If you ever feel as if you aren’t progressing in your long-term goals, keeping a journal will show you evidence of your hard work. You will be surprised at how much you have achieved since you first started your workout plan. It’s often easy to forget the level we were working from when we began.
When you are serious about your fitness goals it is just logical to keep a journal. You can record your level when you start and what you are working to achieve. Whether you want to lose weight or build an exercise program to fit your needs, keeping a journal is the key to your success.
It has been proven time and again that people who keep a fitness journal stick to their diet and exercise plans and have a much better chance of reaching and maintaining their goals than those people who don’t. Journaling is one of the simplest and most reliable tools you can use.
For best results, keep a journal nearby to record your food and beverage intake. Be sure to log in everything that you consume. This will help you monitor many things including caloric intake, hungry times throughout the day, nutritional value of your meals and homemade versus dining out/delivery/take-out. While it’s not impossible to stick to your diet plan when eating out, logging your meals in your journal will make you aware of the foods you eat and keep you accountable for your success.
Journaling allows you to make short-term as well as long-term fitness goals. I have found that making monthly, weekly and daily exercise goals keeps me focused and I am less likely to stray off path than if I just make longer term goals. Every day is a chance to succeed; if I fall short one day, I can rejoice in the knowledge that I have succeeded before and will do so again. My journal is proof that I have achieved much and am dedicated to my own success.
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