Food Diaries: A Beneficial Weight Loss Companion

By Dave Lee


When we were younger one of the most popular possessions that helped us to vent out how we felt was a diary. Diaries were helpful in keeping secrets and allowing us to scribble on its pages with stories that went on and on. Nowadays, journaling has turned out to be more than pages full of stories; they are now being utilized as a guide to an effective weight loss.

Regular documentation of our eating activity can significantly help in improving our weight loss regimen by assessing the factors that could or could not be of any help to our improvement. When food journaling is correctly executed it can bear many benefits such as being more liable, increasing willpower, understanding the relationship between food and our emotions, and to enhance one's drive to succeed.

Evaluating the nutritional value of the food we consume on a daily basis allows us to figure out the types of food that we should consume that can offer plenty of vitamins and minerals to our body. We become more responsible in making better judgments to the sort of food we consume; making sure it is healthy and low in calories.

Pinpointing the small problems in our eating habits can help us to figure out what certain foods we need to subtract from our diet. We also learn to increase our self-control in staying clear from calorie and fat loaded snacks and drinks. Gaining knowledge about the nutritional value of certain foods can really be useful when dining out or grocery shopping.

Journal writing helps us to relieve ourselves from emotions that we have difficulty expressing. As we jot down our food intake along with our thoughts, we gradually reveal the relationship between the foods we ate to our emotions. Sometimes we let our emotions get in the way, which causes us to eat hysterically to provide for our emotional needs instead of our physical needs. Food diaries help in balancing these two in order to asses hunger versus emotions.

A food journal lets us keep track of our daily calorie intake, which is very significant to know especially since calories play a big role in weight loss. Each day is used to compare the different daily results and pinpoint the losses and gains. A journal also keeps all records of our triumphs and goals that can be of good use to become our source of inspiration in excelling every day.

Weight loss is a challenging lifestyle change that we gradually adapt to. We need all the help we can get with the benefits of a food journal. The emotional and physical help that journal writing offers can be very useful in our transition to a healthier being.




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