Acccording to a recent article in The US News & World Report, there are 4 Ways a Food Diary Can Help You Lose Weight. So many doctors and nutritionists recommend keeping a food diary when trying to lose weight.
According to the excellent article by Kathering Hobson here is a recap of the 4 reasons:
- It's simple
- It's eye opening
- It helps you track your progress
- You're accountable to someone.
It says to record what you eat on paper or use an online diary. Now, being the Social Networking Maven that I am, when I read this I thought why not Twitter? With Twitter you can chronicle your diet alone and personal or public for everyone to see, or you can have your support group join you on Twitter and form a group to track what you and your friends are doing, and have this group private if you want to!
Twitter is Micro Blogging. You set up an account (free) and you can start posting right away, in 140 characters or less. Now if 140 characters are not enough for you (and it probably will be) you can link your online diary to your Twitter account and update your group in real time that you have a new entry in your diet diary.
Twitter is way better than Instant Messaging and Email. Check it out for your self, I love it!
Now a disclaimer of sorts: Twitter is addictive! You will find your self checking your Tweets and your friends Tweets often. Be sure if you want your Twitter account to be private you need to configure this in your settings, because the default is public.
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