Food Diary

When it comes up in conversation that my degree is in Nutrition, the next question is often: "What is the number 1 thing I should be doing to lose/maintain my weight?" My advice is to keep a food diary. Studies show that when you keep track of EVERY morsel of food that crosses your lips, over time, you consume less. For moms that is hard, I can't believe all of the times through the day I am eating and not even realizing it. I am tasting the kids food to be sure it isn't too hot, etc. So I recommend getting a good calorie counting book or use a free website (l like http://www.my-calorie-counter.com/ ), and keep track. Below is a link to an article from the American Dietetic Association that I thought I would pass along.

http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/nutrition_14977_ENU_HTML.htm