In fact, a study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that participants
who kept a food journal, with the goal of weight loss, lost twice as much weight as those who didn't.
(Added bonus: One study found people
who kept a food journal lost nearly double the weight of those who didn't.)
Another 2012 study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found that women
who kept a food journal lost 13 percent of their starting body weight, compared with 8 percent for those who skipped the note taking.
According to their study, participants
who kept a food journal lost 6 pounds more than those who didn't keep a journal.
Studies show that people
who keep a food journal lose more weight.
Not exact matches
One with almost 1,700 participants over six months found those
who kept a
journal with their
food intake lost twice the amount of weight as those
who didn't.
There are studies which reveal that people
who use
food journals for various references are more successful in losing weight and
keeping it off.
The idea of
keeping a
journal and writing down all the exercises you do and all the
food you eat might seem like a lot of hard work and it is but all the evidence shows that people
who do so have more success reaching their goals than people
who don't.
Women
who want to lose weight should faithfully
keep a
food journal, and avoid skipping meals and eating in restaurants — especially at lunch — suggests new research from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.