnish energy; also : such food together with supplementary substances (as minerals, vitamins, and condiments)"

Considering the definition, you need to constantly keep all those 'vital' processes' going so you need to 'keep on eating'. A tally in this case can be considered a record of the intake of nourishment–just look at it as a positive. And, to really make it a positive, keep two tallies: one, of what is considered 'healthy' (by people who don't really know what the definition of 'good'); and, two, a tally of the really 'good' stuff.

Just keep the 'good' tally on a closet wall. Then you can feel good every day!!!