my Four Pillars of healthy weight loss
• Food • Activity • Mindset • Sleep
• Food


How tracking can help you lose weight

Why should you track what you eat? Simple. It helps you lose weight. Along the way, you'll learn to make healthier choices, too.
Being mindful of how much you eat, move, and whether you're gaining, losing, or maintaining your weight can help you see your progress more clearly. After all, the number on the scale is only one indicator of overall health: Wellness is about building habits that last a lifetime.

On myWW+ you earn Wins for tracking healthy behaviors every day. And you can redeem these Wins for real rewards. It's all about reinforcing the behaviors that will help you reach your goals and maintain them. (What you reward, you repeat!)

How does tracking work? 
 
Tracking makes you more aware of:
  1. What you’re eating
  2. How much you’re eating
  3. How many SmartPoints® values you’re using, so you can decide...
  4. Whether those foods are “worth it” to you

A few pointers...
  • Be as accurate and honest as you can.
  • Track in the moment, if you can.
  • Be kind to yourself.

Not every day is going to be perfect. And that’s okay. Focus on small, simple things (like planning your next meal) and you’ll be right back on track.

Pro tips!
  • Use the Barcode Scanner. Scan the barcode of almost any packaged food and it’ll automatically calculate the SmartPoints values for you.
  • Take a pic. Don’t have time to track? Take a picture and track it later. It’ll also help you remember exactly what you ate.
  • Pre-track your meal. Planning ahead will help you know how many SmartPoints you have to spend and what you want to spend them on.

Need help downloading the app? Our Coaches are here to help, so don’t hesitate to ask!
This week’s technique is:
Get to Know Your Eating Patterns
Try this!
Pick three days this week when you’ll take notes on how and what you eat—and how it impacts you—using the steps below.
Right before you eat, jot down the following.
It's been ____________ hours/minutes since I last ate.
Track and eat your meal or snack.
After you eat, wait 30 minutes. Using the same journal, document, or app as you did in Step1, fill in the blanks below. (Not sure about something? Just write "I'm not
sure." And make notes of anything else you think is important.)
Repeat this every time you eat throughout the day.
Let’s dive a little deeper...
We're just getting started this month, but you've already heard your fair share about eating patterns. There's a reason for that. When you become more aware of them, you can identify what’s working for you and what’s not—and it’ll be easier to do what’s working. Of course, you can modify things along the way if needed!

Be sure to take notes, because you’ll need them later this month to see if you want to make changes to the way you eat.
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