Weight Management: Make Your Own Food Diary

By Shereen Jegtvig, About.com Guide

Updated March 03, 2013

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The first page is a cover page, where you can list your current weight, goal weight and any other health goals you may have.

You're goals could include something like reducing your blood pressure and cholesterol levels. You can also use this space to list exercise goals - it's all up to you. You may also want to record your daily calorie goal, which can be a single number (such as 1,550 calories) or a small range (such as 1,500 to 1,600 calories). If you aren't sure how many calories you should be consuming each day, use my calorie calculator to help you. If your weight loss or gain slows down, you can always adjust your calorie goal up or down in a few weeks.

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• Why Keep a Food Diary?
• Your Starting Weight and Diet Goals
• Keep Track of the Foods You Eat
• Calculate Your Calories

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