Journey Through My Journal

Hello!!!

So since I have gotten rave reviews on my food journal this week from the picture in this post, I will let you know a little bit about my little buddy that goes everywhere with me now.

First off, let me say that I did not come up with the idea to use this specific planner all on my own. I saw the planner (just the planner, didn’t really see inside, just the red outside) in a video on the channel listed below and decided to use the idea of a regular planner/diary type thing instead of an actual calorie journal because there never seems to be enough space, and they always want you to fill out a million other things besides calories. I simply do not have time for that. I know that all calories are not created equal and do not need to write down fat, fiber, etc, etc on every little thing.

http://antishayweightloss.com/

From there I decided how to use it on my own terms with my calorie counting plan. 

 

I really love quotes, they are super motivating to me!

 

I added a key for the meaning of my stickers, a quick reference guide for my weekly losses and some awesome tabs for the month I’m currently in.

 

I REALLY LOOOVE stickers. They’re so colorful and happy! 

So my tracking started out like this…writing it all down with times, activity stickers, portions & calories.

This is what blank page looks like.

I wanted it to be a little more organized, so I created columns.

Then I labeled my columns accordingly,

and made a sidebar for activity plans, then as I complete it, I can check it off and feel accomplished!

You know from other posts that I track my water!

I love to highlight (super dork!), so I started highlighting the times I eat because I try to eat every 3 hrs or so.

I started tracking my weekly weigh-ins at the top of every Saturday.

I track my 5K practice run that I try to do every week so that I can see my progress.

Doing this helps me SO MUCH! I can see that some days I have amazing water intake…

…and some just decent water days.

Some days I have an amazing activity day…

…and some days I have not so great activity.

Some days my husband makes me have a day like this!

I obviously am in love with stickers that smile at me when I open my book and have something awesome to add to it! It’s like my own cheering section in the crowd that I always have in my bag.

This big baby below is my home reference because it is so huge! It was given to me a long time ago and is very old, but pretty great!

 

This little buddy I carry around with me in my bag for the quick reference. I know a lot of people pay for the membership to the website, but I am simply too dang cheap for that. This works just fine.

 

Last, but not least, you gotta have a great pen that you like! Office supply dorks unite! This one below is currently my fav.

**Please remember that my strict calorie counting is what is working FOR ME right now. I am not so systematic that it is causing a problem for me, hence me trying to make it fun. I like counting calories and do not feel restricted at all. In fact I feel that it gives me more freedom to eat whatever I want, as long as I track it. Please always do what is right for you and your body! :-)


Thanks for stopping by! Happy Friday to all you 5 day a week normal folks!

Thanks for Reading,
Monique