{"id":13150,"date":"2008-07-09T08:38:56","date_gmt":"2008-07-09T15:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/07\/09\/validation-of-the-geek-diet-sort-of.html"},"modified":"2008-07-09T08:38:56","modified_gmt":"2008-07-09T15:38:56","slug":"validation_of_the_geek_di","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/07\/09\/validation_of_the_geek_di.html","title":{"rendered":"Validation of the Geek Diet … sort of"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Study: Keeping a diary of what you eat can reduce weight<\/a> <\/p>\n

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A major study has found that dieters who kept a food diary about what they ate lost twice as much weight as dieters who didn\u2019t keep a log.<\/p>\n

Kaiser Permanente monitored 1,700 people and put them on a low-fat diet rich in fruits and vegetables aimed at lowering hypertension and improving overall health. While the participants lost an average of 13 pounds during the six-month regimen, those who kept a diary lost an average of 18 pounds, and those who did not lost nine.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems that the simple act of writing down what you eat encourages people to consume fewer calories,\u201d lead author Jack Hollis, a Kaiser-Permanente researcher said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The Geek Diet is\/was my using BalanceLog software on my PC and PDA to track calories, logging everything I ate. And, yes, it actually worked. Not only did it give me a goal, but the need to recognize that I was eating <\/em>(by writing down what I was nibbling on) gave me the awareness <\/em>necessary to actually decide whether I wanted to be adding those calories or not.<\/p>\n

It’s good to see that there’s some scientific backing of what’s going on with me there.<\/p>\n

Now … I just need to get back to doing myself …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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