Want to feel stronger and healthier? Want to look better and stay younger? Then you need to sign yourself in to the POWER EATING LOG.

Your world today is full of health and diet information. You see it on TV, listen to it on talk radio, read it in books, magazines, newspapers, and on the internet. You have more access to information than ever before. Then why is it still so hard to achieve diet and fitness success?

Disregarding the fact that much of the information out there is unscientifically-based mumbo jumbo, even the good stuff is hard to put into action. It's not enough to learn about it, read about it, think about it, or talk about it. Resoundingly, successful dieters claim that the most important thing that they did to ensure their success was to write down what they ate and how they exercised every day.

This little piece of information is even supported by scientific research. We know that when people keep records of what they eat every day, they eat more healthfully, lose more weight and are more successful at keeping that weight off. And if they happen to put on a few pounds, they can go right back to recording their food and easily lose the weight again.

If gaining muscle and strength is your goal, there is no better example than championship bodybuilders. They all keep records of their daily routines, weekly goals, and monthly outcomes.

How To Use The Power Eating Log

The POWER EATING LOG is designed to follow the POWER EATING diet plan using various recording methods. You don't need to use all of the recording methods. Choose the style that works best for you.

The LOG is broken up into days and weeks. Each week ends with a weekly recap. Each 4 week period ends with a 4-week recap, and the LOG ends with a final, 12-week recap. The recaps allow you to evaluate how you have been doing during each period of time. You can identify where your diet and exercise strengths and weaknesses are, and make a goal plan for the following period of time.

The daily log sheets have several recording styles. Since POWER EATING is based on 7 food groups (bread/starch, other carbohydrates, fruit, vegetable, protein, dairy, and fats), there is a food group pyramid where you can just visually cross off your servings from the food groups that you have eaten each day. Since fluids are such an important part of the POWER EATING plan, water makes up the foundation of the food group pyramid. To individualize the pyramid for your personal POWER EATING plan, adjust the number of servings from each food group by blacking out or drawing in additional serving icons.

Rather than recording what you ate in general food group terms, you might prefer to record your food intake by writing down everything that you've had to eat and drink all day. Each daily log sheet also has a place to record when you ate, what and how much you ate, why you ate, and the calories and fat grams for each food or meal. This style of recording can also be compared to the POWER EATING food plan.

Since diet is only half of the POWER EATING plan, each day also has a place to record your exercise, including aerobic activity, strength training, and stretching/stress relaxation. And since the bottom line of any program is ultimately how you feel, there is a place to record that, as well.

Any type of record or log is always more accurate if you carry it with you and record as you go throughout the day. We've designed this LOG to be easy to carry with you: in a briefcase, backpack, or purse. So do it. Keep it with you. That way you don't have to try and remember at the end of the day what you ate nearly twelve hours before.

Set yourself up for success. After you design your personalized POWER EATING plan, set small, short term goals first, with a recognition of your ultimate long term goals. Most people cannot successfully go from A to Z in one big leap. By setting small, achievable goals, you will be working toward your larger goal with smaller yet triumphant steps rather than one big leap that falters. For instance, maybe in the first week all you want to accomplish is to understand and remember your personalized diet program. You'd also like to find a good personal strength and conditioning trainer to help design your strength training program. In week two you'd like to be able to follow the program even during your two days of business travel. In week three you want to eat your day's requirements for fruits and vegetables every day. In week four you want to get through the week without missing a day of exercise, and you want to eat only when you are hungry. And so on. By the end of the twelfth week your goal is to lose body fat, increase muscle mass, have more energy throughout the day, and feel altogether better.

POWER EATING is a lifestyle plan, not a diet that you go on to go off. It takes time and commitment to change lifestyle. But it is the most proven way to accomplish your goals now, and for the rest of your life. Unless you see yourself as successful, you'll never stick to your program. So setting smaller goals that you know you can achieve in a shorter period of time will ensure that you reach your ultimate target: feeling stronger and healthier, and looking better and younger. Believe me, it won't take you long. You are already on your way!

It's time to face the music. There are no excuses left. POWER EATING gives you the most cutting-edge information about what to do with your diet and exercise to make you leaner, stronger, have more energy, look better and be healthier. The POWER EATING LOG is your guide on how to get there. It's a winning combination!

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