Keeping Track Of Precisely What You Eat: How To Do It Correctly

By Herbert Jones


When you begin your diet one of many things you will learn right away is that trying to keep a food journal is very helpful. Keeping your meal log not only helps you see clearly what you are having, it helps you see what you are not eating. For example, after you keep a food log for a few days you may notice that even though you eat lots of fruit, you almost never eat any vegetables. Writing all of it down will allow you to see specifically which parts of your diet plan really need to change as well as how much exercise you are going to need to do to make sure that you keep your caloric intake in check.

But imagine if you write each and every thing down but still can't figure out how to lose weight? There is a correct way and a wrong way to monitor your food. There is far more to food journaling than creating a list of what you eat during the day. You need to write down other important pieces of information as well. Here are a number of points that you can make use of to help your food tracking be more successful.

Be as specific as possible get while you note down the things you eat. You need to do more than merely write down "salad" into your food log. The proper way to do it is always to note down all of the ingredients in the salad as well as the kind of dressing that is used. You also need to include the amounts of the foods you consume. "Cereal" won't be adequate although "one cup Fiber One cereal" is fine. It is very important to keep in mind that the larger your servings, 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.

Record the time of morning that you eat items. This makes it possible to figure out when you feel the most hungry, when you are susceptible to snack and what you can do about it. You'll observe, for example, that though you eat lunch at the very same time every day, you also--without fail--start to snack as little as an hour later, every day. You may also be able to determine when you are eating simply to have something to do. This is important because all those are times that you can select other things to fill your time with than food.



Record your spirits whenever you eat. This could show you whether you use meals to solve emotional issues. It will even identify the foodstuffs you decide on when you are in certain moods. Lots of us will reach instinctively for unhealthy foods when we feel disappointed or angry and we are more likely to choose healthy options when we feel happy or content. When you look closely at how you eat during your different moods and mental states, you will be able to keep similar but healthier options around for when you need those snacks--you might also start talking to someone who can help you figure out why you try to cure your moods with food.




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