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Food Journaling -helpful tip

bethlaf
Posts: 954 Member
Ok - so a helpful tip for me, something that really helps,for me
this is not good for anyone with major guilt issues about food .
I like to once in a while go back and pick a week - preferably a week that i didn't lose, print it out and take a highlighter, look at foods that might have impacted that loss.
WHY? - well for me I tend to be a take each day as it comes person , so by printing out a "hard copy" of a weeks food and exercise logs, then I can look through and at a neutral time analyze what is there, data to me is very UN emotional while my relationship with food is VERY emotional.
So for me, to see this report its kind of like a payroll report on how I am doing, I can look and see strengths and weaknesses , and it works to take that emotional factor out.
this is not good for anyone with major guilt issues about food .
I like to once in a while go back and pick a week - preferably a week that i didn't lose, print it out and take a highlighter, look at foods that might have impacted that loss.
WHY? - well for me I tend to be a take each day as it comes person , so by printing out a "hard copy" of a weeks food and exercise logs, then I can look through and at a neutral time analyze what is there, data to me is very UN emotional while my relationship with food is VERY emotional.
So for me, to see this report its kind of like a payroll report on how I am doing, I can look and see strengths and weaknesses , and it works to take that emotional factor out.
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That is a really good idea!0
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That would make me neurotic and start down a dark path of demonizing foods for me. If I didn't lose last week, it was probably me not being in a deficit, water retention, TOM. I guess my approach is live and don't look back.0
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Do what works for you. It's great that MFP has these different features.0
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