Write it Down to Lose the Weight

Researchers at Kaiser Permanente's Center for Health Research say, "simply jotting down meals and snacks on a Post-it or texting yourself a list of what you eat encourages you to take in fewer calories by forcing you to reflect on how much you are consuming." The researchers found that people who kept a food journal lost about 13 pounds in 6 months (compared to an average of 7.5 pounds for those who didn't write down what they ate).