Are you tracking your food?

I need a reality check. I need accountability. I can't do math in my head.
(Well.. I can do a few simple equations. But trying to keep a running log in my head of the food I've eaten is tough.) I've started keeping a food journal faithfully... and it makes a difference. It can make a difference for you too!

You hear all the time that to lose weight, you should track what you eat. Well, a recent study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine shows that keeping a "food diary" may double your weight loss efforts.

Researchers from Kaiser Permanente's Center for Health Research kept tabs on 1,685 overweight and obese adults (men and women), whose average weight was 212 pounds. The researchers encouraged participants to following a program and adhere record their daily food intake and exercise minutes.

After 20 weeks, the average weight loss was 13 pounds per person. But researchers discovered something else; the more participants recorded what they ate, the more weight they lost in the end. Participants who did not keep a food diary lost about 9 pounds over the course of the study, while those who recorded their food intake six or more days per week lost 18 pounds—twice as much as those who didn't track any food!

So the bottom line is... I want you to be successful and a food dairy is one VERY important tool which will help you stay on track and help me pinpoint how to help you best.

I have a new form / journal that I've emailed to most of my clients that fits right in with TSFL program. If you want a copy... let me know and I'll email it to you. Tracking your food can be the reality check you need!

Have a happy and healthy week!

Marti