Comments on: Your Thoughts on Food Journals

By: Lara (Thinspired)

Lara (Thinspired) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:21:33 +0000

I love SparkPeople, too.
My food diary while I was losing weight was my food blog. For the first year or so of blogging, I took a picture of everything that went into my mouth and put it on the internet. That kept me accountable more times than not!
Lara (Thinspired)´s last blog ..The Best Chili

By: josie

josie — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:58:34 +0000

I have just been tracking it in a section on my blog and found that works really well for me. Actually, I find that I do better anytime I track things, whether it’s my food, fitness, or expenses!
josie´s last blog ..Perfect 10 – Week 2 Update

By: Kat

Kat — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:11:29 +0000

I have done this in the past and it has been helpful. I am thinking about doing it again for a little while.
Kat´s last blog ..Perfect 10 – Update #2

By: Fran

Fran — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:53:16 +0000

I’m an online WW member and I track my food on the site. I have a food diary on the table in the living room where I write down every thing I eat and enter it on the site at night. If I enter everything immediately I get cranky because I’m thinking to much about points.

Writing down helps me a lot, if I don’t do it there’s going food in my mouth which shouldn’t go there. I intend to keep this up till I’m at goal weight, then a few months to maintain and then let it go. I should be able to do it without at that time.

I like Sparkpeople very much but tracking the food is difficult since I’m Dutch and we have other products and other measurements but the articles are great!
Fran´s last blog ..A day in my life: Wednesday January 13th 2010

By: MamaBearJune

MamaBearJune — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:15:01 +0000

It’s crucial for me. It’s really easy to slip into bad habits and start eating more than I realize during the day if I don’t write it down. But then, I have always been a very visual person. It’s how I learn best.

I’ve used small blank notebooks from Walmart and usually will put the date, my weight and record the exercise I do on that day. I’ve been doing it for a couple of years and I prefer the notebooks to online stuff because it’s portable and I try to limit my time on the computer.
MamaBearJune´s last blog ..What I’m doing

By: my kashi diet

my kashi diet — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:35:47 +0000

It’s a lot of work… sometimes I wonder if I’d lose more if i just worked out everytime I worked on losing weight…food journals, blogs, meal planning, etc.

By: BlessedMama

BlessedMama — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:34:27 +0000

I have had an on again off again relationship with food journals. They do work, but then I have to go through the trouble of actually admitting what I stick in my mouth throughout the day. Hmm, maybe that’s the idea…
BlessedMama´s last blog ..Baked Leeks with White Sauce

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:51:06 +0000

A HUGE thumbs up to food journaling. The hardest part is getting started but I truly feel it’s the X-factor in weight loss. I stress it so much with my patients, and the ones that bite the bullet and do it, religiously, are so much more successful in their weight loss journey. Just my $0.02!
Nicole´s last blog ..Puttin’ Popeye, King of Spinach, to SHAME!

By: Babbalou

Babbalou — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:23:47 +0000

I cannot stand to track calories because I cook everything I eat from scratch and after cooking for nearly 40 years (yes, I’m that old) I don’t use recipes and don’t measure anything. So it’s a huge pain in the posterior for me if I want to try to count calories. Because I eat low carb I don’t really have to count calories, but rather need to focus on choosing the right ingredients. BUT I do know roughly what calories are in various foods so I’m aware of what I need to use sparingly (oils, nuts, etc.) and what I can eat without worrying too much (vegetables). So I make meals based on unlimited vegetables, moderate amounts of lean proteins and small amounts of complex carbs and fruits. I think about portion sizes and I weigh myself every day because self-delusion can be a powerful thing – but I only track my low weight. If I bounce up a pound or two, I don’t obsess, I just look for that next new low and am very aware when I’m moving up rather than down. Rather than thinking about calories, I tend to think about how many servings or cups of vegetables I’ve eaten each day so I monitor myself in that way. I don’t write it down but do like to think over my day each evening.

By: Lori (Finding Radiance)

Lori (Finding Radiance) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:48:27 +0000

I track calories online. I don’t know if that is necessarily journaling, as I think of that as more of a diary-type of thing.

When I track what I eat, it hammers home how easily I can balloon portion sizes. My eyes are truly bigger than my stomach!
Lori (Finding Radiance)´s last blog ..Liftin’ and bagels