Tracking Your Foods: The Right Way To Do It

By Corey Ponce


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 a food record helps you determine the foods you are eating as well as the foods you are not eating. One example is that, after following your meals for a few days you could realize that you are consuming far too many sugars and unhealthy fats and not nearly enough organic nutrients. Writing all of it down will allow you to see precisely which parts of your diet 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've been writing every little thing down and still aren't losing weight? There is a correct way and a incorrect way to track your food. A food journal is more than just a straightforward 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 a number of the suggestions that can enable you to become much more successful at food tracking.

Be as specific as you can get when you record the things you eat. It just isn't enough to just write down "salad" on a list. Write down all of the ingredients in the salad and also the type of dressing you used. You need to include the volume of the food you eat. "Cereal" is just not good, however "one cup Shredded Wheat" is. Don't forget that the more of something you take in, 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 precisely how many calories you take in and will need to burn.

Record the time of morning that you consume items. This makes it possible to determine when you feel the most hungry, when you are susceptible to snack and what you can do about it. After several days you'll observe that while you might be eating lunch at the same time every day, you are still hungry an hour later. This may also help you identify the occasions when you start to eat simply to give yourself something to do. This is unbelievably useful because realizing when you're vulnerable to snacking will help you fill those times with alternative activities that will keep you away from the candy aisle.



Write down your feelings whenever you eat. This makes it possible to pinpoint when you use foods to help soothe emotional issues. This may also show you whether or not you gravitate in the direction of specific foods based on your mood. Lots of us will reach naturally for junk food when we feel upset or angry and we are more likely to select healthy options when we feel happy or content. When you look closely at how you eat in the course of your different moods and psychological 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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