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Summary: dieting...ick!
Review: I LOVE this book! I am following a 1700 cal ADA diet with the guidance of a registered dietician. She suggested a food diary to help keep track of my food intake. This book is so simple to use.
You really don't know what you are putting in your mouth all day unless you have to become accountable for it. This format makes it easy for me to track what I have had, and what I have left for my alloted food intake. I would highly suggest this for anyone seroius enough about their diets to keep daily food diary.
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Summary: Journal Can Help a Lot. Good Journal for food & exercise...
Review: I really like the idea of writing everything down, but once I got the book I realized the hassle of writing all the time. So, I developed an Excel spreadsheet that's just like the book and I use that instead - it's just easier since I'm ALWAYS near a computer.
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Summary: Good idea
Review: I really like the idea of writing everything down, but once I got the book I realized the hassle of writing all the time. So, I developed an Excel spreadsheet that's just like the book and I use that instead - it's just easier since I'm ALWAYS near a computer.
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Summary: Good for Food Journaling/Not Great for Workouts
Review: I really love the food tracking aspects of this journal, it is by far the best I have used. The calorie listing in the front is really useful when faced with a mainstream food that you aren't sure what the nutrient breakdown is. Also the goal setting pages are great. I just wish the training portion was as good. There is little space to write in weight training exercises, especially multiple reps of the same exercises. I can fit a short lower body routine in the space provided(maybe) but forget an upper body, even with just one exercise per bodypart. You couldn't fit a whole body workout on 3 days of the log. It is a shame because I haven't found as good a food journal in any other log book I have tried.
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Summary: Good for Food Journaling/Not Great for Workouts
Review: I really love the food tracking aspects of this journal, it is by far the best I have used. The calorie listing in the front is really useful when faced with a mainstream food that you aren't sure what the nutrient breakdown is. Also the goal setting pages are great. I just wish the training portion was as good. There is little space to write in weight training exercises, especially multiple reps of the same exercises. I can fit a short lower body routine in the space provided(maybe) but forget an upper body, even with just one exercise per bodypart. You couldn't fit a whole body workout on 3 days of the log. It is a shame because I haven't found as good a food journal in any other log book I have tried.
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Summary: I LOVE this food & fitness journal!
Review: I recently ordered the DietMinder journal, based in part on the good reviews here on Amazon.com, and I am truly impressed with it. I've read in many different sources (most recently, in Kirschenbaum's "Nine Truths about Weight Loss") that writing down your food and exercise greatly improves your chances for success. This journal is a great place to do just that, on a daily basis.What I like most about this journal is that it can be easily adapted and used for whatever plan you choose, from counting calories, fat grams, and/or fiber to making incremental changes in your eating habits (the latter is my approach). The authors don't have a program or agenda to push, which is a refreshing change from most health/diet books. I'm currently reading another new book entitled "The Power" by Sue Ellin Browder, who happens to go to my church. There's a section of her book that is aptly titled, "YOUR WEIGHT, YOUR WAY". That's how I think of this journal. I'm using it as a valuable tool to help me make healthy changes in my eating habits in the way that works best for me. A journal format works much better for me than miscellaneous pieces of paper which can get lost, and which don't show progress over time. With this DietMinder, I'm now on track and excited about the future, as I continue to take steps in the direction of a healthier life!
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Summary: Not what I expected
Review: I was a little disappointed in that I wanted more of an equal journal - Equal for food and exercise. This is more of a food journal than an exercise journal. If that's what you're looking for then this is great but if you want a journal that's more equal for the amount of food and exercise plus a writing journal laid out on two pages and is for 6 months then I'd suggest The Phoenix's Guide To Self Renewal by Melissa Alvarez(available on Amazon). After purchasing her book I loved it so much that I gave my Dietminder to a friend who is dealing more with food intake than food, exercise and journaling.
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Summary: Too much Food, Not enough exercise.
Review: I was searching for a exercise guide & log with maybe some nutritional information. It was less about recording your exercises, charting your progress and more about writing down every piece of food that went in your mouth. If your searching for a diet log then this is the one for you. But if you were hoping for a straight forward guide to record your exercises and chart your progress day-by-day, week-by-week for six months then buy Suzanne Schlosberg's "The Ultimate Workout Log".
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Summary: Thanks for the MemoryMinder(s)!
