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- Keep a food, thoughts and activity diary.
- Use an easy to carry notebook and jot things down over the day.
- List the time and what you ate, where you were.
- Also note any activity you do.
- Keeping a food and activity diary takes practice, so don’t worry if it takes a while to get into the habit.
- Try to be honest with yourself. The main purpose of the diary is for you to become aware of the foods you eat and your activity patterns. This helps you to think about areas you might wish to change and how you might achieve it.
- Once you start to make changes you can use the diary to monitor your progress.
- Keeping a food diary does take commitment but it is clear that people who keep some form of diary are the ones who do best.
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Time |
Food Eaten |
Amount |
Place |
Comment |
Activity |
| 8 am |
Tea |
1 cup |
Kitchen |
In a rush |
Walk to work
(20 minutes) |
| 10 am |
Tea & Scone |
1 scone & butter |
Desk at work |
Hungry |
|
| 12.30 PM |
Cheese sandwich
Crisps
Diet Coke |
2 slices bread
1 packet
1 can |
Coffee room at work |
|
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| 3 pm |
Tea
Chocolate cake |
1 cup
1 slice |
Desk |
Colleague's birthday |
Walk home (20 mins) |
| 8 pm |
Chinese Takeaway |
Chop Suey & Rice for 1 |
Lounge
watching tv |
Too tired to cook |
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