newveggie's Journal
Keep an online Journal?Mar 09 2009 15:46
In yet another attempt to lose weight, I have bought (still pending shipment) a gowear fit. It is similar to the body bugg.... and I am hoping - ok knowing - that it will help me know how much calories I am burning and therefore motivate me to workout. I LOVE seeing the numbers.
I know journals are good for weight loss, studies show that those who keep food journals and daily journals are more likely to lose weight and to stick with their plans. So I am debating, should I keep a regular journal, or an online journal? I like online because it seems easier and I can share my journals if I want, but I am scared of losing my information too. Or having somebody find it that I wouldnt want.
I think I am going to do the online journal. It is faster to type than to write and i like the convience of the computer. Plus I can journal while I plug in my gowear fit everyday... right? like maybe I can make a 20 minute routine of logging calories, plugging in gowear fit, and journaling. I just dont want it to seem like a chore or a hassle. If it is either I will probably discontinue the use and fail in my attempts to do anything.
Before I get gowear fit I need to take some measurements, of my belly and thighs and chest, my weight (which is like 195 I think now), my jean size. I dont even know what this is because I am wearing maternity pants. My baby is 3 months old now so I think I should be able to put those away. But they are the only clothes that fit right now.
I am still going to contemplate if I like the online journal, but if anyone reads this and has suggestions or wants to let me know what works best for them and why, I would love to hear it.
I was the same as you I couldn't decide whether to keep a journal online or on paper. In the past I'd always used a notebook and wrote things down at night before I went to bed but I've found with the online journal I will come in and make notes during the day (especially while I'm on a break at work) which I never did with the written journal because I'd always forget it at home. Anyway what I've found that works for me is I enter my journal entry here on CC then I copy the entry and paste to a word processor file that is stored on my hard drive. That way I can always access it even when I don't have an internet connection. Plus I don't have to worry about losing the information since I can make my own backups and have years worth of journal entries at hand. As far as controlling who sees them, I just always assume that anyone can see my online journal even when I've got it marked private. There are always ways around it. If there's something I want to put in my journal that I don't want others to see then it goes only in the file stored on my computer. Hope that helps. |
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