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Reading information and increasing our knowledge plays a huge part in changing and improving our dietary habits. Knowledge is power as they say!

However, you may still be finding that simply reading on its own is not enough to change the aspects of your lifestyle that you want to change. For instance, you may still feel like you need support to maintain your current weight, lose weight more effectively or you may have reached a 'food plateau', where you feel so bored of your current food intake that you need some help to revitalise your diet and generate new interest in food.

This is where the help of a food diary analysis comes in. Food diaries are fantastic in understanding current ways of living so that new ways can be established, suggested recommendations can be made and an increased understanding of your personal energy intake and expenditure can be calculated. This is an absolute must for effective weight loss but can also be a frustrating time if tackled alone. 

Food diaries are also superb in understanding your relationship with food and your mood; by writing down what we eat, when we eat and the mood we were in, helps us to notice certain habits and therefore, take control of behaviours we associate as 'negative' and replace those 'negative behaviours' with more positive ones. For example, instead of eating copious amounts of sugary foods when feeling 'upset', try going for a short walk, talk to a friend or buy yourself a non-food present as a reward. 

For your food diary analysis to be successful, it is vital you show the following level of committment.

Your committment:

• Fill out a food diary over 7 days
• Be prepared to think closely about your food intake
• Don't change anything you would 'normally' do throughout the process. Stay honest with yourself!

Trish's committment:

• Analyse your 7 day food diary
• Establish the right amount of energy you need through your resting metabolic rate and current daily activity levels
• Show you an energy balance chart comparing your current levels now and the recommended levels. Can be a real eye-opener!
• Suggest detailed recommendations for change in terms of specific food items in relation to supporting individual bodily systems; for example, a very simple recommendation to support your cardiovascular system would be to give up salt in your cooking and on your food.
• Provide you with any other relevant information specific to your dietary intake and habits
• Answer your queries  

Food diary analysis is not about changing your entire eating habits and way of life! Trish will not give you an entire new menu plan. Its more about looking at your existing diet, making relevant, small, and sometimes slightly bigger changes to improve your current dietary intake to support your body systems as effectively as possible.

You will receive a chart and information on suggested portion sizes (so that you can count your portion sizes easily through the process) via email. You can either keep it online and type up your food diary and email it back or print it up and post it back instead. Whatever is easier for you. Food diaries do require a bit of work and some committment but are extremely rewarding in the long term.

*Food diaries are included in all face to face fitness packages.