Food and Exercise Diaries
Learning about your eating and exercise habits and changing those habits is a gradual process. Start by looking at your current habits.
Keep a food and exercise diary.
Keeping a food diary is the first step in learning about your eating habits. Start by keeping track of everything you eat and drink for a few days. Also note any exercise you do. You will want to continue your food and exercise diary to monitor your progress over time. Studies show that people who keep a food diary do better maintaining weight loss than people who don’t keep a food diary.
Evaluate your diary.
Look back over your food diary and consider:
- Variety — Are you eating from the five food groups?
- Calorie content — Estimate your average calorie intake
- Fat content — Estimate your average fat intake
- Eating habits that lead to overeating
- How often you exercise
Eating habits to consider:
- Portion sizes
- Eating while doing other activities (reading, watching TV)
- Eating for emotional reasons (stress, depression, boredom)
- Eating on the run or in a hurry
Set personal goals.
| My daily calorie goal is: | |
| My daily fat allowance is: | |
| Eating habits I would like to change: | |
| My exercise goal is: |
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