One of the biggest changes I've made in the past six weeks is the journaling aspect of losing weight. At the beginning of this program I was supposed to write down every single thing I put in my mouth for one day. That included "tastes," gum, mints, etc. Anything that went in had to be charted. I was floored. By calorizing it I found that I take in about 500 wasted (waisted??!!Heehee) calories a day just by knoshing, tasting, and snacking unconsciously. That's 3500 extra calories a week or an entire pound of not needed fat.
Writing down everything you eat, when you eat it and how you feel when you eat it ( starving, bored, etc) has made a huge difference in sticking to my goal of weight loss and this program. And that's actually part 3 of Ferguson's reasons why people fail at diets. We lose track of stuff during our busy days, and even our not busy ones. I realized I eat more junk and snack unconsciously when I am home on the weekends. Part of this is boredom but a big part is because the food is so easily available and ready for me to eat. It's so easy to just go to the pantry and grab something lousy/snacky to eat. Bringing food with me to work everyday has helped tremendously is avoiding my buying crappy food when I am hungry. And writing it all down has definitely made a difference in how and what I eat.
The results are speaking for themselves, just look to the left of this page!!
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