"What's measured improves." ~Peter Drucker
As you look at your goals for the year, is losing weight or eating more mindfully on your list? Well, one of the most powerful tools to help you succeed is a FOOD LOG. Ugh, boring, old-fashioned you say? Well, they WORK. You must have a baseline of what you eat and how much you exercise before you can improve on it. You might think you already know your habits, but you don't really until you keep track of it. I promise you will learn a lot by keeping a food diary for a week.
You can keep track of your eating on a piece of paper or use a digital food log. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to keep a food log, and why you should know your baseline (along with a printout for a paper food log). I always kept food logs on paper since I like to look at what I eat on a broader weekly view, but I recently tried a digital log (the Lose It! app), which worked like a charm. Review below.
After gaining some weight, I decided I needed to lose a few pounds. I tightened up my diet and focused on whole unprocessed foods, and ate more moderate portions. This always works. Then my husband started using Lose It! and I tagged along. It was easy, and it supercharged my weight loss so I lost twice the amount of weight in the same amount of time. I am a big believer in food logs, but even I was surprised by the results.
Why did I love Lose It!?
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