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Consider A Food Journal?
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o my co-workers and I started reading this book called Simple Steps. Each week, the book provides simple steps to achieving life's biggest little challenges, like drinking 8 glasses of water a day, walking 20 minutes, organizing your closet, daily planning, etc. Today, I read it and it talked about how we should journal what we eat for a lot of reasons: (1) we'll only eat when we're hungry, (2) we'll know what foods make us feel certain ways, (3) we'll know what moods make us want to eat certain foods, (4) we may actually change our eating habits. This just seems so logical and reasona
ble, I think I'll do it. At least starting Wednesday because my mind will be focused on school tomorrow and then I'll report back next week and let you guys know how it went. You should try it, too. Just keep a little notepad on you, so you can keep track of everything, including those 1 Oreo you ate before bed, or those 20 gold fish you ate while waiting for your clothes to dry, or the carrots you ate while reading your favorite book, or the Starbucks you drank while on your way to work. Whatever it is, I'll be curious to know how it changed your thinking and I'll let you know what it did to mine. Who has time to journal? I know. After all, you barely had time to read my blog, but hey you'll never know unless you never try.
So my co-workers and I started reading this book called Simple Steps. Each week, the book provides simple steps to achieving life's biggest little challenges, like drinking 8 glasses of water a day, walking 20 minutes, organizing your closet, daily planning, etc. Today, I read it and it talked about how we should journal what we eat for a lot of reasons: (1) we'll only eat when we're hungry, (2) we'll know what foods make us feel certain ways, (3) we'll know what moods make us want to eat certain foods, (4) we may actually change our eating habits. This just seems so logical and reasona
5 comments:
Hi Amanda,
I like your blog on Health Awareness. I'm ready to get started with you...hope I make the grade, smile. Love, Mom
Never know, unless you never try. This sounds like its worth trying. Let me know how it works for you!
I think keeping track of what we eat during the day is a great idea. It's good to know what contaminants go into our system on a day to day basis, as well as what it's costing ($$$) us. Although I have not started a food journal, I do keep a notebook on my workout routines. I found this to be essential to track my progress and overcome my declining memory.
I'm have an ambivalent attitude toward this topic. I guess if this works for you cool, I'm not going to hate.
But I think the broader issue for Americans would be exercising portion control. Just because one has a big plate of food doesn't mean you have to eat everything on it. I know most of use grew up with parents tell us that it is rude if you don't eat everything on your plate.
Also, as Americans,we eat everything and more on out plates because of our culture which says..."more is always better."
I think because we as nation have been eating everything on our plate and then some, America is very sick and overweight which it soo sad for being the richest nation on earth.
So if a food journal works for you, great. But, I think portion control works even better.
But, that's just me and I always think outside of the box with my avant garde ideas.
Portion control or push backs as I like to call them is/are critical. But, I guess I like the food journal (though it takes a lot of work) because the days when you get headaches, you can play detective and see was it stress, something you ate, or didn't eat.
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