Understanding Low Calorie Diets - Part 8 - What Else to Write on Your Food Diary
The wonderful thing about having a formal food diary is that, as well as the 5 basic columns, you may use the same book in which you list your foods to also record your goals, your progress, your exercise log pointers and advice you collect, and all of your thoughts and feelings about everything you are doing to lose pounds and get to a more fit mental condition and body.
You can divide your book into different sections for every one of these areas or let many of them overlap.
As an example, you can make a separate section in the back of your book for your thoughts about the weight loss process, or you can write your thoughts in the margins on the same page where you record your goals or your exercise progress.
Become used to writing in your diary each day.
At last you will stop writing down each bit of food you eat and each mile you log on the treadmill, but till you meet your weight loss goals, you are bound to have something to add to your book.
For the moment and for the future, you have all of your private weight control material in one place.
Here are some of the things you can write about: * Are you hungry when you eat? * Do you eat too often? * Do you eat too much? * Do you skip meals? * Are you an emotional eater? * Do you eat a balanced diet? * Do you typically snack? * Do you sit down to regular meals? * Do certain eventualities trigger you to eat when you are not basically hungry? * Do you under-eat earlier in the day and over-indulge later on? * Do you select too many calorie-laden or fat rich foods? * Do you over-eat from one particular food group? What your food diary tells you When you inspect your food diary, look for patterns.
You may discover that you have precise food habits, some good, and some not so good.
Responding these questions permits you to see your eating patterns more obviously so helping you target those areas which require improvement.
You can divide your book into different sections for every one of these areas or let many of them overlap.
As an example, you can make a separate section in the back of your book for your thoughts about the weight loss process, or you can write your thoughts in the margins on the same page where you record your goals or your exercise progress.
Become used to writing in your diary each day.
At last you will stop writing down each bit of food you eat and each mile you log on the treadmill, but till you meet your weight loss goals, you are bound to have something to add to your book.
For the moment and for the future, you have all of your private weight control material in one place.
Here are some of the things you can write about: * Are you hungry when you eat? * Do you eat too often? * Do you eat too much? * Do you skip meals? * Are you an emotional eater? * Do you eat a balanced diet? * Do you typically snack? * Do you sit down to regular meals? * Do certain eventualities trigger you to eat when you are not basically hungry? * Do you under-eat earlier in the day and over-indulge later on? * Do you select too many calorie-laden or fat rich foods? * Do you over-eat from one particular food group? What your food diary tells you When you inspect your food diary, look for patterns.
You may discover that you have precise food habits, some good, and some not so good.
Responding these questions permits you to see your eating patterns more obviously so helping you target those areas which require improvement.