"Bite and Write" For Better Weight Loss

We're all pretty bad at estimating what we eat. Studies show both regular folks and health professionals do not estimate calories correctly- we all underestimate. A food record does two things:

1. Makes you pay attention to every bite you eat (no selective memory here!) - better calorie monitoring.
2. Provides accountability to yourself - a major boost to focus and discipline, the basis of all successful plans.

For many, a food diary is a great help to jump start a plan and get you in touch with what and when you're eating. It helps point out some of the behavioral barriers you have in making better food choices.

While some people write for decades, a major goal over time is to translate the act of writing to what I call your "mental database". This is tough, but works for some people.

If you're just getting started with a weight loss plan - of any type - an easy and effective tool is a food diary. Give it a try. You've got nothing to lose but extra pounds!

Has a food diary worked for you??? I'd love to know.

Summary

Everything old is new again - even in weight loss. All been told a million times how important keeping track of calories eaten daily is to effective weight loss. A new study shows that a "food diary" - whether the old-fashioned pen and paper, or an on-line spreadsheet version, can sometimes double your rate of weight loss.

Comment

I think it have posted a nice article.Learnt a lot from it.According to me,the diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism. Dietary habits are the habitual decisions an individual or culture makes when choosing what foods to eat. Although humans are omnivores, each culture holds some food preferences and some food taboos. Individual dietary choices may be more or less healthy. Proper nutrition requires the proper ingestion and equally important, the absorption of vitamins, minerals, and fuel in the form of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.
"Bite and write" is an exact phrase for better weight loss.

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