Being a girl I’m totally drawn in by headlines like “Weight loss tip that will help you lose twice as much!” In my defense, I am always skeptical about claims like that because I think there is so much bad health information out there, but in reading this article a few days ago, I’m in total agreement.
Yahoo News – Study shows value of food diary in losing weight
The recommendation is to keep a daily journal of everything that you eat, and they found that this simple task helped one group lose twice as much weight over the group that didn’t.
“For those who are working on weight loss, just writing down everything you eat is a pretty powerful technique,”…
Several years ago I joined Weight Watchers and that is one of the things you have to do in order to keep track of your daily points. After reading this article I started a daily log again, not the points part, but just writing down everything I was eating, and MAN is it a good lesson. It’s such an easy thing to do and I really believe it will make a difference. Do I really want to write down that I had 3 handfuls of kettle chips, and 5 brownie bites on my daily log! You can see how it’s a great way to hold yourself accountable to what you are really eating everyday. So start that daily log!
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Great tip. I think there is some fear in holding yourself accountable like that! It’s important though, you’ve inspired me. Also, don’t forget to drink your water!!!