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If you're trying to lose weight this summer to fit into that very special bathing suit, you should consider keeping a food diary. A recent study from the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research shows that maintaining a daily food diary doubles a person's weight loss. This recent discovery comes from one of the largest and longest running weight loss maintenance trials ever conducted.
Since more than two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, the results from this study seem crucial in helping Americans lose weight more easily. It's also worth noting that since African Americans have a higher risk of conditions aggravated by being overweight, including diabetes and heart disease, the research recruited 44 percent of its study participants from the African American community.
While it seems obvious that writing a daily account of our food intake will help us lose weight, we seem to forget it. Now, it's proven to work. I have to admit that on the rare occasions when I've kept a food diary, I was often shocked to see the laundry list of junk food I eat. Have you ever kept a food diary? If so, what were some of the foods you were surprised to see reoccurring in your daily diet?
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7-10-2008 @11:41AM Samme said... I have tried it, alsong with counting out all the calories I eat and keeping up with my exercise. It is one huge exercise in tediousness. End up wasting 30-60 minutes a day keeping that garbage organized. May as well take an extra walk and use that time for something productive.
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7-10-2008 @12:10PM Christie said... I find that the mere act of recording changes what I will eat. So I don't see surprises in the food diary, because I make better choices knowing that I will have to record them.
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7-10-2008 @12:36PM Derrek Leute said... One option to maintain a journal is iScale from All of Zero. It is a health management program for iPhone and iPod Touch.
http://www.allofzero.com/
Check it out!
--Derrek
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7-10-2008 @2:27PM trish said... Weight Watchers has employed this method forever. I've lost weight (and gained it back) twice using this as one of the methods. It is tedious and only works if you're really dedicated to keep up with it. That being said - when the motivation is there I think a food diary helps a lot.
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7-10-2008 @2:56PM Jason Levine said... I agree, trish. I lost about 80 pounds on what I call "unofficial Weight Watchers." (I read up on everything and based my plan heavily on Weight Watchers, but didn't pay for membership or attend meetings.) After I slacked off, I gained some back/lost some/gained some/etc. Right now, I'm still down 55 pounds from my original weight (and plan on losing 20 more pounds).
I've found that keeping a food diary with the points that I used forces me to stick to my food plan and keeps me from having those little snacks that tend to sneak in the calories.
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7-11-2008 @12:32PM amanda claire said... I have found that if you keep a journal on a site like Twitter it is incredibly helpful and more convenient than the old pen and paper route which can remind you of being back in school and feel like a chore.
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7-11-2008 @5:55AM Weight loss said... Simply noting all my instake will not help. Regualr physical activities along with following the right dosage of weight loss medication which are prescription based like Reductil ro Acomplia
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7-14-2008 @11:31AM Grace said... I've been using The Daily Plate - http://www.thedailyplate.com - to record what I eat and what I do for about 6 weeks now and I've found it very helpful. It only takes about 10 minutes a day to record what I eat - there's a huge database of items - and what I do. I have seen results, although I haven't been exercising due to bronchitis for the past 10 days. I highly recommend using a food diary either online or paper.
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7-19-2008 @5:17AM diet don said... Many people focus on what they eat and a food diary is great, but just like previously stated some people end up yo yoing back and forth with the weight. It's great to monitor calories but you need to exercise too. No way around this. I did not learn how to control my weight until I had that extra boost of calorie burning from strength training.
You don't have to do a great amount, just enough to rev up your metabolism and maybe get a bonus of extra muscle to burn even more.
If you don't you just end up being a skinny fat person who will either starve to death or put the weight back on.
http://dietdon.com
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