Will A Food Diary Help Keep You On Track?

Most people, at some stage of their lives, will try a new diet or eating plan in an attempt to lose weight. There are numerous different diets doing the rounds these days and all of them have varying success rates depending on the discipline of the participant. One method that may assist your weight loss endeavours is to keep a food diary.

Again, with food diaries, there are many variations available but I find that the simpler they are the more likely they are to be completed. Some food diaries are far too complex making you measure everything that goes into your mouth

and counting each and every calorie as well as recording specific exercise details. These diaries are great for someone who is highly motivated and prepared to spend a lot of time monitoring their energy in versus energy out quantities. Most people however will find these too complex and won’t have the time to dedicate to them.

A simple food diary is often enough to identify some key areas of improvement in your diet whether it is in relation to;

• what you’re eating,
  
• when you’re eating
  
  
• or how much you’re eating (or drinking).

Making the commitment to write down everything that goes into your mouth can often be motivation in itself to cut out those junk food snacks that so often let us down and lead to unnecessary weight gain.

Of course you need someone to be accountable to, wheth

er it be your Personal Trainer, Partner, Best Friend, Dietician or Doctor. Accountability helps with self discipline and if you can combine these two traits then you are on the right path toward reaching your goals. If you don’t have someone else to be accountable to, you are more likely to’ fall off the wagon’, so to speak, or allow yourself some ‘cheat’ foods.

Here at Lifestyle Improvers we have developed our own F

ood Diary which is available to any of our members and we will also provide coaching tips to help guide you through the process. For more information go to our website http://www.lifestyleimprovers.com/contact.html or contact us on 1300339685.