I started a food journal last week with the ultimate purpose of helping me get control of my sugar cravings and eat cleaner.
I've been jotting down breakfast and lunch, but that's as far as I get.
I take my journal (which is just an inexpensive notebook) with me to work and keep it at my desk. It's within easy access, so journaling what I eat and how I feel during work hours is pretty effortless.
Once at home, however, I stop with the journaling. I get busy with taking care of things at home and spending time with my husband. And, quite simply, I just don't make my food journal a priority.
This week I want to work on journaling dinner. Who would have thought recording food and how I feel at the time to be difficult, but it's more of a challenge than it seems!
Photo credit: ppreacher
Related Posts -
Sugar, The Other White Drug I appreciate all your comments on my previous post about sugar addiction. This topic has really got me thinking! I’d like to explore it further. If truth be told, I never considered sugar a drug, but much of my reading suggests that sugar is capable of acting like a potent...... -
Solution to Sugar Addiction I've talked about the possibility of being addicted to sugar and more of the specifics on how sugar acts like a drug in some individuals. This post will cover the solution to kicking the sugar addiction, according to the book, Potatoes, Not Prozac. I think the following best sums up...... -
Can You Really Be Addicted to Sugar? I love sugar. You probably already know that! :) I'm also trying to overcome my sweet tooth. Why? Because I eat way too many sweets, it's not what I'd call a healthy diet, it messes with my emotions, and it sure makes keeping a fit and lean figure a big...... -
Food Journal - Ally in Breaking Sugar Addiction I'm on a personal quest of sorts. Three months ago I made the realization that I am a sugar addict and decided to commit to breaking my addiction. Following Dr. Kathleen DesMaison's plan for sugar addiction, I started off including protein and a complex carb at breakfast. After creating...... -
Cook Healthy Dinners - And Still Have a Life! Many of us have crazy, busy schedules; yet we want to cook healthy meals for us and our family. Problem is, how can you balance the demands of the day with preparing healthy meals? The key for me is planning and organization! Without them I'd be calling out for pizza......
Related Websites -
How to Lose Weight And Keep Eating Normally For most of us, eating normally means eating whatever we want. The key to eating the way we want to eat and not gaining weight is portion control and extra exercise. It is possible to lose weight while not depriving yourself of the food you love, but you will need...... -
Is Saving Up For Dinner Ruining Your Diet? It is a common practice, and many of us are guilty of it. We forgo eating all day long, because we know we’ll be eating out that night, or that there is a special event coming later in the day and we want to be able to eat whatever we...... -
Quick Tips for Healthy Weight Loss pt 1 Here is a handful of quick tips that will help you achieve healthy, natural and permanent weight loss. 1 - Researchers have conducted a study talking about how eating fewer meals may relate to weight loss, and what they found is that people that do not get a healthy breakfast...... - Father's Day Edition of Weekly Roundup I can't stay and write for long. My wife brought my dad out (from all the way across the country) as a surprise on Friday. We're having Father's Day brunch today. What are your plans for Father's Day? Be sure to tell your Dads how much you love them. Wives......
- Roundup August 10th This week from Fitness Health Network: Prevent Lung Disease With These Four Super Foods by Lazy Man and Health says not only are these four foods great for lung diseases but some of the items are extremely helpful when dealing with other diseases as well. 8 Reasons Why Size Matters:......
- Riesling White Wines Wine Food & Wine Home Store
- Coffee & Italian Soda Syrups Food & Wine Home Store
- New South Wales Wine Food & Wine Home Store
- Ribera del Duero Wine Food & Wine Home Store
- Events Real Photo Postcards Collectibles
Categories:
Cravings, Food Journal, Sugar Addiction
Tags:
2 comments ↓
I found it is easier to journal what you are going to be eating the entire day first thing in the morning. That way you have a plan of what to eat and exactly how many calories you will be consuming. Then all you have to do is eat what you planned. If you eat something enexpected, you can make the changes in the journal.
If that does not work, you could also enter the previous night’s dinner into the journal in the morning. This would still let you look back and find out how many calories you are eating day-to-day.
James,
Good ideas!
Writing out a plan of what you will eat for that particular day is a great idea for helping you stay within a calorie range, as well as eat healthy foods.
My goal isn’t specifically focused on calories, though. I’m trying to keep “diet” thoughts out of my head. Focusing on calories would have the tendency to push me into the wrong kind of thinking (i.e.: “Thin!!! I gotta work at staying thin!”). Instead, I want to focus more on eating for health.
The main purpose for me using a food journal is to ultimately get me free from my sugar addicition. I’m using my journal to see the relationship between what I eat and how I feel. I may have to try your second idea – journaling dinner the next morning – if I don’t
note it that evening.
Leave a Comment