How To Double Your Weight Loss
A study came out yesterday that discovered a key difference between people who are successful at losing weight and those who are not. The simple act of keeping a food diary was found to be responsible for losing twice as much weight as not keeping one. These findings will be will be published in the August issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and were funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health.
“The more food records people kept, the more weight they lost,” said lead author Jack Hollis Ph.D
This should come as no surprise to owners of my Weight Loss Hypnosis System CDs. I include a food journal along with an Action Item Form, Personal Weight Loss Contract, Monthly Recap Form, and other support documents. If you own this CD system and aren’t using the Food Journal, then the results of this study should inspire you to print it out and put it to use.
I just did a search for food diaries online and found a very popular site that’s selling access to them for $9 a month! That’s just plain crazy. This stuff is not complicated. It’s food. It’s your body. It’s not necessary to get lost in the minutia of doing a statistical analysis of your eating habits. It is important however to be aware of what you eat. That’s why I provide all those tracking forms with my weight loss CD system.
These forms will all be included as a bonus with my weight loss book when it comes out next month, but since keeping a food journal is such a great way to start the process of losing weight I thought I’d provide one to you right now as a bonus for reading this blog 
Here’s the idea behind keeping a food journal: by writing down everything you eat on a daily basis, you will begin to become objectively aware of the calories you are consuming and the source of those calories. The key here is that it’s objective. You’re not relying on your own selective memory to determine your current eating habits, it’s all written out there in black and white.
Print out the food journal provided below. Make 7 copies of it. For the next week fill one out every day and make sure to include what you drink too. Then, at the end of the week, take a look back and notice the patterns. This is your starting point.
When making any type of change in your life, it’s important to know where you are now, where you want to get to, and then start taking the necessary steps to get there.
In next week’s article I’ll show you how to use the results of your food journal to start making the changes that will lead to permanent weight loss.
Here’s the link to get your free food journal: Food Journal PDF
Print it out now and start using it today so you’ll be able to take advantage of next week’s followup article when it comes out. Don’t put this off. I may take this link down once the book comes because out the food journal will be provided as one of the book’s bonuses.
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Alex
Your blog is interesting!
Keep up the good work!
Minnesota Magician
Joshua, you really do a great job with this blog! It’s hard to think back when you were just a magician compared to where you are now. Congrats!
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