Review: I'm not sure at what juncture I went from "Foxy" to "Boxy" but any delusions I might have had to the contrary were shattered when my teenage son quietly took me aside and whispered, "You're not wearing THAT, are you?"..."Oh...doesn't look good, huh?" "No, it doesn't." "I'm not that overweight!... Am I?" Thus I started on the harrowing, fraught with temptations, Road to Recovery. Unfortunately, the Road was littered with diet books, diet plans, a lot of "I'll start Monday(s)" and a few too many candy bars. My 25 extra pounds wanted to stick to me like a bad hairstyle on a special day. Finally, I realized that the only time I had any success in sticking to a diet was when I wrote down what I ate. But the 79 cent notebooks I used to record my daily food consumption always seemed to get lost after a few weeks and I would go back to my old eating habits. Enter the DietMinder. Realizing that if I wanted to be healthy and lose weight I decided I needed to take more stringent measures. But I truly believe that "diets" don't work and the only sensible thing to do was to be sensible about how much and what, I ate. So after reading some of the other reviews here, I decided to order my own DietMinder. To make a long story short, IT WORKS! Here, at last, is a journal that gives you a permanent place to record what you eat, how much, calories, etc. There is a small, but certainly adequate, area in which to record what vitamins/supplements you take, the amount of exercise you do, etc. Without having to be fanatical, the journal offers a lot in the way of flexibility. You don't HAVE to write down how many grams of fat you eat or how many carbohydrates, but you CAN if you WANT to. You can record you blood pressure, your cholesterol, your measurements, etc., and there is a small "Favorite Food Facts" list in the back. As of today, I am into my third DietMinder and it has been exactly six months since I started recorded what I eat. No special diets, just a complete awareness of what I am eating. The journal is just enough a reminder that I don't stray from writing down what I eat and gives you a psychological edge by making you aware whether you eating habits are healthy or not. [We all know that without some self-discipline that piece of cake you eat gives you an automatic excuse to eat everything because, after all, now you've blown everything]. The result is that, seemingly effortlessly, I've lost 21 pounds and can easily fit into Size 10 blue jeans (with the button, not the elastic waist)! And to keep me honest, well, I anticipate buying many more DietMinders. As they say, try it, you'll like it.
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Summary: Thanks for the MemoryMinder(s)!
Review: I'm not sure at what juncture I went from "Foxy" to "Boxy" but any delusions I might have had to the contrary were shattered when my teenage son quietly took me aside and whispered, "You're not wearing THAT, are you?"..."Oh...doesn't look good, huh?" "No, it doesn't." "I'm not that overweight!... Am I?" Thus I started on the harrowing, fraught with temptations, Road to Recovery. Unfortunately, the Road was littered with diet books, diet plans, a lot of "I'll start Monday(s)" and a few too many candy bars. My 25 extra pounds wanted to stick to me like a bad hairstyle on a special day. Finally, I realized that the only time I had any success in sticking to a diet was when I wrote down what I ate. But the 79 cent notebooks I used to record my daily food consumption always seemed to get lost after a few weeks and I would go back to my old eating habits. Enter the DietMinder. Realizing that if I wanted to be healthy and lose weight I decided I needed to take more stringent measures. But I truly believe that "diets" don't work and the only sensible thing to do was to be sensible about how much and what, I ate. So after reading some of the other reviews here, I decided to order my own DietMinder. To make a long story short, IT WORKS! Here, at last, is a journal that gives you a permanent place to record what you eat, how much, calories, etc. There is a small, but certainly adequate, area in which to record what vitamins/supplements you take, the amount of exercise you do, etc. Without having to be fanatical, the journal offers a lot in the way of flexibility. You don't HAVE to write down how many grams of fat you eat or how many carbohydrates, but you CAN if you WANT to. You can record you blood pressure, your cholesterol, your measurements, etc., and there is a small "Favorite Food Facts" list in the back. As of today, I am into my third DietMinder and it has been exactly six months since I started recorded what I eat. No special diets, just a complete awareness of what I am eating. The journal is just enough a reminder that I don't stray from writing down what I eat and gives you a psychological edge by making you aware whether you eating habits are healthy or not. [We all know that without some self-discipline that piece of cake you eat gives you an automatic excuse to eat everything because, after all, now you've blown everything]. The result is that, seemingly effortlessly, I've lost 21 pounds and can easily fit into Size 10 blue jeans (with the button, not the elastic waist)! And to keep me honest, well, I anticipate buying many more DietMinders. As they say, try it, you'll like it.
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