2. When you begin a diet just about the most often heard
pieces of advice is to keep a food log in which you write
down every thing you eat during the day. Keeping a food
journal helps you recognize the foods you are eating as
well as the foods you are not eating. One example is
that, after tracking your meals for a few days you could
realize that you are consuming far too many sugars and
unhealthy fats without nearly enough organic nutrients.
Having it all written down may help you determine the
parts of your diet that need to change as well as how
much exercise you need to get to make sure that you
burn enough calories to keep your waistline in check.
3. But what happens if you write each thing down but still
aren't able to figure out how to lose fat? There is a good
way and a idle approach to track the food you eat. There
is far more to food journaling than composing an index
of what you eat during the day. Other varieties of
important information will need to be written down too.
Here are a number of points that you can make use of to
help your food tracking be more successful.
4. You should be very precise when you write down the
things that you are eating. You need to do more than
merely write down "salad" into your food journal. Write
down all the ingredients in the salad as well as the type
of dressing you used. You should also note down just
how much of the foods you are eating. "Cereal" is not
very good, but "one cup Shredded Wheat" can be. It is
important to understand that the larger your helpings,
the more calories you will be eating so you need to
know just how much of every thing you actually eat so
that you can figure out how many calories you will need
to work off.
5. Record the time of day time you take in items. This helps
you discover when you feel the most hungry, when you
are prone to snack and what you can do about it. After
several days you'll note that even if you might be eating
lunch at the same time every day, you are still hungry an
hour later. This may also make it easier to identify the
times when you start to eat simply to give yourself
something to do. This is unbelievably helpful because
realizing when you're vulnerable to snacking will help
you fill those times with other activities that will keep
you away from the candy aisle.
6. Write down your emotions when you eat. This will show
you whether or not you use foods to solve emotional
issues. It will also identify the meals you decide on when
you are in certain moods. Many people will reach for
junk foods whenever we are disappointed, angry or
depressed and will be more likely to choose healthier
options when we are happy or content. Not only will this
let you notice when you reach for particular foods based
on your mood, it will help you find ways to keep
healthier (but similar) alternatives on hand for those
same moods and help you figure out whether or not
someone professional can help you deal with the issues
that are sending you towards certain foods in the