Food journal for dietician/nutrition appointment...

Hi everyone, 

I have my appointment for the dietician/nutrition/social worker on December 9. How long in advance did you guys start keeping your good journal? There is no time frame suggested that I can see... Help please?!?

I find your word choice of "good journal" interesting.  

The Ottawa Weight Management Clinic provided us with forms to use for one week prior to the Dietician appointment. 

I journaled all my food intake for that week, good, bad, indifferent.  If you don't journal what you normally eat, in my opinion, you're setting yourself up.  

Since you weren't provided with a template, might I suggest journally a ten day period, using, for example, My Fitness Pal?   You can then print off each day and take them with you.

mmm

Hi, thanks for the reply to my question and pointing out my typo. I am writing this from my iPhone and the g and f are beside each other. It was simply an error. I do not intend on faking or altering my journal. I was thinking of doing 2 weeks of journals.

Oh my goodness, Sassy75, I am truly sorry;  I was half-asleep when I posted, and I sincerely apologize for mis-reading a simple typographical error.

Please accept my apology?

mmm

gotta love the auto correct on an iphone...

At the Guelph clinic they wanted 2 weeks prior the appointment worth of journaling. 

Michelle

The longer the better.

I didn't have to do one. I think its a good thing to do though. 

Hi Sassy!  I did  one week without any changes in eating habits chips and everything were written in.  Then I did about 102 weeks  showing the changes I was making.  That way they could see where I started from and where I was headed.  I used myfitnesspal.com to keep track and printed them out before I left.  Good luck!

Thanks everyone for your great replies ;) I am going to start on Monday. Hopefully this will be good. I have tried my fitness pal but I'm not that good navigating it. 

Chipmunk, no worries :) I would have probably questioned that too!! Lol when I read your reply I didn't understand until I went back and re-read what I wrote!! Haha

iphone auto corrects are a great laugh most of the time.

I used my fitness pal and brought in paper journals of food for three weeks.