How To Use An "Intuitive Eating Journal"

JUST FOR TODAY:  Try using an "Intuitive Eating Journal," and discover how this tool can help you achieve a healthy weight.

You may have kept a "food diary" in the past, where you measured every morsel you consumed, wrote it all down, and totaled up the calories.  Then, you probably berated yourself for how badly you ate, felt hopeless about ever losing weight, and then gorged on food as you tore your diary into tiny pieces.  If this sounds familiar, then you are probably very resistant to recording what you consume.  But what if you didn't have to measure your food?  What if you didn't have to compute the calories?  What if you didn't criticize yourself?  An "Intuitive Eating Journal" involves taking notes about your overall experience with what you eat and drink, to enhance your awareness what helps you feel your best.  Keep your journal simple – for example, record the time of day, generally what you ate, and any other notes you desire.  Be gentle as you review your entries, encouraging yourself with positive feedback.  By enhancing your intuitive abilities, you naturally achieve a healthy weight.

©2010 by "Dr. Dorie" McCubbrey, M.S.Ed., Ph.D. – Eating Disorder & Obesity Treatment Specialist – Denver, Colorado