{"id":7840,"date":"2010-10-18T22:10:12","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T04:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/?p=7840"},"modified":"2011-02-10T12:47:17","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T18:47:17","slug":"food-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/2010\/10\/18\/food-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Journal Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2><a title=\"quick fitness tips amymac book\" href=\"http:\/\/fittip.me\/9IbNzP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"fitness book\" src=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/NEW-BOOK-PROMO.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>\u2026 only 13 days until the book release!<\/h2>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<h1>FOOD JOURNAL<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"diet journal\" href=\"http:\/\/fittip.me\/deS9IK\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7841\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"diet journal\" src=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/food-journal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>Are you struggling with your diet or can\u2019t figure out why you\u2019re not losing weight? \u00a0You may need to get a better handle on your eating habits by becoming more aware of your tendencies. \u00a0The best way to do this is to keep a food journal.<\/p>\n<p>Tracking your eating habits will allow you to better observe your food choices and to monitor your portions and snacking. \u00a0You should also try to note anything that may affect your food choices or intake, such as your gym routine, mood changes, stress levels, or work schedule.<\/p>\n<p>You may be surprised by the findings: \u00a0You may find that you\u2019re snacking more than you thought; that you crave coffee at 10:30 every morning; or, that you eat Thai food when you\u2019re stressed. \u00a0Learning things like this can be time consuming, but it will also raise your awareness.<\/p>\n<p>Try keeping a log for seven to ten days to start. \u00a0Be honest with yourself and mark down everything; that includes drinks, gum and mints.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/counters.gigya.com\/wildfire\/IMP\/CXNID=2000002.0NXC\/bT*xJmx*PTEyODgxMzI1NTY*NDAmcHQ9MTI4ODEzMjYyMzMwNSZwPTQ*MTQ*MiZkPSZnPTImbz*4ZDI2NzBhZDI2Mjk*NjVmYmE4\/NmJhMDY4ZDJhOGFmOCZvZj*w.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" \/><object id=\"MevioWM\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"align\" value=\"middle\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"never\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"distribConfig=http:\/\/www.mevio.com\/widgets\/configFiles\/distribconfig_mwm_pcw_default.php?r=3705023&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;container=false&amp;rssFeed=\/%3FsId=277%26sMediaId=8066970%26format=json&amp;playerIdleEnabled=false&amp;fwSiteSection=DistribGeneric\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/ui.mevio.com\/widgets\/mwm\/MevioWM.swf?r=3705023 \" \/><param name=\"name\" value=\"MevioWM\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"distribConfig=http:\/\/www.mevio.com\/widgets\/configFiles\/distribconfig_mwm_pcw_default.php?r=3705023&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;container=false&amp;rssFeed=\/%3FsId=277%26sMediaId=8066970%26format=json&amp;playerIdleEnabled=false&amp;fwSiteSection=DistribGeneric\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed id=\"MevioWM\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" src=\"http:\/\/ui.mevio.com\/widgets\/mwm\/MevioWM.swf?r=3705023 \" name=\"MevioWM\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" flashvars=\"distribConfig=http:\/\/www.mevio.com\/widgets\/configFiles\/distribconfig_mwm_pcw_default.php?r=3705023&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;container=false&amp;rssFeed=\/%3FsId=277%26sMediaId=8066970%26format=json&amp;playerIdleEnabled=false&amp;fwSiteSection=DistribGeneric\" quality=\"high\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"never\" align=\"middle\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>===<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><em><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Amy Mac\u2019s 2nd book<\/span><strong> <a title=\"fitness book\" href=\"http:\/\/fittip.me\/93klWT\">Fitness Made Too Easy<\/a><\/strong><strong> <\/strong><\/em>is going to be released on Halloween 2010! \u00a0That\u2019s right,\u00a0<strong>10\/31\/10<\/strong>! It will feature 101 easy tips to help you live a healthy and fit life! 91 of those tips will be released right here, starting today and going through the launch date. The last 10 tips are EXCLUSIVE to the book so if you want them, you\u2019ll have to buy the book! We are also working on lots of bonus material to overload the book!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">**<a title=\"fitness tip book\" href=\"http:\/\/fittip.me\/cywEno\">Pre-order the book now!<\/a>**<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"free health and fitness tips\" href=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/\"><em>WithAmyMac.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026 only 13 days until the book release! === FOOD JOURNAL Are you struggling with your diet or can\u2019t figure out why you\u2019re not losing weight? \u00a0You may need to get a better handle on your eating habits by becoming more aware of your tendencies. \u00a0The best way to do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,37,1],"tags":[20,1324,23,9,1039,225,1323,8,93,312,11,1317,1162,21],"class_list":["post-7840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-episodes","category-fitness-attack-episodes","category-news","tag-amy-mac","tag-diet-journal","tag-fit-life","tag-fitness","tag-fitness-attack-book","tag-fitness-tips","tag-food-journal","tag-health","tag-health-and-fitness","tag-lose-weight","tag-nutrition","tag-self-help","tag-weight-loss-tips","tag-withamymac"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7840\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}