Monday, August 8, 2011

The Very Best Way to Track Your Food

By Audie Vanson


When you begin a diet just about the most often heard pieces of advice is to keep a food log in which you write down every thing you eat during the day. Tracking all of the meals you take in will help you figure out which foods you will be eating as well as which foods you are not eating enough of. 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 help you see precisely which parts of your diet program 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 thing down and still aren't losing weight? There is a good way and a idle method to track the food you eat. A food log isn't merely a list of the things you've eaten during the day. You need to account for a few other very important information. Here are a number of the hints that can make it easier to become much more successful at food tracking.

You should be very specific when you write down the things that you are eating. It is not enough to only write down "salad" on a list. Write down all of the ingredients in the salad and the type of dressing you used. You also need to record the amount of of the foods you are eating. "Cereal" is not as good an entry as "one cup Honey Nut Cheerios." It is very important to keep in mind that the bigger your servings, 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 you're eating things. This will allow you to find out precisely what times of day you feel the most hungry, when you usually reach for snacks and then you can learn how to deal with those times. After a short time you'll see that even though you might be eating lunch at the same time every day, you are still hungry an hour later. You should also be able to observe whether or not you happen to be eating since you're bored. This is unbelievably valuable because knowing when you're vulnerable to snacking will help you fill those times with other activities that will keep you away from the candy aisle.

Record your spirits when you eat. This makes it possible to pinpoint when you use foods to help soothe emotional issues. This will likely show you whether or not you gravitate for particular foods based on your mood. There a wide range of people who seek out junk food when they feel angry or depressed and are quite as likely to pick out healthy things when they feel happy and content. Not only will this enable you to notice when you reach for specific foods based on your mood, it will help you find ways to keep healthier (but similar) alternatives on hand for those same moods and help you figure out whether or not someone professional can help you deal with the issues that are sending you towards certain foods in the first place.




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