by Linda Parker
Journaling is often used by individuals for a variety of reasons, including showing gratitude, record keeping, event analysis, psychotherapy, simply for fun, as well as tracking of activities, such as weight loss, which will be the focus of this article. It's also been shown that journaling can help us stay focused and can aid in working through emotional road blocks, which is why journaling is a great tool to use when attempting to lose weight.
To reiterate, journaling is a great way to stay focused on your goals when attempting to lose weight naturally. You can use a journal to track your diet and food intake, including type of food and nutritional data, as well as tracking your exercise activities and water intake. By using a journal in this way, it helps you to stay focused on your weight loss goals and brings a great amount of awareness to what you are or are not doing to meet and achieve these goals.
Another great benefit of journaling is writing daily from an emotional perspective. When we diet and try to lose weight, we often find ourselves on an emotional roller coaster ride that's not healthy for us. Sometimes we're motivated and feeling great, and other times we're hard on ourselves and feeling lousy. The latter is what we want to avoid by shifting our mindset to be more focused on the positives and happy moments in our lives while on our weight loss journey, and journaling is a great way to achieve this.
First, journaling is a great way to get all of your emotions out about any situation without having to worry about being audited or having someone else give you their opinion. You're more than welcome to share your journal with others to help you gain insight into an issue, like with a weight loss coach, for example, but it's not required, and it's totally up to you. In other words, a journal is a 'safe' place to get all of your thoughts onto paper, and once you do, you'll be surprised at how much better you feel. In addition, when we journal and write organically, it often allows us to find answers within ourselves to questions or challenges we have. For example, something might come up for you that helps you realize why you're having a hard time losing weight, like a past comment from someone that made you feel bad about yourself. By journaling about it, it can help you heal and move forward in a positive way towards weight loss!
Also, many opt to have a gratitude journal they write in to show thanks and appreciation for anything they choose to in life. This is a great way to stay positive, which is very helpful when attempting to lose weight naturally.
Regardless of how you choose to use a journal, whether it be to track your weight loss program, vent when you have a bad or off day, or to show gratitude, what's important is you do what feels best for you on your weight loss journey to help you achieve the life you know you deserve. So happy writing, my friends, and here's to a lot of healthy and natural weight loss!
Health and fitness coach Linda Parker wants to help you create a New You - a slimmer, happier YOU! Click Here to make it happen. For more information on natural weight loss, visit Attract Natural Weight Loss.
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