If you have kept a food diary in the past then you have probably done so because you were on a diet. This is good but it does not allow you to discover what works for you. Food diaries are best used when you want to lose weight but do not want to diet and that is what this method will teach you.
If you have used a food diary before then just put all of your misconceived ideas to one side and approach this with an open mind. It can also be useful to buy yourself a good quality notebook so that all of the information that you begin to collect can be used at a later date. Too many times when a person uses a food diary they write down what they eat but then throw this information away.
You can find a copy of food diary which I give to my clients at my clinical hypnosis practice by following the link at the bottom of this article and then downloading it from my weight loss blog.
When you keep a food diary is extremely important that you are honest with yourself because you will only be fooling yourself. If you have a jacket potatoe for lunch, write it in your food diary. However if you put butter onto it, state how much you put on it. By being one hundred percent honest with yourself will mean at the end of the week you will know what works for you and what does not work.
You should also include in your food diary how much water you had to drink and how much exercise you have done. Both these things can help a person to lose weight, so it's useful to note these two things. When you have filled out your food diary for the week you can then review this information. If you lose weight then you know what food types and exercise work for you without having to follow a diet. However if for some reason you have put on weight you can now use your food diary as a source of inspiration. By looking through your food diary you can ask yourself some very important questions so that you do not make the same mistake the following week.
What as worked for me this week? What as not worked for me this week? What things can I do differently next week? What would be a better choice for me?
These types of questions will really allow you to find out what works for you. If you do this each week you can then begin to work out what works for you and what does not work. This new insight which you will start to learn will then allow you to stop dieting and still allow you to lose weight.
If you have used a food diary before then just put all of your misconceived ideas to one side and approach this with an open mind. It can also be useful to buy yourself a good quality notebook so that all of the information that you begin to collect can be used at a later date. Too many times when a person uses a food diary they write down what they eat but then throw this information away.
You can find a copy of food diary which I give to my clients at my clinical hypnosis practice by following the link at the bottom of this article and then downloading it from my weight loss blog.
When you keep a food diary is extremely important that you are honest with yourself because you will only be fooling yourself. If you have a jacket potatoe for lunch, write it in your food diary. However if you put butter onto it, state how much you put on it. By being one hundred percent honest with yourself will mean at the end of the week you will know what works for you and what does not work.
You should also include in your food diary how much water you had to drink and how much exercise you have done. Both these things can help a person to lose weight, so it's useful to note these two things. When you have filled out your food diary for the week you can then review this information. If you lose weight then you know what food types and exercise work for you without having to follow a diet. However if for some reason you have put on weight you can now use your food diary as a source of inspiration. By looking through your food diary you can ask yourself some very important questions so that you do not make the same mistake the following week.
What as worked for me this week? What as not worked for me this week? What things can I do differently next week? What would be a better choice for me?
These types of questions will really allow you to find out what works for you. If you do this each week you can then begin to work out what works for you and what does not work. This new insight which you will start to learn will then allow you to stop dieting and still allow you to lose weight.