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Take The Journal Challenge

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If you are ready to make huge leaps in losing weight and getting in the best shape of your life, then you must start keeping a fitness journal. It is the best way to keep an accurate account of everything you eat and drink and track your exercise and heart-healthy activities. The day you start keeping a fitness journal is the first day on your way to success. Take the Journal Challenge for 30 days and decide for yourself if what you are doing is working for you.

There’s something powerful about challenging yourself by practicing goal setting. When you follow up that challenge with the accountability of a journal you further your chance for success. As a matter of fact, it has been proven time and again, that people who keep a journal of everything they eat and drink and all of their daily activities have a far greater chance of losing weight than those who do not.

Keeping a journal is not for the faint of heart. It’s for women who aren’t afraid of honesty and hard work. Journaling is best left to those who believe in being accountable, journaling is for women who really want to make a difference.

Journaling is a tool that will bring you closer to your goals. While all forms of journaling are good for the soul, a fitness journal keeps you in check with your physical health. Everything you eat and drink has an impact on your health. Food nourishes the body and the soul. It helps us to stay focused and keeps us from becoming irritable. I know when I am really hungry; I can’t concentrate fully until I eat. But eating on the run can mean trouble for the waistline, that’s why it is important to plan ahead. The best way to plan your meals ahead is by keeping a fitness journal.

Find a convenient place to keep your journal close by so you don’t forget to write down everything you eat and drink. Try not to wait too long to record each meal. It’s easy to forget if you wait until the next meal and try to remember what you ate at the previous one. Be sure to measure or weigh your portions and record exactly how much you eat. The benefit of the journal is to have an accurate account of your food and beverage intake.

Take the journal challenge, keep an account for at least 30 days and see if you can tell a difference. Be honest, stay focused and keep writing your way to a healthier you.

Live Healthier With A Fitness Journal

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A healthy diet and regular exercise are essential parts to a healthy lifestyle. To ensure your diet stays on track and you stay motivated to exercise properly, make the commitment to keep a fitness journal. Writing down everything you eat and what exercise you participate in will keep you accountable for what you did today and challenge you to compete for the next level, tomorrow.

Living healthier is on everyone’s minds today. Healthful eating has become a trend that I hope continues. Making healthy choices about what you eat and making conscious decisions about how much you eat can help you to lose weight permanently. The ideal way to lose weight is to change your habits but make the sort of changes that you can live with. It doesn’t do much good to lose weight by depriving yourself, only to gain it back when you start eating normally.

Eat to live, and enjoy your meals. Learn to make substitutions that have fewer fat calories, sodium or sugar. Expand your menu choices and try new foods. Keep your diet exciting; boring foods can lead to diet failure.

A fitness journal will allow you to see what foods and exercise help you to lose weight and maintain a flattering figure. It will also help you determine what behaviors make you gain weight, too. Record your weight and measurements in the beginning and write down your weight and measurements each week of your fitness program. Do you eat more or less on the weeks that you don’t work out? If so, perhaps your body needs more protein to keep you from getting so hungry. Even if you skip your workout, be sure to record everything that you eat.

Choose a fitness journal that is easy for you to use. If possible, keep your fitness journal with you throughout the day. If carrying around a journal is not acceptable, you can always record your food and activity on your phone and then transfer it to your journal when you get home. I stress the act of writing in a journal as a reinforcement to keep you accountable. If you find it easier to keep track of your daily food and exercise in a digital format, do whatever works best for you.

Live healthier by staying active and eating healthy, stay motivated with the help of your fitness journal. It has worked for so many women; I know it will work for you if you just give it a try.

Journaling: A Simple Solution To Losing Weight

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If you are having problems losing weight and getting in shape, I have a simple solution that has worked time and time again. Keeping a fitness journal is a low-cost way to lose weight because all it takes is a journal that you can write in and a pen to write it all down. Of course you can use a computer or smart phone but the simple act of writing by hand is powerfully motivating and will help you to focus on the goals.

The very act of journaling sends a positive signal to your brain and lets it know that changes are going to take place. Of course your brain is not fond of change. As a matter of fact it prefers the same old, same old. The brain loves a good habit. Habits are easy to follow, don’t expend much energy and just feel comfortable. But habits can make us fat and lazy and when you make up your mind to make positive, healthy changes like losing weight and getting in shape, you’ve got to rewire the brain to replace old nasty habits with healthy, positive ones.

