The Cleveland Clinic recommends that when we wish to make changes to our diet we should use a food diary and be honest when recording what we eat. This diary should include the date, time, and place of our meals, and the beverages we drink.  It is also important to describe the emotions we are experiencing and our hunger level before eating, so that we can best analyze our eating patterns.

There are several food diary apps and examples of food diaries on-line from which to choose. These can assist us in eating more consciously, and help us eliminate or reduce from our diet those items that do not physically agree with us.