Food Journal - Tip #3

Today's tip is a very important one for serious dieters - keep a food journal! It will remind you of everything you have eaten and caloric intake throughout the day.

I enter all of my meals, snacks, and beverages in an Excel spreadsheet. At the bottom of each row indicating calories, create a formula to add it all up. Then below that you can have an additional cell that will subtract the day's total intake from your recommended intake to maintain your current weight. This will show you how many calories you reduce each day.

Here is an example:



If you are not familiar with Excel formulas, please leave a comment with your email for help on this.