4 Ways a Food Diary Can Help You Lose Weight

4 Ways a Food Diary Can Help You Lose Weight

Above is a news article posted by U.S. News & World Report

Obesity is quickly becoming an epidemic in the U.S.  There are no shortfall of the number and the variety of diets that are available in the U.S.  From Atkins Diet, Zone Diet, to South Beach Diet, there is no evidence that a single system of diet can result in the lasting weight loss.

The above news article advocates for the use of pen and paper to record your diet.  It is simple, low tech, and it works.  In Georgia Integrative Medicine, we use 7 day food log (click here to download the form for your use) to help patients to develop self-awareness about their own nutrition and physical activity.

As a part of my medical training, I completed University of California San Diego Preventive Medicine Residency (2 years of specialty training) and Master's of Public Health with Health Promotion.  This period of my training allowed me to learn about how to prevent illnesses and how to promote wellness through helping people make the change.  Much emphasis was made on Health Psychology and how to empower people.

Nutrition diary promotes mindfulness and introduces people to observe their habit of eating.  Understanding the unconscious habits of eating can be the first steps to develop healthful habits of eating.

In designing Georgia Integrative Medicine, we put a great deal of effort around being able to eat healthy manner.  After all, if we could not lead by example, it would be even more difficult for our patients to eat healthy.  We decided to build 2 less exam rooms and instead, we build a full Kitchen and dining room. We also have Chef Nola Daniel, CNC providing team members with nutritious wheat-free, dairy-free, organic meal freshly prepared every day.  We are proud to share that we are the ONLY integrative medicine facility to provide team members with nutritious meal.  

By having a kitchen, we can offer regular spelt bread making workshops and healthy cooking 101 workshops.  I invite you to consider joining us for the workshops.