Food Diary

A food diary can be one of the most important tools for anyone who wishes to change their eating habits and lose weight.

A food diary is a record of the food and drink that you have consumed. You should also record the time it was consumed, what you where doing and how you felt at the time. You should get used to carrying your food diary around with you. It is very hard to remember everything you have had to eat and drink at the end of the day.

Keeping a record like this helps to show where you need to make changes in your diet or eating habits. Often people think they are eating a healthy diet when in fact the opposite is true. It can show if you are eating for emotional reasons or through boredom.

If you keep a food diary for a week without changing your eating habits you will be able to identify problem areas in your diet. For example there may be a certain time of the day during which you are more prone to binge. Once you have identified these problem areas you can do something positive about them.

You should always be honest when keeping a record of the food and drink that you have consumed – remember it’s your record no one else is going to read it and scold you for having a snickers for breakfast. If you lie you will only be cheating yourself.

Many people find that just by keeping a food diary it helps them to cut back on junk food. This may be due to selective memory. Normally when you eat a cookie or five you would conveniently forget that you ate them. You can’t do that with a food diary so you are no longer kidding yourself.

It is also useful to keep a record of any physical activities you have done especially activities that lasted for 10 minutes or longer. You will then be able to compare how much exercise you do in relation to how much you eat. You may be shocked at how little you actually move during the day. 

The food diary can also help if you suspect that you have an intolerance to certain foods or a chemical additive. You will need to eliminate the suspected food from your diet and record what you have eaten and very importantly how you feel at various intervals during the day including if you are suffering from any “symptoms” that may be associated with an intolerance.

Your food diary can be great motivation as you look back at previous weeks to see how much your eating habits have improved. If you have increased the amount of exercise you do too you should be well on you way to achieving your personal goals. Keep using the exercise diary as long as you think is necessary and if you feel you are slipping back into bad habits start using it again. It really is a very helpful tool. Start using one today.

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