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Originally Posted by myold88
I was watching the Today Show on NBC this morning and two gals (sorry), were discussing dieting. One suggestion that they had was to write down everything you eat in the course of the day. I have been doing this since monday and estimating my total daily calories. This is working for me as I just hate putting anything down.
Sorry if this has been posted here before but I don't think I've seen it suggested.
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I'm not sure if it has been posted here but it was in last years thread. Most people have no idea how many calories they actually consume in a day and it is usualy 3-4 times what they should be.Logging what you eat is a good way to keep yourself accountable and is a needed tool for people starting out, when looking at a food journal you can make adjustments to taylor your diet to what is needed. It's just like drag racing, if you don't keep data on changes you make you have no idea what has worked and what hasn't you find yourself bouncing back and forth and making changes that are useless. The other thing many practice is planning your meals ahead this way rather than see what you have been eating and saying" oh I ate to much" you know what you are eating. It's still a good idea for people to write it down so you can look back over the long run and make adjustments.