Keep a Food Journal

[UnicityKP]

Keep a Food Journal!

Are you writing down everything that you eat? If not, then it's time to start a food journal! Keeping a food journal is a good tool to help with your weight loss. When you write down all that you're consuming in a day, you start to be more conscious of what you eat and how much you eat. A food journal makes you stop at least once a day, and pay attention to what you eat. A food journal also helps you to see what you need to cut back. The simple act of paying attention to your eating habits is often all that is needed to initiate change and improvements in your own eating habits.

[sfarmer]

You know, I didn't believe it until I saw it on the biggest loser, but it's true! A food journal really helps you to make conscious decisions about your food choices instead of just going with whatever your stomach says. It's really crazy too once you start looking at all the calories you're consuming. One website I found that was really helpful was http://www.thecaloriecounter.com/. They help you find out the nutritional information for everyday items like fruits, veggies, etc so if it doesn't have a label on it, just go to their website and do a search for it. Sometimes you just have to guesstimate a little as well.