Downloadable Food, Mood & Exercise Diary

Keeping a diary will help you design a sensible eating plan. It will highlight when you slip up - for example, there may be times that you didn't realise you were snacking so it will help you prepare healthier alternatives in advance, instead of easily reaching for a chocolate bar in the heat of the moment. It will also help you compare your meals and swap them for healthy alternatives.

There is also growing evidence between our foods and our moods - blood sugar highs are often followed by sudden crashes. This diary lets you compare what you are eating alongside your moods. You should also notice that as you begin to eat the foods right for your body, you feel happier, more energetic and healthier.

There will also be a link between exercise and your mood - When you exercise, your brain releases endorphins, adrenaline, serotonin and dopamine. These chemicals all work together to make you feel good. By keeping a diary you will be able to see this link and again notice that you lose more weight during the periods that you are more active.

This is a free downloadable food and mood and exercise diary. Fill it in and review it honestly and it will help you make sensible, sustainable changes to your lifestyle.

This is just one of the many SHAPE.SMART tools you can use to help you put together a healthy eating plan that's right for you. Go to our tools section to see what else is available.

<< Previous