We encourage everyone to keep a food diary and write down what they are eating..everything should be recorded...even if there was a food sorce that is "not allowed". Studies have shown that people who write down everything they are eating have a 50% increased efficiency of weight loss compared to people who do not. I dare say that less than 10% of our patients write down what they are eating. Why? Because everyone is busy with life events...work, children, other family issues, professional stress etc. Most of us have barely time to breathe during the day no less write down everything we eat.
Keeping a food journal allows us to keep an awareness of what calories/food sources are getting in and it allows us to think about/mentate much more . As mentioned many times previously, to lose weight and keep that weight off, we must think about these issues constantly. As soon as we stop thinking about it, we are almost guaranteed to go back to old eating behaviors.
Try to keep your awareness heightened and this will serve you well in reaching your goal of becoming happier and healthier.
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Hey that is really informative. I never knew so much about this. This is a very new thing you just told. Does that really work? I think i Should also try it once.
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