mardi 19 novembre 2013

Tracking Your Food: The Way To Do It

By Benjamin Cupps


When you begin a diet probably the most often heard pieces of advice is to keep a food journal in which you write down every thing you eat during the day. Tracking all of the food you consume can help you figure out which foods you will be eating as well as which foods you are not eating enough of. For example, after maintaining a food record for a few days, you might see that you are not taking in very many vegetables but that you are consuming lots of sugar and bad carbohydrates. Having it all written down can help you recognize 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 what if you write everything down but no excess weight drop off of you? You can track your meals the right way or the wrong way. A food record is a lot more than just a simple list of the foods you eat during a day. Other kinds of important information are going to need to be written down as well. Here are some of the things you need to do to be more effective at food tracking.

Be as specific as possible when you write down what you take in. It isn't enough to just jot down "salad" on a list. Write down every one of the ingredients in the salad and also the type of dressing you used. You should also include the number of the foods you eat. "Cereal" is just not good, although "one cup Shredded Wheat" can be. Remember the more you take in of something the more calories you eat so it is very important that you list quantities so that you know exactly how much of everything you're eating and how many calories you need to burn.

Record the time of day you eat things. This will allow you to find out just what times of day you feel the most hungry, when you usually reach for snacks and then you can figure out how to deal with those times. You'll observe, for example, that even though you eat lunch at the very same time every day, you also--without fail--start to snack as little as an hour later, every day. You should also be able to see whether or not you are eating because you're bored. This is significant because all those are situations that you can pick out other things to fill your time with than food.



Write down your emotions while you eat. This can show you if you use foods to solve emotional issues. It may also identify the foods you decide on when you are in certain moods. Lots of us will reach intuitively for unhealthy foods when we feel upset or angry and we are more likely to pick out healthy options when we feel happy or content. Paying attention to what you reach for when you are upset just might help you stock similar but healthier items in your house for when you need a snack-you could also begin talking to someone to figure out why you cure moods with food (if that is something that you actually do).




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