When managing your weight do you ever track your food?
June 4, 2022
It’s a controversial topic and not recommended for all but in my personal and professional experience it’s a very valuable exercise in increasing our understanding of what we’re eating, whether we’re following a well known programme or not.
Why?
Let’s take the emotion out of it and look at it objectively…
So why should this be any different? If we know we have a tendency to eat more than what we need, then knowing how much we’re eating is vital to our decision-making.
One of my clients who had previously avoided doing it, recently described it as revolutionary in their approach to weight loss and finally feels in healthy control of managing their weight.
They realised that even though they had been following the principles of a well known programme, they were still eating too much.
Not anymore!
A few words about ‘cheat’ days.
‘Cheat’ days on certain well known programmes can easily be the undoing of our progress. I’m often not surprised that people are not losing the weight they think they should be, when they tell me what they’ve been having at the weekends or on ‘cheat’ days.
Cheat days are exactly that…. they’re cheating you out of your progress! By all means have a treat, but know how much you’re having and what the impact will be. Tracking will help enormously because you will learn how much of a treat you can have to still be able to reach your goals.
If you want some help with learning how to track your food there are many Apps available that make the process much easier and quicker. Just search the App Store or Google Play. Some of them have free versions.
Tracking doesn’t have to be a chore. It’s only a chore if we choose to see it that way.
Personally I see it as a liberation. It’s not just for losing weight but is incredibly helpful for maintaining as well. We tend to regain weight when we take our eye off the ball.
I don’t track all the time but if ever I feel things are slipping I go straight back to it for a few days and can easily identify where extra calories have been creeping in, calories that I don’t need, and make some simple changes before things have the chance to get out of hand.
What do you think? Let me know.
Claire x
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