Is keeping a food diary necessary?

[*NikkiBell*]

Some people swear by it and I was wondering what you all think.

 

[Minniespal]

I use Fitday.com to keep a record of what I eat. It's amazing how many calories I was eating and by keeping track of them I find I am losing weight.

 

[pearlieq]

It's really a big help for me. The only times I've ever sucessfully lost weight have been when I've consistenly kept a food diary.

I suppose everyone is different. Keep experimenting until you find out what works for you!

Good luck!

 

[bicker]

Food and exercise journaling is perhaps the most significant contributor to success. Without it, accountability is much more difficult to achieve.

 

[JoshMom5]

I have been using WW online and am keeping the journal faithfully. It is helping me stay cheat free.

 

[lajones81]

Some people swear by it and I was wondering what you all think.

NikkiBell!

How's it going girl? I'm used to seeing you on the VMK board! Welcome!

I keep a journal online here. I did ok keeping one at home, but no one ever saw it but me. This journal helps me stay honest.

See you soon!

BubbasFriend aka lajones81 aka Lisa

 

[*NikkiBell*]

NikkiBell!

How's it going girl? I'm used to seeing you on the VMK board! Welcome!

I keep a journal online here. I did ok keeping one at home, but no one ever saw it but me. This journal helps me stay honest.

See you soon!

BubbasFriend aka lajones81 aka Lisa

Wow, I was surprised to see you here! This is great! Maybe you can help keep me motivated! I just started!

 

[DisneyGirl]

You know what? I never really bought into the "food diary" thing, but I really think it helps. When I do keep a food diary, I actually pay attention to what I eat and follow it. If I don't, then I tend to cheat.

A lot of times, I have a diary for breakfast and lunch, and then it goes out the window for dinner-- it only works if you actually do write everything down!!

 

[lajones81]

Wow, I was surprised to see you here! This is great! Maybe you can help keep me motivated! I just started!

Feel free to PM me! And get ready to say goodbye to those extra pounds!

 

[Cruise04]

For me success is writing down everything I put in my mouth!!!! And how much water I'm drinking and how much exercise I'm getting - doing the July exercise challenge really helped me see how much exercise I was getting.

 

[Rizel]

Food diary's definatly help. Fitday is great. It helps because you can keep track of calories and actually finally find out the fat content and how some foods that seem healthy really aren't at all.

 

[lillygator]

I am one that really needs to be held accountable and I find that food journaling really works for me. I tend to forget about a snack here and there if I don't. When I don't journal I put the weight back on because I really have no sense of what I am eating.

 

[plutosmyfav]

For me a food journal is absolutely critical. Its so easy to forget how much you really have consumed. For naturally thin people, their appetites keep track for them. Not for me! It is also very helpful for me when I slip up. If I have a few bad days in the week and faithfully record them, then I am not so shocked when my weekly WI doesn't go so well. Its easy to forget you slipped and then get frustrated when the scale doesn't show a loss. For me, the food journal is a big reality check.

I don't leave home without it

 

[lilkitty819]

Hi
I'm a fitness tech for an exercise club for women, I did a survivor game for some of our memeber part of the game was keeping a food diary. By the end of 6 weeks I had 40 ladies left and between them they lost over 100lb.s and 150 inches. So yes keeping a food diary does work. Good Luck

 

[daisy_77]

Hi, NikkiBell! I think that a food and exercise journal has helped me more than anything else! I really helps to write down EVERYTHING you eat and seeing what is causing you to gain or lose! I can't believe how much I was eating before I was writing it all down! YIKES, I was eating, like, 3500 calories a day!