Maintaining Your Weight Using a Diet Journal

How to safely maintain your new weight.

Writing can be good for the soul - and for Weight Maintenance as well!  Grab your favorite pen - the one with the yellow-headed troll bouncing on the top. That's right.

Next, dig out some chocolate-scented paper and let's get that roller ball working to help you maintain your weight loss.

I've always recommended that people keep a personal journal to make note of certain health problems that have impacted their lives over the years.  For example, whenever a person gets the flu, or a side ache, or a toothache - it's wise to keep a record of these events.  

Your doctor would certainly benefit from your medical journal.  A recurring toothache can indicate an ear-related problem or a sinus problem, or even head-related trauma rather than an existing tooth problem (my, that's a lot of problems!).  And it's very hard as time goes by to remember those prior surgery dates.  

Your Weight Maintenance Journal can be helpful in jotting down your day-to-day eating experiences.  Through this adventure you may even discover that you are allergic to certain foods, such as strawberries.

In addition, you will be able to quickly identify foods that don't agree with your digestive system.  Most importantly, this tool will assist you in maintaining your weight because it simply 'tracks' what you eat, what you weigh, and other notes relating to your Weight Maintenance Journey.  And you can view everything in a capsule.  

So as you can see, the diet journal comes with many positives.

Your journal, or diary, might contain any of the following: