You know that you should be checking your weight and body measurements but how often and how do it? Tracking this information will help you decide if you are still on track or if you need to make adjustments in your diet or exercise.

The first thing that you should be doing is writing down everything you eat a food diary. When you write down what you eat, you will be able to figure out if you are overeating or if you are eating too many snacks or fatty goods.

You should weigh yourself every morning before breakfast. This will keep you motivated while you are losing weight and it will alert you that you will need to adjust your diet if you are gaining weight. The best time to weigh yourself is when you first get up in the morning. Weigh yourself at the same time every day to get the most accurate reading.

You do not need to take your measurements every day. Take your body measurements weekly. You may even opt to take your measurements every other week so that you can see a real difference. You will want to measure at least your waist, busted or chest, and hips.

Both diet and exercise are important to meeting your weight loss goals. It will take a combination of both to see success. So, in addition to your food journal, you will also need to keep an exercise log.Write down the types of exercises that you do and how you feel during and after each exercise. You should be doing both aerobic exercises and weight training exercises. Aerobic exercises burns old fat and calories and decreases the amount of fat that lives over the abdominal area.

Types of aerobic exercises are walking, speedwalking, swimming and bicycling. You should work out at least four to five times during the week.

Strength training is also important because it will help you keep up with your aerobic exercises. Also, strength training will burn even more calories and fat if it is combined with aerobic exercises.

You will not meet your weight loss goal immediately. It will take some time. After all, you did not gain your weight overnight. Depending on how much you weigh, it will take at least three months of working towards your goal until you see results. The more overweight you are, the longer it will take you to reach your goal weight. Stay with it. Continue with your food and exercise logs so that you can see your improvements and also see where you need to make changes.