vendredi 27 décembre 2013

Keeping Track Of What Exactly You Consume: How To Do It Correctly

By Melinda Cheng


When you begin a diet probably the most often heard pieces of advice is to keep a food log in which you write down every thing you eat during the day. Keeping a food record makes it possible to recognize the foods you are eating as well as the foods you are not eating. For example, when you keep a food journal for a few days you may notice that even though you eat lots of fruit, you almost never eat any vegetables. Having it all written down will help uou identify the elements of your diet that need to change as well as how much exercise you need to get to make sure that you burn enough calories to keep your waistline in check.

But let's say you've been writing everything down and still aren't reducing your weight? You can track your meals the right way or the incorrect way. A food record is a lot more than just a simple list of the foods you eat during a day. You have to write down other crucial pieces of information too. Here are a number of the elements you need to do to be more successful at food tracking.

Be as precise as possible get when you note down the things you eat. It isn't enough to just record "salad" on a list. You need to list all of the ingredients within that salad as well as the type of dressing on it. You need to include the amount of the food you eat. "Cereal" seriously isn't as beneficial an entry as "one cup Honey Nut Cheerios." It is important to keep in mind that the larger your portions, the more calories you will be eating so you need to know just how much of every thing you actually eat so that you can figure out how many calories you will need to work off.

Write down the time that you're consuming things. This will help you figure out just what times of day you feel the most hungry, when you usually reach for snacks and then you can learn how to deal with those times. After a day or two you might notice that, though you eat lunch at the same time every single day, you still feel hungry an hour or so later. You may possibly also be able to recognize when you are eating only to have something to do. This is very important because, once they are recognized, you can find various other ways to fill those moments than with unhealthy foods.



Record your spirits whenever you eat. This will show you whether you use foods to solve emotional issues. This will likely show you whether or not you gravitate in the direction of particular foods based on your mood. Lots of us will reach instinctively for junk food when we feel disappointed or angry and we are more likely to select healthy options when we feel happy or content. When you pay attention to how you eat in the course of your different moods and mental states, you will be able to keep similar but healthier alternatives around for when you need those snacks--you might also start talking to someone who can help you figure out why you try to cure your moods with food.




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