How to Lose Weight Easier Using Weight Charts and Diet Journals

Little tools can make losing weight easier and serve as great motivation. Whether you are trying to lose weight, gain weight, body build, or body sculpt using a personal weight chart and a diet journal or eating diary can be very helpful in tracking progress as well as providing a record that can be studied to find what works most effectively for your body and chemistry.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Computer
• Internet
• Paper
• Pen, Pencil, or Markers
• Stickers - Motivational
• Notebook or
• Journal or
• Diary

1. Print out a free weight chart, there are many ones available for free online. (Check out the resources)

2. Designate a notebook, journal, or diary as a diet journal or eating diary.

3. It is possible to staple or glue the weight loss chart to the front or back page of the diary. Or the chart can be display somewhere motivational like on the refrigerator or freezer at eye level or in the bathroom above the scale.

4. Keep a pen or pencil with the eating diary at all times to make it easier to record all the meals and snacks eaten, it might be necessary to find a home for the diet journal in the kitchen, on the dining table, or it may need to be carried to and from work in a purse or briefcase.

5. Mark a calendar or daily planner on the dates to weight yourself and mark your chart.

6. Write down all meals, drinks, and snacks in the diet journal or eating diary.

7. Weigh yourself at the planned and scheduled times, writing the results of the weigh in on the chart.

8. Write your weights in your diet journal or eating diary too.

9. When 1 month or several months pass, study the chart to find spots where large weight loss results occurred. Look up the diet for 1 t 2 proceeding the large changes. Consider repeating some of the meals and activities to repeat the results in the future.

10. After several months pass, re-evaluate the diet journal or eating diary and weight chart again. Look for the most positive results and the best months. Repeat the diet and activities for the best month for a customized weight loss plan that works best for you.

Tips & Warnings

• Write down ALL snacks and drinks, even EACH glass of water.
• Write down how many servings or approximate serving sizes 1 cup of soup or 4 grape tomatoes, etc.
• Use motivational stickers - GREAT JOB! or FANTASTIC! - in your diet journal or eating diary as well as your weight loss chart to highlight progress as well as the tastiest meals.
• Consider enlisting the help and encouragement of a weight loss buddy, fitness instructor, or life coach to provide steady encouragement while trying to lose weight, gain weight, build muscle, or tone the body.
• Always seek the guidance and advice of a qualified physician before embarking on a new diet or weight loss plan.

Resources

• FREE Professional Stock Photos for eHow Articles or Projects for Kids
• How to Lose Weight Using Healthy Snacks
• How to Make a Healthy Snack Tray to Help You Lose Weight
• How to Make a Healthy Dill Dip to Help Lose Weight - Great for Chips or Veggies
• How to Make a Nutritious Cup of Coffee - that provides essential vitamins and nutrients
• How to Stay Well Hydrated - Simple Easy Tips That Work
• How to Eat Healthier to Extend Your Life
• How to Get a Lean Celebrity Body - Eating Secrets That Work
• How to Improve Your Looks as You Write eHow Articles or Spend Time on the Computer or Internet
• How to Get a Lean Celebrity Body - Eating Secrets That Work
• Health, Fitness, Fashion, and Green Articles by Heather Inks
• Convenient One Page List of Heather Inks' eHow Articles
• Free Weight Loss Chart Software
• Excel Weight Chart and Other Charts
• Chart Your Weight with Skinnyr
• Free PDF Weight Loss Charts and Weight Loss Logs

[heatherinks]

on 9/8/2009 Lose weight with the help of FREE charts and journals. God bless.

[tlooney]

on 6/21/2009 Awsome

[bnparty]

on 6/18/2009 Great ideas!