Flogging It
April 6, 2008 by zmama75
Geneen Roth suggests food journaling as part of the Intuitive Eating process. That freaks me out. But The Rotund’s recent “flogging” has put that journaling thought once again in my head.
I have decided that although writing down the food I eat makes me feel queasy and a bit “diety in the head” that taking a photo of it and letting it go out into the ether does not. That’s a bit of a run-on but I think my point is made. I want to have some sort of sense of what I am eating but without the diet mentality or judgment.
So here’s my new flog.
I think it’s a good idea of you have the time to do so.
I go back and forth between having a food log and not having one. At first, when I started my Intuitive Kitchen food blog, I was going to post everything, but it soon became too much work and I wanted it to be more of a foodie blog anyway. I have, again, recently started a pen and paper food log for myself to monitor the ups and downs of my colitis in comparison to food intake. It’s a pain though, which is why I often stop for long periods of time, because this type of food logging has to be very detailed to catch any triggers (i.e. trigger colitis symptoms).
So far so good but it’s just the beginning. I am happy to say that doing this has not stressed me out like writing down the food has in the past. Strange!