As many of you know, I have struggled with my weight for a long time. Not only do I love food, but I also have PCOS which helps weight gain and hinders weight loss. I have tried to do a few different weight loss plans, but none of them have really worked. I like variety and I love, I mean L-O-V-E, love food. So, I haven’t been successful in the long term and it is frustrating. I was reading an article in Women’s Health and it talked about keeping a food journal. And how those who keep a food journal tend to be more successful than those who don’t for long term success. I really want to make a change and lose weight, but I want the change to be forever. I also want to feel like I can eat without feeling guilty. I have tried (not fully committed) in the past to keep track of what I ate. But writing food down on paper was hard, as I would often lose it and then I would have to look up what I ate in a book or online and it was very time consuming and then I would really just give up. Well, I am in love with My Food Dairy. It really makes things easy and it does all the math for you. It tells you at the end of each day when you will reach your ultimate goal and a few intermediate goals. It breaks down carbs, protein, fat, vitamins, etc. It highlights what was good and what was bad. It tells you what percentage of your calories come from the aforementioned categories. It really is awesome and it is online and I can access the site from any computer. That makes it so easy.
Back to the title of this post…I was eating way to fucking much food. OMG! No wonder I couldn’t lose any weight. It was so interesting to me to see how much I was really eating. It is insane and now I am armed with a tool that will allow me to hopefully finally be successful. The program holds me accountable and I hate to see frowns–it gives you smiley faces for good and frowns for bad. Amazing how something so insignificant is enough to make this overachiever work hard so the computer isn’t frowning at me.
Oh yeah! If I keep it up I get an iphone so it will be easier for me to track my food all the time. How awesome is that? Talk about incentive.
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Oh, I need to check that website out!! I agree with you, the writing what you eat down is HUGE. My OB makes me do it so she can be sure I’m eating properly and it’s really embarassing to mumble something bad you ate at the visits…another thing I’ve realized since being pregnant–lack of alcohol in my life=good (I lost 10 pounds in my First Trimester and was eating a LOT..whoops..lay off the booze after the pregnancy, kiddo); 5 small meals=good (again, never hungry, much easier to eat healthy, lost weight); and (the easiest) eating off a salad plate. Hubby eats way more than me (as he should), and us eating off the same size plate wasn’t helping my perception of what was “enough.” Let’s hope all these little tricks help me to take off the lbs after the baby comes…cuz my mom is still blaming me for her weight gain…30 years later. Yikes!
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Wow, an Iphone. That is a good incentive. I’ve been really really wanting to start running (okay, walking) but haven’t been able to think of an incentive that I really want (can afford). Therefore…no walking! I would definitely hit the treadmill for an Iphone! BTW, are you coming to our get together in January (at my messy house?)
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