Lose More Fat with a Food Journal ~ Seeing is Believing
Frustrated because you’ve hit a plateau despite your efforts? Here’s an easy, simple and proven method to lose more fat: Keep a food journal. People who journal what they eat tend to lose twice as much weight and make much healthier food choices versus those who do not keep a journal.
Keeping a journal of what you eat for at least two weeks encourages mindful eating, and can help identify foods that your digestive system does not agree with.
When you eat foods that your body is sensitive to, your body experiences inflammation, stress and a compromised immune system. Other symptoms of food intolerances include excess weight, bloating, itchy skin, hives, acne, sinus congestion, headaches, ringing in the ears, plus many other symptoms.
Many people are out of touch with what they're actually consuming on a daily basis! Self-monitoring or tracking by writing everything down in a journal is a crucial aspect for every sort of behavior change. Monitoring yourself might feel like a burden, but it’s one of the best predictors of successful change. Journaling about food intake on a regular base seems to function as a form of cognitive behavioral therapy.
Logging your food for at minimum of two weeks exposes the reality of what you’re “really” eating and makes you accountable to yourself. Write everything down, even that handful of nuts or chips. Share your food diary with a coach or nutritionist to help you identify patterns and habits. Something as simple as what you eat for breakfast can determine why you binge-eat in the afternoon and feel fatigue.
If you’re serious about losing weight, start tracking your food intake whether it’s on a pad of paper in your purse or pocket; an spiral notebook, a mobile app, word doc or a computer program. Experience your own personal Fat Loss Revolution. Set realistic goals, develop an action plan and set it in motion, and health, vitality, longevity and fat loss will be yours!
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