Keeping Track Of What You Take In: How To Do It Correctly

By Stanford Tarter


When you decide to go on a diet one of the primary things that you will learn is that it is important to keep an eye on what you eat during the day. Keeping your food record not only helps you see clearly what you are consuming, it helps you see what you are not eating. For example, after maintaining 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 thing down you can 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 what if you write each and every thing down but still aren't able to figure out how to lose fat? You can observe your foods the right way or the incorrect way. A food log isn't only a list of the things you've eaten during the day. You have to note down other vital pieces of information as well. Here are a number of tips that you can use to help your food tracking be more successful.

You should be very particular whenever you write down the things that you are eating. It isn't enough to list "salad" in your food log. You need to record each of the materials within that salad as well as the type of dressing on it. You must also include the amounts of the foods you eat. "Cereal" is just not as beneficial an entry as "one cup Honey Nut Cheerios." Don't forget that the more of something you eat, the more calories you are going to consume so you need to list out the measurements of what you eat so that you will know precisely how many calories you take in and will need to burn.

Write down the time that you're feeding on stuff. This can help you figure out 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 could notice that, although you eat lunch at the same time every single day, you still feel hungry an hour or so 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 significant because those are moments that you can choose other things to fill your time with than food.



Write down how you feel whenever you eat. This makes it possible to determine when you use meals to help soothe emotional issues. It may also identify the meals you choose when you are in certain moods. Many people will reach for junk foods when we are disappointed, angry or depressed and will be more likely to choose healthier options when we are happy or content. When you focus on how you eat while in your different moods and emotional states, you will be able to keep similar but healthier alternatives 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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