Journaling & tracking food/weight etc

[PieceOwt 2]

Since I know I am going to have track my food, weight & supplements etc. very closely, I wanted to combine this with my love of journaling so it wont be such a pain (hopefully!)

Does anyone use journals for tracking post surgery? looking for ideas on page layout, what's necessary to include, cute stickers etc.

I figure the more fun I make this, the more likely I will actually keep at it and do it properly 🤞😉

[FifiLux 433]

I started to do that just in a standard pocket notebook (so I had it with me no matter what size handbag I was using), a day a page, and did little motivation or positive comments a couple of days a week. Each time I had a decent weight loss week (I try to weigh only once a week or I go mad with overthinking the fluctuations) I would note it and then highlight it in a neon colour.

After three months I switched from the notebook to online tracking with myfitnesspal as I just found it easier to track portion sizes, calories, carbs etc. as it took a lot of the work away from doing it myself. I then moved to a manifestion & positivity journal instead to keep it separate from my food tracking as I didn't want the two things to be linked as for me I find it easier to disassociate food journaling from feelings going forward. I found a journal that also had positivity exercises in them do to each week, some were not relevant to my situation at all but I considered if 'food' for thought.

[NeonRaven8919 364]

7 hours ago, PieceOwt said:

Since I know I am going to have track my food, weight & supplements etc. very closely, I wanted to combine this with my love of journaling so it wont be such a pain (hopefully!)

Does anyone use journals for tracking post surgery? looking for ideas on page layout, what's necessary to include, cute stickers etc.

I figure the more fun I make this, the more likely I will actually keep at it and do it properly 🤞😉

Cute stickers are ALWAYS necessary. For everything!

But this is such a great idea! I've been tracking food since I got approved for surgery, but I never thought of journaling.

[MrsFitz 440]

There are some specific Bariatric journals on Amazon - I don’t know if something like that would help in the beginning?