Do you know exactly what you eat every day? Most of us have a general idea, but I bet that you would be very surprised if you started to keep close track of what you eat. Here are 3 reasons why keeping a food diary will help you to lose Fat.
1. We underestimate how much we actually eat. If you start measuring everything and making conscious choices, instead of mindlessly eating in front of the television or your computer, you will get a better idea of what you are consuming on any given day.
2. If you are held “accountable” to what you are eating, you will tend to eat less. Of course, the only one you are being accountable to is yourself, but you are your biggest critic. If you feel guilty about writing down that you just ate 9 cookies, you are much less likely to eat them.
3. It is easy to see what you ate at a certain time of the day. Maybe you were feeling stressed out or bored. It is important to identify the emotion behind the food if there is one.
Keeping a food diary is a really great tool to assist with Fat loss. Here is what you will need to do:
• Write down everything you eat including how much.
• Include the time of day.
• Make a note of how you felt when you ate. Example – you were stressed out, sad, bored or hungry.
• Don’t forget to add the time of day.
• Keep a running tally of the calories consumed beside what you ate.
• Add up the calories at the end of the day when you are finished eating everything for that day.
• Include any exercise that you did during the day and subtract the calories burned from the calories consumed.
Writing everything down in a diary will help you to stay focused with your eye on your goals. Review your diary often and see where you can make better choices or reduce portions. For every 3,000 calories you save, you will lose one pound. If you save 3,000 calories in 2 weeks, that means you will lose two pounds each month, just by making simple changes to what you eat. If you hate the idea of losing Fat by going on a diet, don’t think of keeping a diary as a “diet”. It is simply a way to keep track of what you eat and how many calories you consumed in that day. It gives you a clear picture of your emotional triggers and how you can get a handle on those by making better choices with food.
