Track Your Intake: Keep a food journal or use a mobile app to monitor your calorie intake and track your progress towards your weight loss goals.
How to track your intake?
Write down what you eat and drink on paper, keep notes on your computer or digital device, or use a food tracking website or app. Track what you ate, the times you ate and portion sizes. Add notes about what you were doing while you were eating.
How do I track my calorie intake?
You can keep track in a pen-and-paper journal or use a calorie-counting app. The See How You Eat food journal app focuses on taking photos, rather than logging words. This is a great approach to food journaling if you find yourself forgetting to write down the details.
Why track your food intake?
It can help you understand your eating habits and patterns, and help you identify the foods — good and not-so-good — you eat on a regular basis. Research shows that for people interested in losing weight, keeping a journal can be a very effective tool to help change behavior
