The Ultimate Diet Log [Spiral-bound]

Suzanne Schlosberg (Author), Cynthia Sass (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 5, 2009

Modeled on the enormously successful Ultimate Workout Log, this essential 26-week diet log can be tailored to any diet or eating regimen and can help drive long-term weight loss.

 

Experts believe that simply being aware of what you eat is half the weight-loss battle. Finally, the creator of The UltimateWorkout Log teams up with one of the country’s top nutritionists to bring us the tool we really need—The Ultimate Diet Log, a goal-oriented daily diary for tracking food choices, eating habits, and exercise patterns for anyone interested in losing weight, firming up, or just eating better. With its accessible, flexible format that can accommodate any eating plan, this indispensable log helps readers chart their way through the four stages of food awareness to permanent weight loss and improve their daily eating habits for life.

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About the Author

SUZANNE SCHLOSBERG is the best-selling author of The Ultimate Workout Log, The Active Woman’s Pregnancy Log, and numerous other books. She has written for Shape, Fitness, Health, Real Simple, and Weight Watchers, among numerous other publications.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 304 pages
• Publisher: Mariner Books; Spi edition (January 5, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0618968954
• ISBN-13: 978-0618968954
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,185 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Handy and motivating, February 6, 2009

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J. C. Schmidt (small town New England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ultimate Diet Log (Spiral-bound)

I am now in week 7 of using this journal and it has been a helpful handy tool. For a few weeks before that, I had been tracking my food intake online, but it was cumbersome to look up each food in the database, sift through the (sometimes irrelavant) results, each time I had a quick snack. I much prefer to quickly jot it down the old-fashioned way, on paper.
One of the neat features is that each day's log has 2 columns for tracking "areas of focus." You decide which things are important for you to track: is it overall calorie intake, or fiber, or fat, or servings of fruits and veggies? And there is a helpful section at the front of the journal to help in your initial assessment to set personal goals and areas of focus. I flipped through a number of journals on the shelf at Borders before selecting this one, and I am very happy with my choice.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just what I've been looking for, March 5, 2009

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Dee54 (Nashville, TN USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Ultimate Diet Log (Spiral-bound)

I really do believe keeping a log helps you while dieting, but I've tried three or four other logs over the years, and I always quit after a couple weeks. Tracking all the info gets so tedious! But this log's five-day inventory has helped me figure out just what areas I need to focus on so I'm not wasting my time counting calories or fat grams or other things that just aren't relevant to the way I eat and my problem areas (I admit it: sugar intake and too much snacking since I'm home all day with the fridge). Plus, the log has just made me feel a lot less overwhelmed. Instead of completely overhauling my eating, I'm just focusing on a couple things. It's also helped me identify issues that I wasn't aware of -- fiber intake, for example. The layout is great -- really easy to use. And every page has a factoid that's always either entertaining or informative. A month into it, I feel like I've finally found the right fit with this diet log -- and my clothes are fitting a lot better, too!

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to Read! Easy to Use!, January 6, 2009

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S. Sudderth (Greensboro, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ultimate Diet Log (Spiral-bound)

In a market that is saturated with diet tips, tricks and journals The Ultimate Diet Log stands out. It is is easy to keep track of, fun to write in and easy to read.

I purchased UDL after flipping through each diet journal Barnes and Noble offered in the store. The UDL was the only one with flexibility in meal times, an exercise log and tons of pertinent information.