Food Log - Doing It!

Do you use a food log? From my extensive dieting career pre-op, I have resisted journaling my food. It felt too much like my diet days. Yuck!

I saw a recent study that was published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine that states keeping a food log may double your weight loss.

I decided to make it fun. I'm a computer person so I recommitted to using FitDay and purchased their PC version. I downloaded it on my computer and keep it minimized throughout the day. That way, it is there starring at me. If I eat it, I have to put it in there.

It has already helped me. Making dinner last night, I started to take a taste and stopped myself. I didn't want to log it in my food for the day. Numerous times, it has made me stop and think. I like seeing all of the information of what I've eaten and spent in activities in one place. I would never, ever have thought I'd think it was fun. Food journaling fun? I've made it that way! Wow!

Whether losing weight or maintaining our weight loss from our surgery, as much as I've resisted it, kicked and fought the idea, I now regularly keep my food log. For me, I've found that it makes a big difference!!

Cathy