Track your food but make it simple.

You've heard it before. Track your food. I'm telling you, this shit works. Weight loss or gain comes down to a mathematical equation (and no, this doesn't always mean eat less and move more; that's a whole other conversation). And yet, we don't want to believe it because we don't want to put in the work. Our society is so hyper-focused on getting results yesterday.

I've said it before and I'll keep saying it, we tend to overcomplicate everything possible. Let's talk about how you can track your food without making it too much. Before we dig in, just know that you might start out tracking one way and change the way you track later on down the road. This is completely okay.

Here are a few simple ways of tracking that may work for you:

-Snap a picture. This might work best for you if you're always on your phone but don't want to take the time to list things out.

-Vaguely write your food and drinks in a notebook or planner. For example, instead of writing down turkey, cheese, and mayo sandwich, you can just write sandwich. Easy, right?

-Use your notes app to track.

I require new clients to track their food for at least 3 days. This doesn't include weighing and measuring but it gives me an idea of what their diet looks like and it opens their eyes to what kind of foods they're eating. It takes time to get used to tracking and that's why I recommend if you're going to track you start out simple. Although I'm a fan of tracking macros, it's not something I recommend right away because it is an adjustment and we're taking baby steps right now.

Personally, I like to physically write my food log out in my fitness planner. I've tracked through an app before but this works better for me because I carry it with me so that I don't forget.