July 9, 2008
| Dear Food Diary... |
I'd bet 15 donuts that you're trying to lose weight. Did you know that keeping a food diary could help you DOUBLE the amount of pounds you shed? According to an upcoming article in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, a combination of diet and exercise is more successful if you write down every single thing you eat, even those M&Ms you shoved in your mouth when you thought I wasn't looking. I think they mean a '"food list,'" because, really, what would a “food diary” sound like?
Dear Food Diary,
Today I woke up and ate a muffin that was 580 calories. I felt really guilty about it, so I used my lunch money to buy magazines that had stars without makeup. I felt better. I ate two sticks of gum that totaled 10 calories, but I did lunges while I chewed, so I don't think it counts. Then I got in a fight with my boyfriend while I was drinking a 420-calorie vanilla milkshake. So, I ate four Milky Way bars and drank three non-diet sodas and went home and ordered a pizza. I got vegetables on it, for nutrients. Except I picked the vegetables off and fed them to my dog. I'm so ashamed.
Until tomorrow,
Starving on the UES
