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May 07 2008

Published by lroeder at 1:00 am under All Posts, Goal Setting Edit This

Writing down everything you eat in a food diary can really help you know what you’re eating. Once you become aware of everything you eat, you’ll start eating less, and eventually lose weight. You may be thinking that you already know what you eat. Do you really? Did you forget about the half a cookie you snagged after dinner? Or the icing you liked off the beaters?

Everything you eat has calories, even crumbs. I’ve seen the joke about crumbs not having calories, but they do. Write down everything that goes into your mouth in your food diary.

Also write about how you feel. If you can, write how you feel before and after you eat a meal in your food diary. If you had a headache one day, write that down too. Feeling fatigued one day, write it down.

Eventually you’ll start to see a pattern. Some foods give you more energy and others make you tired, or have a headache, or feel bloated. The more you write in your food diary, the more you’ll learn about your eating habits.

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