Keeping a journal as you progress through your diet is a great way of tracking your progress.
Keep track of everything you're eating, not only is it easier to count up the calories to make sure you're on the right path, but putting it on paper also makes you more aware of what you're eating throughout the day.
When tracking our food in your journal, also track your weight - it helps you see the bigger changes over time that you might not notice from day to day. Weigh yourself once a week to avoid tracking and getting frustrated over the normal daily fluctuations - weigh yourself on the same day of the week, at the same time in order to keep it consistent.
Before you know it, you'll find that you've hit the goals you initially set, and then you can set new goals, or move into more of a maintenance phase of your diet - where you may not be as concerned with losing weight, but hopefully the healthy eating habits, lifestyle changes, and regular exercise will have made a big difference to your overall health.
