According to WebMD, a recent studied showed that dieters who kept a food journal and wrote down everything they ate, lost twice as much weight as dieters who did not.
Keeping a food journal is a simple way to help yourself out when your trying to loose weight. It's simple: if you bite it, write it. Often times we eat more than we realize and recording what goes into our mouths makes us more aware of exactly how many calories (or fat or whatever else you are counting) that you are actually getting.
I first started recording what I ate when I was dieting after the birth of my first son. Back then I wrote everything down on paper and looked up the calorie count. Then I had to add it all up at the end of the day. It was tedious, and eventually I stopped doing it.
There's a much easier, more convenient way to keep a food journal. And it's free! (Remember the goal is to loose weight without spending any extra money.) With www.myfitnesspal.com you can record your food intake online or on an app on your smartphone or tablet. Or all three through out the day. It is available for IOS and Android. This is starting to sound like a commercial, but it's not. I'm really excited that I don't have to write everything down any more. :)
The app and website are pain-free. Simple click "add food," click the meal you want to add to (breakfast, lunch, dinner or snack) and search the food you have eaten. There's a large data base full of common foods including name brand packaged food. If you can't find what you've eaten, you can add it.This website/app also doubles as a weight tracker. Enter your weight after every weigh in and see your results in chart form. Very motivating.
Another feature that I like is that you can add friends how are also using myfitnesspal and share your results. Weight loss becomes easier with encouragement from friends!
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