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A food journal

A food journal

Because of those problems, we need a tool that can track our food intake.

A food journal is a tool to track what we eat and drink all day long. We could track many foods from appetizers to main courses, and the last desserts.

Food journals also can identify our eating habits. Based on the purpose of a food journal, we can recognize what we are doing as to know our eating habit.

How do we make a good food journal? and If we do it, do a food journal make a great impact for our benefit?

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Elements of Guide to Make a Food Journal

Before we implement these elements, we should make sure about our purpose for using a food journal. For examples:

"I want to know how my eating habits."

"I want to track how much carbs do I intake for a day."

These elements write in questions forms, so we shoul...

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Does a food journal worth it?

Does a food journal worth it?

Yes, it does! 

If we use it effectively we will feel the impact, but if we don’t or we do not have a definite purpose for using this tool, it becomes horrible.

A food journal is just a tool to help people recognize what’s wrong about their body, and try to id...

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Do you overeat while eating both alone or with someone?

Do you overeat while eating both alone or with someone?

If it yes, you would relate of it. 

Overeat would happen if we don't focus what we eat. 

We could be eating while watching TV, reading a book, or when we doing something else while we are eating. 

When we are at the restaurant or party, we see many food with different p...

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The benefits of using a Food Journal

The benefits of using a Food Journal

  1. Why’s : You would recognize there is something wrong with your eating habit. Your 'Why' questions could answer it.
  2. The environments and people can influence you : Everything around you can affect you, even you already try to ignore t...

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Do you overeat while eating both alone or with someone? : Use a Food Journal.

Do you overeat while eating both alone or with someone? : Use a Food Journal.

Food is one of the necessary elements to get the energy to go through our lives. Every human need it.

Why we (human) need food? Of course not only human, every living objects need food. 

Our bodies nee...

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Based on this story, I can found the reason how my eating habit was actually wrong. I don't even realize it.

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