Food Photo Contest (Free gourmet, healthy food!)

FatFighter — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:00:39 +0000

We’ve talked about how keeping a food journal can help you keep track of what you eat and help you lose weight. But what about taking pictures of your food? A recent study finds when volunteers were asked to take a picture of everything they ate, they started eating healthier food.

Researchers say the photographs made people think more carefully about what they ate because they knew they had to take a picture of it.

So I thought it would be interesting to do our own fun little food photo experiment/contest. Here’s how it’s going to work:

Take a picture of just one thing (meal or snack) you eat each day for 14 days – October 20-November 2. Every day, just email me the pictures and I will post them on FFTV. Tell me if or how taking these pictures affected you – for example, did it change what you ate? Whoever is the most consistent – i.e. takes a picture every day and sends it to me – wins. If we have a tie, we will have a drawing for the winner.

So what’s the prize? Notice all the mouthwatering pictures on this page? They’re just some of the delicious meals from Healthy Living Foods. If you win, you get your choice of 5 days of lunch or dinner from Healthy Living Foods delivered fresh right to your door. The meals are made with only local, natural, and organic ingredients.

The company was created by California native, wife, and mother of two, Shana London. After she had her second child, Shana struggled with weight gain and says she was frustrated because it seemed like fast food was their only option – she was juggling being a busy mom with a demanding career and just didn’t have the time to prepare healthy meals. Shana started Healthy Living Foods to help other busy people who were trying to lose weight eat healthy foods and still enjoy their quality of life.

Lucky for you, Shana started the company because now you can win this fabulous prize! Oh, and I’ll also throw in a gift card for 50 digital camera prints from Snapfish.

So get snapping! Send your pictures to sahar [at] fatfightertv [dot] com

Check out all the Food Photo Contest pictures here.

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Change ONE Thing: Write it down

FatFighter — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:58:30 +0000

Here’s a good way to slim down – write down everything you eat.

When Mike Wirsching tried food journaling, he was surprised by how much food he was actually eating.

“You sure shock yourself,” says Wirsching. “You see it and you see where your calories are coming from.â€

Keeping track of calories keeps you accountable. Plus realizing when you eat and how you feel at the time can help you understand your eating habits.

Andrea Hill, Registered Dietitian, Washington Dietetic Association, explains, “By having to write all those things down, it causes people to think a little bit about why theyâ€™re making the food choices theyâ€™re making. Over time, they may find that ‘I realize I do eat emotionally and instead of eating, now I go do something that I enjoy and Iâ€™m eating less.’”

So, if eating less is your goal, try food journaling. Chances are, if you know you have to write it down… you might pass on a few things.

See the video here

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