Thursday, December 12, 2013

Tracking Your Foods: The Proper Way To Do It

By Stephen Chisholm


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. Keeping your foods log not only helps you see clearly what you are consuming, it helps you see what you are not eating. One example is that, after tracking your meals for a few days you may realize that you are consuming far too many sugars and unhealthy fats and not nearly enough organic nutrients. Having it all written down may help you recognize the elements of your diet that need to change as well as how much exercise you need to get to make sure that you burn enough calories to keep your waistline in check.

But what if you write each and every thing down but still are unable to figure out how to lose weight? There is a good way and a idle method to track the food you eat. A food journal is more than just a basic list of the foods you eat during a day. You have to keep track of various other very important information. Here are some points that you can employ to help your food tracking be more successful.

Be as distinct as you can get whenever you note down the things you eat. It isn't enough to list "salad" in your food journal. Write down all the ingredients in the salad and the type of dressing you used. You also need to record just how much of the foods you are eating. "Cereal" just isn't very good, however "one cup Shredded Wheat" can be. Remember the more you consume of something the more calories you take in so it is vital that you list quantities so you know exactly how much of everything you're eating and how many calories you need to burn.

Record the time of morning that you take in items. This helps you discover when you feel the most hungry, when you are vulnerable to snack and what you can do about it. 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 may possibly also be able to recognize when you are eating simply to have something to do. This is significant because those are situations that you can select other things to fill your time with than food.



Record your feelings whenever you eat. This makes it possible to pinpoint when you use meals to help soothe emotional issues. It will even identify the foodstuffs you decide on when you are in certain moods. Lots of us will reach instinctively for unhealthy foods when we feel disappointed or angry and we are more likely to pick out healthy options when we feel happy or content. Paying attention to what you reach for if you find yourself upset will help you stock similar but more healthy items in your house for when you need a snack-you could also begin talking to someone to figure out why you cure moods with food (if that is something that you actually do).




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