A Surefire Way to Stick to a Diet
There are a ton of fad diets and dubious weight-loss products promising you will lose weight.
They might even work. Who knows? The problem with most of us is not going on a diet. One of my friends goes on a diet almost every day until dinner when he hits his favorite diner for a monster burger and batter-dipped fries.
The problem is sticking to a diet.
Today, I’ll show you a way that will significantly improve your chances of sticking to a diet.
Here goes:
Start a food journal.
A food journal is a great way to keep track of your calories. And the best part is that there are a lot of free programs on the web that will tell you about nutrition information and break down the carb-protein-fat content of your food if you’re so inclined to go into detail.
The main part of any diet is the old maxim: burn more calories than you take in and you’ll lose weight.
A food journal lets you keep track of the calories you take in and burn.
But to make it successful, I’ll give you three tips:
1. OVER-estimate calories.
Sometimes you are not sure if you had 1 serving or 2 servings. Write 2 in your food journal. It’s better to over-estimate than under-estimate. Under-estimating can give you an excuse to eat more than you normally would. As an addendum to this, don’t over-estimate the times you exercise (some online journals will allow you to note activities to see how many calories are burned)
2. Write down calories in beverages
Yep. Coke has calories. Put sugar in tea? Better write it down. We take in more calories from beverages than we’d care to admit (I never realized how many calories I took in from that ice cold beer!)
3. Note the times you eat
Do you eat like a bird in the morning and binge at night? Take note of these things so you can more carefully space out your meals.
I found that while a food journal is not a way to lose weight, it is a powerful tool to help you. It can hold you accountable and help you identify what kinds of foods are giving you the most calories.
A couple of decent online food journals I’ve used are:
www.fitday.com
www.calorie-count.com
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