The Very Best Way To Track Your Food

By Samuel Howard


When you go on a diet one of the primary things that you will learn is that it is important to keep track of what you eat during the day. Keeping your foods journal not only helps you see clearly what you are having, it helps you see what you are not eating. For example, after maintaining a food log for a few days, you might see that you are not consuming very many vegetables but that you are consuming lots of sugar and bad carbohydrates. When you write every 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 what happens if you write each thing down but still can't figure out how to shed weight? There is a great way and a idle method to track the food you eat. A food log is more than just a straightforward list of the foods you eat during a day. Other kinds of important information will certainly need to be written down also. Here are a number of the suggestions that can enable you to become far more successful at food tracking.

Be as specific as you can get whenever you write down the things you eat. It is just not sufficient to list "salad" in your food journal. The right way to do it is usually to record all of the ingredients in the salad as well as the kind of dressing that is used. You need to include the quantity of the food you consume. "Cereal" won't be sufficient however "one cup Fiber One cereal" is acceptable. Remember the more you consume of something the more calories you consume so it is vital that you list quantities so that you know exactly how much of everything you're eating and how many calories you need to burn.

Write down the time that you're feeding on things. This allows 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 may notice that, even though you eat lunch at the same time every single day, you still feel hungry an hour or so later. You should also be able to see whether or not you might be eating since you're bored. This is important because those are moments that you can pick out other things to fill your time with than food.



Write down your emotions when you eat. This can show you whether or not you use foods to solve emotional issues. This will 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 unhealthy foods when we feel upset or angry and we are more likely to choose healthy options when we feel happy or content. Paying attention to what you reach for if you find yourself upset will help you stock similar but healthier items in your house for when you need a snack-you could also begin talking to someone to figure out why you cure moods with food (if that is something that you actually do).




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