Fitness Journals Take The Guesswork Out of Dieting

Many women who have successfully lost weight and kept it off have attributed a lot of their success to keeping a fitness journal. It can make or break your training progress. Not only does it help to keep you accountable, a fitness journal also helps to improve discipline and perseverance. Keeping track of your exercise, in particular, helps it to become a routine.

Logging in your food intake each day, helps to organize your meals and monitors your intake daily. You can determine the amount you are eating and whether you are getting the nutrients needed for your body. When consuming calories, you want to make sure you are getting the most “bang for your buck.” In other words, will the food you eat provide the energy you need without excess fat storage?

Keeping a fitness journal will take the guesswork out of dieting. Fitness journals make it easier to diet; it’s a wonder that everyone is not journaling on a regular basis. It doesn’t take that much time, and it adds an extra layer to your diet and fitness program.

It generally takes me about 2 minutes after each meal to update my food log. I write in my exercise routines after my workout, taking about a minute or two, more. Certainly, you can dedicate an extra 10 minutes per day to improve your focus and invest in your fitness program.

For times when you might not be seeing the results of your efforts as quickly as you like, your fitness journal can provide you with the boost you need to keep you working towards your goals. By comparing where you were last month or last week to where you are today, will help you to realize just how far you have come. Remember, fitness is a life-style with benefits that will last a life-time.
Keeping a fitness journal helps to determine your exercise patterns. If you have been struggling with a mixed workout schedule, you can look back through your journal and see what times have proven more successful. Do you have a better workout in the morning or in the afternoon?
You can nip complacency in the butt with your fitness journal. If you find yourself losing interest in exercising and making excuses not to work out, you can use your fitness journal to create a plan for better consistency.
Use your journal to determine your emotions. Different types of exercise can affect the way you feel. You may notice that each time you do a particular type of workout you end up feeling elated for the rest of the day. Finding what works best for you is the key to prolonged success.