Food Diary May Double Your Weight Loss

July 8, 2008— -- A recent study by the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research found that dieters who kept track of what they ate in a food journal lost twice as much weight compared those who didn't.

The results of this study point to food diaries as an inexpensive and straightforward method for weight-loss.

Sites like Fitday.com, and 2000cal.com offer free online services, where you can track what you eat and how many calories it costs you, on-line. Both sites allow dieters to monitor both their food intake and exercise and set personal goals.

MyFoodDiary.com offers a similar service, for a small monthly fee.

Today, with high hopes, our "World News" staff gave our very own food diary a try:

Dry bagel & water
Salad: ham, lettuce, pineapple, egg, peas, raisins, Asian noodles, fat-free dressing
Diet Snapple

Bagel with cream cheese & coffee
Salad: lettuce, cole slaw, chicken salad, broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, feta cheese
Dr. Pepper
Brownie & coffee

Breakfast sandwich: scrambled egg whites, turkey, lowfat cheese, jalapenos on soy pita

Iced tea

8 pretzel nuggets
Coke Zero
Vegetarian Jambalaya, orange pepper slices, edamame
Plum

Bagel with lite cream cheese
Orange juice and coffee
Chicken salad sandwich on rye with lettuce and tomato
Fat free raspberry yogurt
Low fat chocolate milk

1 lowfat blueberry yogurt

18 Nilla wafers

Burrata cheese, tomatoes with olive oil and pepper

Swiss chard w/olive oil and pine nuts

1 Lemonade

Bowl of blueberries and raspberries with whipped cream

1 Blondie

1 bottle spring water

2 cups coffee

Honeynut Cheerios

Ham, cheese, salami hero with lettuce, tomato, oil and vinegar

Snapple

Granola bar