Post-Halloween.  This is the most dangerous time of the year for me, figuratively speaking. Figuratively - as in my figure.  Cooler weather sets in, comfort food cravings hit, and my vow to eat healthy during the holidays doesn't even come close to lasting as long as Kim Kardashian's wedding vows. 

So to counteract my inevitable diet sabotage, I am going to do something drastic.  Something that has never been attempted on this oh so popular, widely read, exercise log of mine.  I am going to start....a food log!  There, I said it, I am now committed.  I am going to document what I eat so I am accountable to all, uh, 3 of my followers out there.   

Seriously though, the cleanest I have ever eaten was when I kept a food log with a friend of mine.  Each day we would report to each other what we had eaten, how much, and our total caloric and fat intake for the day.  What a difference it made to have to reveal what eating choices I had made in a day.  It definitely made me think twice when I reached for that doughnut or that 3rd or 4th slice of pizza!

I make no pretense that with this food log I am going to be the perfect eater. In fact, you'll probably cringe and be as disgusted as I will be with some of my daily journals.  I will, however, be honest to the best of my ability.  My goal is to first, get an idea of exactly what I am eating and next, look at how I can change and improve.  

Here are some great reasons to start a food journal:

• Encourages you to focus on your food choices, and hopefully make good ones
• Helps you to control the urge to binge
• Allows you to track your progress
• Creates a means of evaluating the connection of what you eat with how you feel (or how your CrossFit progress or performance is affected) 
• Helps you to make sure you are eating enough of the nutrients you need
• Helps you acknowledge the reality of how much you eat

I will post my food log on a separate tab from my exercise log.