Microsoft Excel to Help You Lose Weight

Hello again. It has been a long time since I last wrote about my fascination with Microsoft Excel, but now I am back. I wanted to share a simple template (see link below) I developed to track my daily food intake. By doing so, I am much more aware of what I eat and whether I am getting the required nutrients we need each day as well as the components in food we should decrease and avoid (saturated fat/sugars). It is far from perfect, but it is the beginning of a much greater dieting tool. What I have realized since loosing almost 40lbs over the past year is that the hardest part is not losing weight, but rather keeping it off. I very often have an all or nothing mentality. In the case of food, it is usually don't eat anything or eat way too much. Either way, by tracking what I eat I can avoid doing either because I have a complete record of where I am at for that day and/or week.

Diet Tool

Why a week?

Because we are human and we sometimes make mistakes. I don't know about you, but I can sometimes eat a little too much in one sitting and easily go over my daily allowed intake. For this reason, if I eat too much one day I can just reduce the amount I eat the next day. This way I stay under the allowed amount for the week and will not feel bad, which might make me give up. By only focusing on a day it is much easier for the all or nothing mentality to take over and cause you to lose sight of the fact that it is ok to mess up. Just know, you always have the rest of the week to correct your over/under indulgence.

But isn't eating too much or too little unhealthy?

Some say eating alot one day and not eating much the next is unhealthy. I couldn't agree more, but it is the lesser of 2 evils for me.

If you have any suggestions on what you would like added please feel free to post comments below. I am all ears (all eyes in this case).

Thanks for stopping by! Until next time.