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For Christmas a co-worker gave me a blank journal. Before I found BuddySlim, I was going to use it for my food and weight loss diary. However, today I thought of a better use for it: it’ll be my “good eating” book. Basically what I want to do is write down foods and recipes I come across that are delicious and also good diet foods, i.e. low in calories.

I actually know a great deal about nutrition and generally eat in a healthy fashion, but I know that when I get distracted or rushed or stressed I sometimes blank out and make bad decisions about food. I’ll get hungry and say to myself, “There’s nothing to eat in this house!” Then do something like eat half a cup of peanut butter for “dinner.” To stop this, I’ll look to the book.

The way I’m doing it is that I’m writing each food or recipe and putting a big label on it for food type (i.e. Snack, Fruit, Dinner, Breakfast, etc.) and then making a note of the food or where to find the recipe. For example:

SNACK, FRUIT
raw cranberries

SOUP
Spanish Potato and Garlic Soup, p. 97, Moosebook Low-Fat Favorites

BREAKFAST, FRUIT
grapefruit

So when I can’t figure out what to eat (”There’s nothing!” or “I can’t decide!”) I can just flip through the book and get some options. Do I want a soup? Something for breakfast? Desperate for a healthy snack? The book will have it ready.

This book will also help me in my grocery shopping, as I can flip through it and quickly come up with a meal plan and therefore a grocery list.