Lighten Up!, A Weight Control/Workout Journal Special Price - Kraft Hard Cover (prompts on every page, recycled paper, read more)

by Journals Unlimited Write it Down Series

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001GDNX40
• Item model number: JU-43
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,981 in Office Products (See Top 100 in Office Products)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 19, 2008

Product Description

Keep track of your all your health goals with this easy-to-fill-in format. Each of our journals is complete with thoughtful prompts true to the Journals Unlimited style. Lighten up!, A Weight Control/Workout Journal is formatted with prompts to guide you along your weight loss journey. The front of each page has room to document food eaten at each meal and overall calorie/fat/carb intake. On the back, document your daily workouts and journal any successes or setbacks along your way to better health. Life is an adventure, Write it Down & treasure the memory forever! (Also available in mini-size. See Journals Unlimited storefront.)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not very useful, April 19, 2009

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S. Harris - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Lighten Up!, A Weight Control/Workout Journal Special Price - Kraft Hard Cover (prompts on every page, recycled paper, read more) (Office Product)

The area for recording food intake has three lines only for each meal. So if you eat a piece of chicken, a veggie, a drink, and bread or dessert, there is not enough room to record it all. I had a breakfast of 1/2 grapefruit, 1 wheat english muffin, 2 pieces of turkey bacon, skim milk and fresh OJ, and I could not record the meal, not enough room. I gave up on this journal after two days.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice journal!, January 14, 2009

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M. Thompson "mini van mom 2000" (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
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I just received my journal, and I absolutely love it. It is very well made. If the other reviewer had a problem with the quote on the bottom of the page, that's no reason to deduct stars. It's very easy to cross it off and put in a quote of your own. Or, I just change the word "thin" to "fit" in my mind. "Nothing tastes as good as fit feels" would be very appropriate. In any event, I'm happy to have a journal I can use to track my fitness goals & keep so I can refer back to it when necessary. I tried a couple of on-line tools, but both were very cumbersome in how to enter in all your food and nutrition information. I just wanted something easy that I could jot things down in, and this fits the bill perfectly.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars More an emotion journal than a food journal, February 25, 2010

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rocketgirl (Virginia) - See all my reviews

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This journal is sturdy, which makes it nice for carrying around daily. It takes much abuse. But I found myself not using it because it didn't have enough lines for anything. There are 3 lines for each meal, which really isn't enough. I also wished there were more lines for macronutrients. It only has spots for calories, fat, and carbs. I would have liked room to record fiber and protein. There also isn't enough room for anyone who eats snacks through the day or after workouts. There is one small snack section at the bottom of the page.

I did like the intent of the non-food journal on the back of the page, the main reason I wanted this journal. But it really fell short. The section for exercise is entirely too small for me. There is one line that says "Exercise/Activity". Under that line is a split line with "What" and "how long/many" on it. Then there are 4 lines dedicated to "With whom/where" which seems odd. It's good if you just go to the gym and do one thing, but many days I like to record a little more information and there just isn't room for it.

I think this is a very interesting twist on the normal journals that have no room to write anything but food and exercise, but I'm just disappointed that in an effort to record the emotions/feelings, they forgot to leave enough room for the actual diet/exercise information.