A weight loss journal can be your most valuable weight loss tool — many studies have proven a weight loss journal’s worth.
One study, conducted over a three-year period by Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health Research, showed that those who kept regular food records tended to lose twice weight as those who did not. The findings were reported in the American Journal for Preventive Medicine and seemed to indicate that the very thought of having to write down everything you eat may help you eat fewer calories and eat healthier food.
In the study, 1,685 people were instructed in keeping a food diary and encouraged in such weight-loss issues as healthy eating and exercise. They met weekly to get tips on portion control and other matters. At the end of six months, those who wrote down complete food records six days a week lost twice as much as those who only recorded that information once a week. On average everyone lost 13 pounds.
A weight loss journal is simply a diary of your weight-loss efforts. It can be as a simple as some scribbled jottings on a notepad, a scientifically noted log of every statistic or a full-blown journal of your thoughts and feelings during your weight loss effort. Or it can be any combination of these.
So if you haven’t started a weight loss journal, start one today.
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