Food and You

Losing belly fat does have some relationship with your diet. You need to know what your relationship with food currently is, in order to assess whether or not your food intake is hindering your progress.

To do this, you need to have a simple notebook for one week. This is your diet diary.

Write down EVERYTHING you eat on specific days, times, and what it was. The mood you were in before and after your meal or snack.

At the end of the week, sit down and look over where most of your calories come from.

Ask yourself questions about it. Assess whether or not you eat more in the morning or in the evening. See if you eat more when your mood is down or whether it is up. Taking this "food relationship inventory" will tell you where you are at when it comes to eating.

You already know the basics about a good, healthy diet, but you may not know where you are right now when it comes to WHAT you're eating currently. Give it a shot. You don't know where you can go without first knowing where you are.