Friday, June 16, 2006

Keeping a Food Journal is Essential for Weight Loss

Now that you know how many calories that you need to consume in order to lose weight, lets talk about keeping a food journal. It has been proven time and time again that keeping a food journal can lead to successful weight loss. This is because you are able to easily recognize trends in your eating pattern, and then make changes to facilitate weight loss. Now, the trick at first is to eat how you normally eat, and make adjustments from there. For example, lets say you reviewed your food journal after one week of keeping record. After reviewing your food journal, you notice that you skip breakfast alot, you drink way too much soda, and that you eat alot more in the evening. With these simple discoveries, you may decide to cut down on your soda intake and switch to diet soda, and start eating breakfast, which may help with staving off the late evening binging. Do you get it? Good!


How do I get started?


All you need is a notebook, and something to write with.


Or


sign up for an online food journal at MyFoodDiary.com.


I suggest using this online journal because of its motivational charts & reports. Each report or chart is customized to your needs. You can view your progress over time, receive personal tips, and even see what you would weigh in 3 months if every day were like today.

That's all for now :-)


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