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Keep Track of the Foods You Eat With Your Food Diary Daily Pages

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Use these food diary pages to keep track of all the foods you eat and the beverages you drink each day. Print or copy a set of these two food diary pages (I have different versions of these pages) for each day. The standard pages have room to record your calories and other information. For example, you may want to monitor the number of calories you eat and the grams of carbohydrates you take in. The comprehensive food diary pages have spaces for calories, fats, carbs, proteins and fiber built in. These pages will help you track more information; however, it also requires a little more work on your part. In either case, the USDA Nutrient Data Base has all the nutrition information you need to fill out your food diary pages. At the end of each day, there is a space to total your calories and review your servings of fruits and vegetables, proteins, whole grains, fats and beverages, so you will know if you are getting enough foods from all the food groups.

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