Keeping Track Of What You Consume: How To Do It Correctly

By Dusty Martin


When you first start your diet one of the things you will learn right away is that keeping a food journal is very helpful. Keeping your foods log not only helps you see clearly what you are consuming, it helps you see what you are not eating. For example, after keeping a food record for a few days, you might see that you are not eating very many vegetables but that you are consuming lots of sugar and bad carbohydrates. When you write every little thing down you'll be able to see which parts of your diet must change as well as have an easier time figuring out what kind and how long of a workout you need to do to shrink your waist line and burn the most calories.

But let's say you write almost everything down but no pounds drop off of you? There is a right way and a completely wrong way to monitor your food. A food journal is a lot more than just a simple list of the foods you eat during a day. Other varieties of important information are going to need to be written down too. Here are some of the points you need to do to be more productive at food tracking.

Be as distinct as possible get when you write down the things you eat. It just isn't enough to just jot down "salad" on a list. Write down all the ingredients in the salad and the type of dressing you used. You need to include the quantity of the food you eat. "Cereal" is just not as beneficial an entry as "one cup Honey Nut Cheerios." Don't forget that the more of a thing you eat, the more calories you are going to take in so you need to list out the measurements of what you eat so that you will know exactly how many calories you take in and will need to burn.

Write down exactly what time it is whenever you eat. This enables you to see what times of day you feel the hungriest, when you are likely to reach for a snack and how to work around those times. After a day or two you could notice that, although you eat lunch at the same time each day, you still feel hungry an hour or so later. You should also be able to discover whether or not you happen to be eating since you're bored. This is critical simply because, once they are identified, you can find various other ways to fill those moments than with unhealthy foods.



Write down your feelings whenever you eat. This helps you determine when you use food to help soothe emotional issues. It also assists you to see plainly which foods you have a tendency to choose if you are in certain moods. Many individuals will reach for junk foods if we are worried, angry or depressed and will be more likely to choose healthier options when we are happy or content. Not only will this allow you to notice when you reach for specific foods based on your mood, it will help you find ways to keep healthier (but similar) options 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 first place.




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