Another update.... (Let's try this again)

My Fitness Pal shows me where I'm at in my macronutrients (carbohydrate, protein and fats) and my calorie goals. I'm sure there's other apps out there that do this, this is just the one I've had the best experiences with.

I set goals to do things, and they never come to fruition. Anyone else have that experience?
Anyway. I have realized something important. I need to slow down. When I set goals, I want to do all the things, all at once. And it turns out that's not very sustainable. So let's slow this thing down a bit, shall we?

Right now, I'm working on my nutrition. I have been struggling for a while with my weight and cholesterol, and I just really want to nourish and take care of my body, instead of neglecting it as I have been. So I saw a nutritionist last week, and she gave me some really cool ideas to try!!

This week, I'm going to start by logging my foods.
The best place I've found so far for logging food is by far Myfitnesspal. It has the most comprehensive list of items, and you can search by barcode, and they have lots of restaurant chains' menus on there, so you can just browse those and input them. And if you can't find an exact match, you can either add it manually if you have the nutrition facts or recipe, or you can just find an approximation that someone else put in at some point.

So it turns out that keeping a food diary has been pretty well researched. This article from the Journal of the Academy of  Nutrition and Dietetics is a pretty good meta-analysis of how you are significantly more likely to reach your weightloss goal. Hopefully, starting with this will make it easier to reach my other goals later!

What ways have you been able to get over that hurdle of wanting to do all the things at once? Comment below!~