Food Journal - Learning to Listen to Our Body & Mind
Your Journal is your place to record goals & progress, problems and solutions, thoughts and feelings.
What Do I Write About?
b. Do you want to add 1 or 2 healthy foods to your diet?
c. Do you want to eliminate 1 or 2 unhealthy foods from your diet?
d. Other?
2. If you want to be healthier, what are your specific reasons?
3. Keep track of what you eat and how you feel afterwards
4. What do you crave? When do you crave it?
5. What do you eat? If it's not healthy, what can you substitute?
6. When do you eat? Are you hungry, bored, stressed or relaxed?
7. Create affirmations that can help you stay on track. Write them down & repeat often. For example,
a. I eat foods that nourish my body & mind.
b. I recognize my craving & find a healthy substitute for it.
c. No matter how many times I stumble, I pick myself up & begin again.
d. I forgive myself because I’m human.
e. I am gentle with myself because I’m human.
f. I know I will succeed if I stay focused on my goals.
g. I accept I will have ups & downs. I look forward to my successes.
Failures are learning opportunities & I’m grateful for these opportunities.
h. Write your own or put the above affirmations in your own words –
they will be more powerful coming from you.
What I can do when I need to make a decision between a healthy food choice or an unhealthy one?
6. If possible, attend vegan potlucks for support.
7. Attend talks about getting healthy with diet choices.
8. Read inspirational stories & watch documentaries of people who have recovered their health by making healthy food choices.
9. Remember you are human. If you make a poor food choice,
a. forgive yourself
b. be gentle with yourself
c. begin again
d. keep your sense of humor
Your Journal is your place to record goals & progress, problems and solutions, thoughts and feelings.
What Do I Write About?
- What are your goals?
b. Do you want to add 1 or 2 healthy foods to your diet?
c. Do you want to eliminate 1 or 2 unhealthy foods from your diet?
d. Other?
2. If you want to be healthier, what are your specific reasons?
3. Keep track of what you eat and how you feel afterwards
4. What do you crave? When do you crave it?
5. What do you eat? If it's not healthy, what can you substitute?
6. When do you eat? Are you hungry, bored, stressed or relaxed?
7. Create affirmations that can help you stay on track. Write them down & repeat often. For example,
a. I eat foods that nourish my body & mind.
b. I recognize my craving & find a healthy substitute for it.
c. No matter how many times I stumble, I pick myself up & begin again.
d. I forgive myself because I’m human.
e. I am gentle with myself because I’m human.
f. I know I will succeed if I stay focused on my goals.
g. I accept I will have ups & downs. I look forward to my successes.
Failures are learning opportunities & I’m grateful for these opportunities.
h. Write your own or put the above affirmations in your own words –
they will be more powerful coming from you.
What I can do when I need to make a decision between a healthy food choice or an unhealthy one?
- Look at your Substitution List & the Dirty Dozen & Clean 15 Lists.
- Go to the HA-HA website to be motivated to make the healthy choice.
- Form a phone support group with others who also want to be healthier & call for support.
- Sit quietly & listen to your heart & gut, not your thoughts that are like a broken record.
6. If possible, attend vegan potlucks for support.
7. Attend talks about getting healthy with diet choices.
8. Read inspirational stories & watch documentaries of people who have recovered their health by making healthy food choices.
9. Remember you are human. If you make a poor food choice,
a. forgive yourself
b. be gentle with yourself
c. begin again
d. keep your sense of humor