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Tracking Your Meals: The Right Way To Do It

By Jody Bruder


When you begin a diet probably 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 your foods journal not only helps you see clearly what you are eating, it helps you see what you are not eating. For example, when you keep a food record for a few days you might notice that even if you eat lots of fruit, you almost never eat any vegetables. Writing all of it down will help you see exactly which parts of your diet program 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 what if you write each and every thing down but still can't figure out how to lose weight? There is a great way and a idle approach to track the food you eat. A food log is more than just a simple list of the foods you eat during a day. You must record various other very important information. Here are some hints that you can use to help your food tracking be more successful.

Be as precise as you can get while you write down the things you eat. It isn't adequate to list "salad" in your food record. The right way to do it is usually to record all of the ingredients in the salad as well as the kind of dressing that is used. You must also record just how much of the foods you are eating. "Cereal" will not be adequate although "one cup Fiber One cereal" is fine. Remember the more you eat of something the more calories you eat so it is very important that you list quantities so that you know exactly how much of everything you're eating and how many calories you need to burn.

Write down exactly what time it is while you eat. This will allow you to determine precisely what times of day you feel the most hungry, when you usually reach for snacks and then you can figure out how to deal with those times. After a day or two you might notice that, even though you eat lunch at the same time every day, you still feel hungry an hour or so later. You could also be able to determine when you are eating in order to have something to do. This is unbelievably valuable because understanding when you're vulnerable to snacking will help you fill those times with other pursuits that will keep you away from the candy aisle.



Write down how you feel when you eat. This helps to demonstrate whether or not you decide on food as a reaction to emotional issues. It will even identify the meals you choose when you are in certain moods. Lots of us will reach naturally for junk food when we feel disappointed or angry and we are more likely to select healthy options when we feel happy or content. Paying attention to what you reach for if you find yourself upset can help you stock similar but healthier items in your house for when you need a snack-you could also begin talking to someone to figure out why you cure moods with food (if that is something that you actually do).




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