Food Journaling

Did you know by writing down what you eat each day can help you see how much you are eating?  A study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine in July of 2008 shows that keeping a food diary may help you lose TWICE as much weight.

Click here for a printable worksheet to track your grains, fruits, veggies, movement and more!

At each meal, just grab a piece of paper and pencil and write what you plan to eat or what you have already eaten. This makes it easy to see if you ate your fruits and veggies! Food journaling also helps you keep yourself in check and helps you to set goals and goal setting is important because it helps you stay motivated.

Click here for a printable worksheet to help you stay focused and motivated! Fill in each day with what you ate at each meal.

Try setting a goal for yourself. It could be that you want to eat a fruit or veggie at every meal, or that you want to drink 2 glasses of water at every meal. Whatever your goal is, help reach it by writing down the food you eat to see if you have reached your goal by the end of the week!

Some websites for the older kids to help journal are Spark People or My Calorie Counter . These websites list calories and other nutritional information to help you track your food, or, for the younger kids, you can click here and print out this worksheet.
Good Luck!