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If youโre trying to lose body fat, the most effective place to start is by tracking your current eating habits. โฃ
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Unfortunately, this can feel super overwhelming and the thought of tracking your food might deter you from even starting a fat loss journey.โฃ
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While thereโs no quick and easy way to magically track your food without the work, I want to share 3 tips that might make your life a little easier when it comes to tracking food. โฃ
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My personal favorite is MyFitnessPal, however there are a ton of different options depending on your diet type and personal preference. โฃ
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A few others include FatSecret, Chronometer, and Carb Manager.โฃ
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Food tracking apps allow you to learn the most about WHAT youโre eating.โฃ
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If you have no idea how much protein, carbohydrates, fat, fiber, sugar, etc that youโre eating, tracking with an app will give you a pretty accurate idea. (๐๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ.)โฃ
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๐๐ข๐ฉ #๐: ๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐-๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐.โฃ
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These include barcode scanners, restaurant menus, and the option to โsave common mealsโ. Take 10-15 minutes to watch an appโs overview video and you could save yourself a TON of time in the long run.โฃ
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๐๐ข๐ฉ #๐: ๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ. โฃ
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This might seem like a weird tip, but itโs the most important and most difficult of the three.โฃ
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As you start tracking your food in an app, you might feel yourself getting fixated on the numbers. Whether youโre โtoo lowโ or โtoo highโ in certain areas, you might start judging yourself. โฃ
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Whenever you catch those thoughts, try to step back and remember that tracking your food is like gathering data in an experiment. The data is neither good nor bad, itโs just data. There is no emotion attached. โฃ
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When you clear the emotions and self-judgment, you open up the opportunity to learn from your habits and make changes. โฃ
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Tracking food is the best way to build awareness and create change towards a healthier way of eating. ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฒ!โฃ
