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Tracking Your Food – {Get Motivated Mondays}

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Hello everyone!  Did you all have a great weekend?  It was beautiful weather!  We enjoyed a nice night away for our anniversary.  We got our room on Priceline and stayed in a nice 3.5 star hotel.  We did some fun shopping for clothes and shoes, we went to a movie and out to our favorite restaurant, Texas Roadhouse.  If you enjoy eating ribs, Texas Roadhouse has THE BEST fall off the bone ribs EVER!  There is absolutely no fat and they are full of meat.  They’re amazing.  I used to think I wanted something else, but then I’d taste my husband’s ribs and now we just split a full rack of ribs meal. They are delicious!  If you sign up for their E-club, they give you a free appetizer on your next visit.  Anyway, I’m supposed to be talking about tracking your food, not making your mouth water, right?!  LOL

I did manage to get to Aldi on our trip away and came home with something healthy!
Gotta love $1 pineapples and 4 pound bags of oranges for $1.49!  My family will be eating this up quickly!
If I could just exercise in order to lose weight, I’d be doing A-OK.  I managed to exercise 5 times last week and am feeling so strong compared to when I began, but the scale isn’t budging much.  I’m debating about beginning to track my food.  I really hate having to think through what to eat when I’m dieting.  I think that’s why I keep putting it off.  I could write it all down on paper, but I’m probably going to try using an online program.  I used Weight Watchers Online once.  It was really nice to use.  It was motivating to get to click on a box that I drank my water or ate my veggies or exercised.   I was challenged to stay within my points allotment.  However, I’m not sure I want to pay.  I’ve heard good things about My Fitness Pal and Spark People and Fit Day which are all free.  Have any of you used any of these programs before?  Tell me what you like or dislike about them, if you don’t mind!
Why Should I Keep Track of Food and/or Keep a Food Diary?
  • I will see exactly how much I’m eating (and I’m often surprised by that when I see it in writing).
  • I can see what my problem area is and what I’m overeating and what I need more of.
  • I can see what my problem time of day is and when I should plan a healthy snack
  • I can take note of if I’m doing any emotional eating
  • It is motivating to see my progress.  If I see a gain, I can track what I ate and what likely caused that gain.
  • I am more likely to lose more weight, as cited in this study.
Any other reasons that I’m missing?
Next Monday, for Get Motivated Mondays, I’m looking forward to sharing an interview from an online friend of mine who has lost some mega inches in one month of doing T-tapp!  She’s doing amazing!
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