food diary

You'd think if you were really hungry and salivating over the last delicious meal you had, you'd be MORE inclined to chow down next time you eat--right? Nope. Not necessarily, if you're a woman.

A long-term weight loss trial undertaken by Kaiser Permanente has shown how using a food diary can double a person's weight loss.

Traditional ways of keeping diet diaries usually involve tracking calories, recording pounds lost or gained, and noting miles run or lengths swum. But if that all sounds too obsessive - or too much like maths homework -why not consider starting your own weight loss blog?

Among the seemingly endless angles and spins on weight loss, creative writer and teacher Julia Cameron has introduced yet another "key" to shedding pounds... writing.

The Writing Diet: Write Yourself Right-Size focuses on using the creative outlet of writing to help break down the emotional issues of overeating. The book raises and tackles some very valid issues about the causes of overeating.

Here are 31 in-depth tips and guides to help you eat right, and maintain (or lose) weight.

Don't forget to look in the comments area of each post - amazing amounts of useful information can be found there.

Many nutritional experts agree that keeping a food diary is critical to weight loss success. A food diary creates a conscious awareness of food intake and eating patterns.

After keeping a diary many people are often surprised at how that "occasional" big dessert turns out to be a regular occurrence.

While some factors such as age or genetics are outside of our control - we can make choices about what foods we eat.

Here are some basic guidelines for keeping a food diary.

New York Magazine has listed the 7-day food diaries of four people in the fashion industry; two models, fashion editor, and producer.

Here are a few examples (enlightening to say the least):

What's it like using a pocket-sized calorie counter?