Week 16 - Round Up - Self Monitoring

Last week's question:

What are your tips or trips for tracking?

You came up with wonderful answers, like:

Tips -

List point values of breakfast and lunch in the morning

Do it (it works). Plan your day with portions and points values

Reward yourself when you reach tracking goals. Plan ahead. Keep journal of your likes and point values

Carry my tracker with me in my purse

Keep tracking book on counter in kitchen

Look back at previous weeks

Plan out your entire day's points

Plan ahead and know your favorite points

Use tool that calculates points for a recipe

Make cheat sheet of points values of foods I eat all the time (So I don't have to look them up)

Eating half a portion when it's something you really want

Don't eat anything until last food is written down

Be specific when writing

Keep up with tracking

Mark food packages with points per serving, so you don't have to calculate the points everytime you reach for that box of cereal.

Trips -

Time (Not enough. Takes too long)

Self Sabotaging. "Oh, a bite won't hurt."

Thinking I will write it down later

Remembering to write down the bites

Forgetting your tracker at home

Underestimating the points when you are lazy

Guessing instead of figuring out a food that is missing from the book

A challenge when not home

Sticking with it

Overestimating points values

By the end of the day, lose track and discipline to stick to dinner plans

- - This is a sampling of all the tips and trips we discussed last week. Knowing how much you are eating and how much you are exercising is ESSENTIAL to your success on the program. FINDING YOUR WAY OF TRACKING is equally as important.