Weight Loss Photo Journal
With our hectic lives and full schedules, we are lucky if we remember what we ate two days ago. And keeping track of the foods you eat is key to promote weight loss. A weight loss journal is the answer.
Weight loss journals are an easy and effective way to control your weight. By writing everything that you eat during the day, you keep track of calories and the foods that you consume. It is a tool to keep you in check.
Not only will a journal help you keep track of meals, but it will also help you deal with the emotional side of eating. You can make notations on how you felt when you devoured the 2 chocolate donuts at 1:00 am. Later this can prove to be valuable information – in establishing new eating patterns. But what if you can’t be bothered with a written journal?
Then a picture or photo diet journal will do. Every time you are about to consume a meal, take a picture of it, with your phone or a small camera. At the end of the day, download them into your computer. Your computer becomes your food diary. Make any notations, or if you prefer, you can print them in paper and cut and paste in a regular journal. The visual tool may be a good way to help you stick with your diet efforts. When you take a look at the huge greasy burger that you had for lunch, you will probably run to the treadmill.
The pictures will help you see the amounts of food that you are consuming. Portion control is necessary to lose weight. The adage “a picture is worth many words” and the phrase “picture perfect” says it all. It is easier to conjure an image in your mind, than words.
If you have a Diet Pal you can trade pictures with him/her, and feel proud of how good you did today. Trading pictures of the foods you ate will make you think twice before having that giant piece of chocolate cake – “exposure.”
Knowing that you are doing well in your weight loss efforts is great, but seeing how great you are doing is better. That extra gratification may be what you need to keep watching what you eat, at least until you make it a habit, and later a lifestyle. Once you have reached that level, don’t forget to take pictures of yourself in that superb outfit. Pretty soon you will be posting those in your profile at your favorite social networking site.
So, take advantage of keeping a diet journal, and picture yourself healthy.
