Importance of Food Journal

Food Journal or Food diary is a practice of maintaining a record of foods eaten and their calories. This habit can help us prevent overeating and therefore control weight gain.

There are apps which can be used to record foods (calories) consumed. However this can be done without spending a lot of money in a simple paper notebook. A habit of estimating calories eaten should be established to divide total calories between meals each day. This will tremendously help to achieve target weight. Calories of foods can be identified through the search inbox in our main page.

Weight loss or weight gain is a function of calorie input and output. Our body needs certain amount of energy every day to maintain itself. This is called basal metabolic rate (BMR) which can be estimated using the BMR CALCULATOR in our website. Our body gets energy either from the food we eat or from the body reserves (fat) in case we eat less than daily required calorie. Body starts losing weight as soon as we intake lesser calorie than BMR. This is true for those wanting to lose weight at rest. If you exercise, then body needs even more calories and stored energy (fat) will start to burn resulting in faster weight loss.

Therefore, daily accounting of calories is the most important step for those willing to lose weight. It gives another level of confidence and clear roadmap in the mission to lose weight.