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Post by bbbearsmom on Mar 14, 2024 23:30:01 GMT
BBR Chapter 7 Week 3
Day 15 – Monitor Your Eating
Beck wants us to monitor our eating because:
It helps you remain accountable for what you eat. It helps you strengthen your motivation by having an opportunity to give yourself credit for eating according to your plan. It helps to build your confidence because you focus on how well you are following the plan you begin to believe you can stay on a diet. It helps you recognize and solve problems. When you review your eating plan each day you can see if you strayed from your eating plan and why and you can figure out how to fix the problem in the future.
To monitor you eating she says to:
Follow your food plan that you’ve made. Monitor you eating by noting* what you’ve eaten on your food plan. Give yourself credit every single time you stick to your food plan. Respond to sabotaging thoughts if you eat something you shouldn’t.
(*) How to make notes on your food plan:
Put a check mark next to the things you ate that were written on your plan. Cross out anything you had planned on eating but didn’t. Circle any food that you ate too much of and write down and circle any food you ate that you hadn’t planned on eating. Make the notes right after you eat so you don’t forget what you ate.
How do you keep track of what you eat?
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Post by bbbearsmom on Mar 14, 2024 23:31:24 GMT
I track calories on My Fitness Pal and points on the WW app on my smart phone. I enjoy knowing my calories too. I've been struggling with my tracking lately but I'm working on it.
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Post by cathygeha on Mar 15, 2024 8:06:11 GMT
How do you keep track of what you eat?
I track on the Healthi App and also on paper with pen in hardcover agenda. I include exercise, points, etc
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Post by ermabom on Mar 15, 2024 12:10:19 GMT
I keep a food log when my head is in the right place. Right now, it isn't due to a lot of stuff happening at home. I'll get back to it soon.
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Post by susan092907 on Mar 15, 2024 13:32:50 GMT
I track on MFP. When I preplan for the day, I mostly stick to what I've planned. But it's easy to add or delete things if I need or want to change things up. If I don't preplan for the day, I add things in as I eat them, but I still try to look at the day overall in terms of my specific macro and certain micro nutrients. I'm very focused on these for health reasons.
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Post by lani on Mar 15, 2024 14:01:29 GMT
I'm strictly pen and paper. I have seen a couple of studies that indicate physically writing something down vs. entering it into a device establishes a stronger connection with your brain.
I only track calories, match them to each meal plan that I've made for the day, check them off, or amend if the total varies from the plan.
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Post by hpeterson1951 on Mar 15, 2024 14:24:15 GMT
I use Healthi now. I did paper and pen for years and I loved it. I even made some of my own journals when WW went to strictly digital.
I saw one the other day and thought about getting it out.
The app is more convenient, but paper allows me to write notes.
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