food diary - have you?

I use to keep a food diary, which did help me keep track of how much food I was consuming each day. The real problem was remembering to list everything I ate when I was out to dinner or at a friends house. I did lose weight and have kept the weight off.

is it funny and significant?? i'm a lazy girl!i don't like to keep a dairy of everthings about my life.beacuse of i'm afraid to know that someone have read the contents.and talk to everybody what i have written down and laught at me .i want to recall the happy time when i am siting on the desk and someone remind me of the old days !i think it is funny!

ive never heard of this but it does seem a good idea if you are wanting to keep a check on your food intake, for example.

this is where i have failed in all respects. i never keep any diary nor any journal where i jot down whatever important event had taken place in my life. i have just learned that i have lost so much for being like this. a doctor once asked me if i kept the records of my son who got afflicted with leukemia and who has miraculously recovered from his illness at a time when the doctors had given up on him. the doctors only gave him then at the height of his illness less than a week more to live. now, he survives and the doctor says he has recuperated well and the nerves, bones and muscles shall have to be attuned through the services of a good therapist. a doctor approached me and asked me if i had kept records of how the medical treatment of my son went through and what were he taking that led to his getting well. i felt so sorry that i cannot present any medical record nor how i went through about during those years. i can remember though the important parts yet, my son sometimes corrects me. he would tell me that i am remiss on some points. good gracious, i never had any idea that my son's having survived through the kind of care that i gave him would spell a lot of difference to so many people.

I have in the past. It really ups your awareness of what you consume. Sometimes we don't realize things. Its also good to write down behaviours and thought patterns around the food to figure out any patterns. This is a really good topic - good for you for clearly defining what a food diary is for those who don't know. I want to start a gratefullness diary-lists of things I'm grateful for each day. I love the idea of your prayer journal - so unique - and so wonderful that they were answered and you recorded the day they were fufilled. I believe in the power of prayer. Sometimes our prayers our fufilled in ways we wouldn't expect. Sometimes we get it in ways we really need rather then what would we want. Anyway great topic rouwel23!

Hi rouwel Congrats on reaching 500 posts. Keep going. Have a nice time.

Food diary ? Well, to be honest this the first time I heard people use food diary to keep track of the calorie intake and I can see why it is good idea if you are on a diet but then again it is better to just avoid food that are high calorie and eat more vegetables . I personally think that it too troublesome to keep track every single bite that you put into your mouth. If you want to be healthy just do exercise regularly and eat healthily.

I keep a food diary, as I'm on a healthy eating and exercise plan to help me lose weight. I use fitday.com, which is absolutely brilliant. It has thousands of foods on the website so you don't have to faff around figuring out calories. I find it is really useful and helps me keep track of my eating habits. It also lets me put in my exercise so I can make sure I'm burning more than I'm consuming. x

I dont keep a food diary, but im thinking about starting one. I dont really know what good it does, but i think it would make me feel like im in control of what im eating. Almost like if i write it down than ill try and eat less. I dont know. But its a good idea.

I used to have one a couple years ago. I kept gaining weight and couldnt seem to figure out the problem. It helped me notice i was over eating and it helped me take some of the weight off. I dont do it anymore. I am much healthier then i was before. Hopefully i can take the weight off after i have my baby. =)

hello rouwel23,I used to keep a food diary to watch my weight but now I'm just too busy not eating & doing something else.But since you asked,I had chicken,murtabak,shellfish,an apple,yogurt,chocolate milk yesterday.I'm fasting the whole day today cos it's Ramadhan!

Hello rouwel23, I have known about food diary for a long time but I don't have one. I guess I just don't want to keep track of what and how much I am eating, and be shocked of what I'll see. LOLz :-) I think its a good idea to have one specially if you want to monitor you diet and health. This way you can keep track of what and how much your are supposed to eat. It helps also that you won't need much time to think what to eat or order when your going to have a meal. :-)