A litle more discussion about keeping a food diary

We normally think of food diaries as tracking devices of what we eat (and that is what tracking devices are referred to as). Yet, we could think of a food diary as our personal diary - pages of our thoughts and feelings, what happened in our day, what we wish for, etc. For example,

Dear Diary,
Today was actually a great day. I didn't fall prey to all the sweet treats around the office. And you know why? Because as I looked at the M&Ms on Susie's desk and the doughnuts that were left out in the breakout room, I knew that I would have to tell you about them later if I ate them. I couldn't come up with an excuse that I would write here that I wouldn't later read and tell myself, "you've got to be kidding me!". You've become my conscience.

Besides, I knew that when I logged those sweet treats in on my food tracking system, I would pretty much wipe out a lot of my calorie allowance for the day. I had to decide if they were really worth it. I didn't want to lie on the sheet, nor did I want to see that at the end of the day I had overeaten and the only excuse I could use was that "I wanted them." If I can't answer to myself, there is no one who is holding an axe over my head, making me eat one way or the other.

That gave me a great feeling to know I was in control. Let me just hope I'm as good tomorrow.

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