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About Food Journal

By Ernie Gwynes


A record of one's daily intake is called a Food Journal. . A daily food journal that you keep will generally makes you estimate the exact amount of calories you consumed for a particular day, including a realization of your own eating habits. No one will ever read your journal except you, hence, you need to be honest about it. There should be consistency in writing ones food journal for you to know if you get a healthy diet at the same time, for you to know if you are nearer to your goal. Jotting down to your food journal should come immediately after the meal. Late updates at the journal would result to writing less information of what was really consumed throughout the entire day. A food journal does not require a larger size of a notebook, for what is best is to get something that is enough to be placed at the back pocket or be easily be thrown at the bag.

What are the seven excellent tips to get a good food journal?

An update of your daily food journal should include everything that is consumed, including the major meals plus the small bites in between. One should be meticulous about writing any food intake for the day because everything is counted including every single raisin or butter placed at toasted bread.

Even drinks should be recorded into your food journal and this includes the water, alcohol, soda and coffee.

"Two scoops of ice cream: is most preferably written down or recorded rather than writing down "ice cream". Every amount of drink consumed should also be well recorded. Accurate recording is achieved das you try to measure or weigh every food taken for a week.

Skipping a mean and overeating should also be recorded honestly at the journal.

Note for the exact location to where you ate a meal and it may include places like the kitchen, restaurant, street or anything else.

Overeating may be caused by a certain company of the food produced, hence, take note of its name.

After each entry, you may place a smiley face, a sad face or something that is neutral to indicate the mood the time you had your meal. Foods consumed at a particular time plus the mood indicated on each entry would make you analyze the reason why you consumed such amount of food.

Your food journal is the best area for you to get the idea of how much calorie was consumed. Everything should be reviewed and checked to know exactly how much was consumed for that day. After the second week, add up all the calories of each day and divide it by 14. Your food journal is the way for you to be assured that you get the most ideal and accurate recording of caloric intake.

A daily food journal will give you another feeling because this gives you a realization of your own daily food intake. Calories consumed each day may be the reason why people tend to be surprised as they try to review their food journals. All facts are presented in your daily food journal; hence, it is here where you need to do something about your own personal habits. Your daily food journal will make you realize whether or not you have achieved you goal for weight loss.




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