You have been waiting to hear these words for years...or at least as long the zipper on your tight-fit jeans hasn't budged. The key to weight loss success! It's not a shake, a supplement, or an exercise gizmo. You have it already, right at your finger tips.

Date:   12/29/2009 11:20:42 PM ( 15 y ago)

You have been waiting to hear these words for years...or at least as long the zipper on your tight-fit jeans hasn't budged. The key to weight loss success! It's not a shake, a supplement, or an exercise gizmo. You have it already, right at your finger tips.

And that is to keep a food diary. Yes, it takes some time to note everything consumed during the day, but this in itself can curtail overeating and be vital for self-assessment and monitoring.  Today, it is easier than ever with computer and mobile tools such as LifeMojo's Diet Tracker.  A few clicks, and your results are known immediately!

Studies show that people who keep food journals lose more weight and keep more of that weight off in the long run. A recent study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that dieters who tracked their food intake in a "food diary" lost twice as much weight as those who didn't track their food.

This is why the Diet Tracker plays such a key role in diet programs on LifeMojo. It gives you a proven, fighting chance. If you're not yet a Diet Tracker user, try it out for a few days and see if it helps you make better choices, too.

Why keep a food journal?

• Tracking the food we consume forces us to take responsibility for our food choices. It shows what we're really eating.
• An accurate food journal helps us see eating patterns, giving us insight into when and why we eat.
• Monitoring the foods we eat helps us estimate calorie intake, so we can make adjustments, by eating less or exercising more.

If you're beginning a program to change your habits, you may want to start with a baseline food journal that keeps track of a "typical" week of food choices and exercise. This way, you'll have a better handle on what you need to work on-- problem times or situations, circumstances that make it difficult to eat healthy, and so on. The level of detail you record depends on your goals, but a couple of things to jot down include:

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