Jul 09 2008
Weight Loss Diaries - Hold Yourself Accountable
We often don’t think about what we eat in terms of math but keeping track of your calories consumed and calories spent can be very helpful in terms of changing your lifestyle. Try tracking for a week and see how you feel. You will probably become very aware of the caloric value of food and the fact that actual serving sizes are a lot smaller than you think.
Websites like fitday.com and others offer free calorie counters where you can input what you’ve eaten and what exercise you’ve done to see if you’re burning the calories you eat. This can be a valuable tool for planning for weight loss as well. For instance, if you plan to eat at a restaurant, you can log your planned meal ahead of time if you know what you plan to order. This can help you stay on track or realise you might have to spend an extra thirty minutes on the treadmill tomorrow.
Food journaling can also help you nutritionally. You can see whether you’re getting recommended values of particular vitamins and minerals as well as see what your fat to protein and carb ratio is. Holding yourself accountable by actually acknowledging what you eat is a huge step in automatically eating better and being more health conscious.
