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08-13-2008 at 2:38 PM
315bride
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Do you keep a food diary?

I have been eating like crap this summer and want to get back on track with some healthy eating.  I'm especially hopeful to get more fruits and veggies into my eating habits.  I used to so good and then I don't know what happened.  Laziness, I guess. I used to use sparkpeople to keep track of my food, but I stopped because I found it tedious to log on, etc (amazing considering I have no problem getting myself to the Nest nearly every day).  I was thinking of reverting to a paper and pencil version. 

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08-13-2008 at 2:45 PM
DG1
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When I'm doing well, I absolutely do keep a food diary.  I even had a rubber stamp made so I could have neat little columns of everything:

time, food, WW points, total cal, fat grams, saturated fat grams,  grams of carbs, grams of fiber, and grams of protein. 

 

Then I'd add it up at the end of the day and figure out what % of calories came from fat/carbs/protein and try to get my ratios close to 20/40/40 (or 20/30/50).  I also had a target of 25g of fiber per day in addition to whatever my WW point limit was at the time. (I'd keep a running balance of available WW flexpoints in the upper right corner.)

Really, it makes a huge difference, even when I'm purely recording stuff instead of trying to hit various targets.  I found www.nutritiondata.com to be very helpful.
 

I know not everyone is as anal about that stuff as I am, but when i record something, I record it.  You should see my exercise and TTC records, too. :)  Whatever you can track would probably be helpful. 
 


 
08-13-2008 at 2:47 PM
bellau26
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Yes I do, I have been doing it for years now. I just right now everything I eat and the calories each food is. Also I put down the proportion.
 
08-13-2008 at 2:52 PM
Mrs_Springbride
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i do, i just started it a few weeks ago, and have already lost 8 lbs.  i do it on excel at work.  dont count calories or anything, just writing down whatever food i shove in my mouth

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08-13-2008 at 2:56 PM
LolaGeek
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I used Sparkpeople for like a year, but like you I quit because it was so much work. Plus, if I was away from home or something, I'd have to keep track of everything and then enter it all in when I got back - a pain.

I switched a while ago to Tweet What You Eat, which works with Twitter to track food, so you can enter the info with your cell phone from anywhere - or you can go onto the web site and enter foods. It doesn't track as much info as Sparkpeople and won't give you graphs or anything, but if you just want to track food/calories and your weight, it's a nice simple way to go.





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08-13-2008 at 2:57 PM
berrysweet
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I use sparkpeople. At first, it was REALLY tedious...but I find that I eat the same 20 or so meals over and over again (or at least really similar meals), so it isn't nearly as tedious to keep track of anymore.

 The thing I really appreciate about sparkpeople is that it tracks carbs, protein, etc...which I was always too lazy to do when I had a paper and pencil food journal.
 

08-13-2008 at 2:58 PM
LolaGeek
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Oh and don't be scared by the fact that it's on Twitter - nobody sees what you're eating, it's sent by direct message to TWYE.




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08-13-2008 at 2:59 PM
315bride
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315bride is not online. Last active: 12-04-2008, 6:23 PMSilver

DG, I am impressed (RE: the customized stamp).

DH and I used to have a recap at the end of the day where we would tell each other what we ate that day.  But I need one step further.  I think I need somewhere between that and DG's method above.


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08-13-2008 at 3:23 PM
barista221
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Yes, I keep one daily, but only because I want to lose weight.  It is sooooo eye openeing for me!  Yikes!
 
08-13-2008 at 3:34 PM
Chrissymarie98
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i used to when i was on ww.

i take mental notes now.


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