Journaling goes back thousands of years. Writing down goals as a way of achievement has been a successful endeavor for many people, no matter how hard the challenge. Maintaining your journal is easy to do, it just takes commitment. However, if you are committed to losing weight, then you are already halfway there.

A fitness journal is like having an inspiring fitness buddy that you can take with you wherever you go. It is a great way to stay on top of your diet but it also helps to challenge your fitness level. If your workouts are getting boring, you can make new goals and choose new exercises that will work different areas of your body.

You can purchase a journal with pages that can be removed or added or you can just use a composition notebook. In this digital age, you may prefer to use your phone or computer to record what you eat and your fitness achievements. I prefer the old school method of actually taking pen to paper and writing. I enjoy writing and the act of journaling both soothes and energizes me in so many ways.

The wonderful thing about writing down your goals, is reading them later and reflecting on how much hard work, commitment and dedication it takes to achieve the goals that you set for yourself. Begin journaling today and find out how simple it is to lose weight using this timeless method.

The Write Way To Lose Weight

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If you are serious about losing weight and getting fit, I have the secret to help you slim down and shape up permanently. Start your own fitness journal. Journaling is the single most easiest activity to add to your diet and workout plan, and one of the most powerful tools to guarantee success.

It has been proven time and again that people who keep a fitness journal have a far greater chance at successful weight loss than those who do not. Writing is one of the best ways to hold yourself accountable to your goals and your behavior. Don’t keep those thoughts bottled up inside, get out a pen and paper and start writing.

In order to get the most benefit from your fitness journal you must be honest with yourself. Make an entry for each day and write down everything you eat and drink. Everything. After you become accustomed to the accountability and self-scrutiny, you can begin to track your exercise and physical activities that you do each day.

Keeping a journal will help you determine the direction for your diet. You will be able to better understand when you tend to eat more than other times. This can help you to plan your meal times to better suit your hunger needs. Perhaps a bigger breakfast and a smaller lunch, or maybe a bigger lunch and smaller dinner are more suitable to your body. Controlling your portion size is a major factor when you want to manage your weight so be sure to write down the exact amount you are eating.

I find that actually writing with paper and pen work best for me, but you may find that your mobile device or computer are better for storing your data. There is something very personal about actually writing that keeps me accountable but if your online journal works for you, by all means continue with anything you are comfortable with.

Another great thing about journaling is being able to look back and see how far you have come. Especially, at times when there doesn’t seem to be any changes in my body, when I seem to have reached a plateau, I can look back in my journal and see how it was in the beginning or even a few months ago. I even write down new foods that I try and how they taste in the beginning versus how they taste as I begin to add them to my diet, preparing them in different ways.

Your fitness journal is your secret pal to losing weight. It will never judge you, never put you down and always be there to cheer you on and will provide the proof you need to know you have what it takes to be a success.

Take Your Fitness Journal To Your Next Doctor Appointment

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The next time you go to see your doctor, take along your fitness journal. Show your doctor that you care enough about your health and fitness to keep an account of everything you eat and drink and all of your activities. Your doctor will gain much knowledge about you if you share your food and exercise diary. Be sure to include notes about how you feel after exercising and whether or not your diet is satisfying your appetite. Keep a record of your measurements, too.

It’s difficult for your doctor to advise you on health matters if he or she only sees you once or twice a year. By bringing your fitness journal you are making your doctor privy to a complete diary of your daily health.

If you are having difficulty with anything, like leg cramps, headaches, stomach disorders, or heart palpitations, write these things down to talk over with your doctor. It’s not always easy to remember to tell the doctor about occasional disorders, some of these ailments maybe minor but some could be early signs of health troubles. The more your doctor can know about your health the easier it will be for him or her to advise you.

Stress has a way of interfering with our diet, digestion and level of energy. So it’s important to make notations about the way you are feeling too. Illnesses also play a part in our appetite and our ability to perform physically. If you are faced with any difficulties such as these, be sure to record them in your journal.

Your doctor may advise you on diet changes once he has information on what you have been eating. You may be advised to increase your activity or decrease your daily consumption, too. The doctor may have suggestions that can help speed up your weight loss or make it easier to overcome stressed or strained muscles from working out.

Remember, your doctor wants to help you stay healthy. Anything you can do to help your doctor understand your health and lifestyle better will benefit both your doctor and you.

Your fitness journal can be your own private story of your eating habits and your fitness level. Remember, your doctor wants to help you stay healthy. Anything you can do to help your doctor understand your health and lifestyle better will benefit both your doctor and you. As you write your goals each week, you are adding a very fundamental factor to your complete wellness program.