WFMW: A Food Diary

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So I’ve been doing this little exercise thing. You may have heard me mention it once or twice. You may have also heard me mention using an online food journal to track my food intake (and also an activity journal but the point here is really the food diary.)

See, I do WELL with a food diary. By that I don’t mean I do a good job at writing it all down. No, I usually do good for a bit, then get out of the habit for a bit and then back I go.

What I mean is, that when I WRITE IT DOWN.. I do better at eating right. A food journal is good for me. I know that others have said it doesn’t work for them and that’s fine. But for me.. if I know that I’m going to have to write that cookie down if I eat that cookie, it’s usually enough to deter me. Or at least enough to limit me to only one cookie. I don’t want to have to write it down and see the calorie numbers going shooting up. So I don’t overeat.

It’s like I’m so competetive that I’m even competetive against myself.

I’m sure there’s therapy for that.

But still the fact remains that keeping a food journal (esp an online one that tracks and charts all the dietary info for me) really works to keeping me accountable for eating healthy foods, not indulging too often and not indulging too much when I treat myself.

A food diary. It works for me. What works for you?

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