Comments on: Working on the Food Journal http://nutritionfitnesslife.com/food-journal-progress/ eating healthy, getting in shape, and living life to the fullest Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:00:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Susan http://nutritionfitnesslife.com/food-journal-progress/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Susan Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:09:55 +0000 http://nutritionfitnesslife.com/2008/03/04/food-journal-progress/#comment-188 <strong>James,</strong> Good ideas! Writing out a plan of what you will eat for that particular day is a great idea for helping you stay within a calorie range, as well as eat healthy foods. My goal isn't specifically focused on calories, though. I'm trying to keep "diet" thoughts out of my head. Focusing on calories would have the tendency to push me into the wrong kind of thinking (i.e.: "Thin!!! I gotta work at staying thin!"). Instead, I want to focus more on eating for health. The main purpose for me using a food journal is to ultimately get me free from my sugar addicition. I'm using my journal to see the relationship between what I eat and how I feel. I may have to try your second idea - journaling dinner the next morning - if I don't note it that evening. :) James,

Good ideas!

Writing out a plan of what you will eat for that particular day is a great idea for helping you stay within a calorie range, as well as eat healthy foods.

My goal isn’t specifically focused on calories, though. I’m trying to keep “diet” thoughts out of my head. Focusing on calories would have the tendency to push me into the wrong kind of thinking (i.e.: “Thin!!! I gotta work at staying thin!”). Instead, I want to focus more on eating for health.

The main purpose for me using a food journal is to ultimately get me free from my sugar addicition. I’m using my journal to see the relationship between what I eat and how I feel. I may have to try your second idea – journaling dinner the next morning – if I don’t
note it that evening. :)

]]> By: James Lemoine II http://nutritionfitnesslife.com/food-journal-progress/comment-page-1/#comment-186 James Lemoine II Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:49:25 +0000 http://nutritionfitnesslife.com/2008/03/04/food-journal-progress/#comment-186 I found it is easier to journal what you are going to be eating the entire day first thing in the morning. That way you have a plan of what to eat and exactly how many calories you will be consuming. Then all you have to do is eat what you planned. If you eat something enexpected, you can make the changes in the journal. If that does not work, you could also enter the previous night's dinner into the journal in the morning. This would still let you look back and find out how many calories you are eating day-to-day. I found it is easier to journal what you are going to be eating the entire day first thing in the morning. That way you have a plan of what to eat and exactly how many calories you will be consuming. Then all you have to do is eat what you planned. If you eat something enexpected, you can make the changes in the journal.

If that does not work, you could also enter the previous night’s dinner into the journal in the morning. This would still let you look back and find out how many calories you are eating day-to-day.

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