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Sunday 5 January 2014

Tracking Your Foods: The Right Way To Do It

By Darrel Blount


When you first start your diet one of many things you will learn right away is that trying to keep a food journal is very helpful. Tracking all of the food you eat may help you figure out which foods you will be eating as well as which foods you are not eating enough of. For example, when you keep a food record for a few days you might notice that while you eat lots of fruit, you almost never eat any vegetables. Writing all of it down can help you see specifically which parts of your diet plan 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 happens if you write every single thing down but still aren't able to figure out how to lose weight? There is a great way and a sluggish method to track the food you eat. There is far more to food journaling than composing an index of what you eat during the day. Other varieties of important information will certainly need to be written down too. Here are some tips that you can make use of to help your food tracking be more successful.

You should be very specific while you write down the things that you are eating. It is not enough to only jot down "salad" on a list. You must record all of the components within that salad as well as the type of dressing on it. You also need to include the amounts of the foods you consume. "Cereal" seriously isn't as beneficial an entry as "one cup Honey Nut Cheerios." It is vital to understand that the larger your portions, the more calories you will be eating so you need to know just how much of every thing you actually eat so that you can figure out how many calories you will need to work off.

Write down the time that you are eating things. This can help you find out just 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. You'll observe, for example, that though you eat lunch at the very same time every day, you also--without fail--start to snack as little as an hour later, every day. You may also be able to identify when you are eating simply to have something to do. This is essential because those are situations that you can choose other things to fill your time with than food.



What sort of feelings are you in when you eat? Write it down! This helps to demonstrate whether or not you turn to food as a response to emotional issues. It may also identify the foods you choose when you are in certain moods. Many individuals will reach for junk foods if we are disappointed, angry or depressed and will be more likely to choose healthier options when we are happy or content. Paying attention to what you reach for while you are upset can help you stock similar but better items in your house for when you need a snack-you could also start talking to someone to figure out why you cure moods with food (if that is something that you actually do).




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