Why should i keep a journal?

[vincent vega]

Hi, I have been advised to keep a daily journal. It may seem like a silly question but why?

I have been told to write down :

how i feel when i get up = Shitty

What i eat for breakfast and what time = oats and whey protein

What i eat for smoko, lunch, next meal and so on = Tuna pasta oil; tuna pasta oil etc.

how i feel when i eat = full

Then my moods through the day. My gym routine, and how i feel after it?

Ok so you get the picture.

Trouble is whats the point?

I am on a 3 day split, 40 40 20 diet with almost military precision timing and quantitys. I never miss a session and cant wait till the next one. I love the burn.

I do understand that journals may help some but unless the pen weighs 20kg i personally think it may be a waste of my time.

Please help me to understand how this may be of benefit.

Does anyone ever read their old notes?

Does it help?

Thanks

[biggurl27]

Yeah when you increase your weights and look back on what you were doing a year ago its great i.e. increases of 20kgs on DB press or increase of 40kgs for squats on so forth. Also helps in terms of nutrition to look back what works well for you and what doesn't. Body statistics is good to record too, weights, measurements, BF% etc.... Its up to you at the end of the day if you want to record your progress. You don't need to put down your mood or how many dumps you take in a day.

[GreekAdonis]

or how many dumps you take in a day.

3 before lunchtime. :evil:

[boostinggtir]

If you want to be one of the cool gang I'd recommend starting a journal. Real talk g. 8)

[teamfatboy]

What BG said :ditto:

Especially the last sentence - TMI, far far far far far too much info :grin:

[TapDat]

I think a lot of the direction in relation to the Journal is relative to the Human brains function.

Think of it as a learning/developing measurement. Learning as in your brain is being told if you write down that you have benched say 110kg that this is what your current status of benching is, a small part of your brain then intercepts this information if you are very visual and then says " I want more ".

This then in turn helps you ask your body a bigger question, and that question being, what happens if I add 10kg more to my current bench weight? Your brain then reply’s “you get to write it down (in your journal) your journal is also very much a truth contest. Ever told anybody you lift 110kg? And you only lift 80kg? If you keep telling people over and over you lift 110kg when in fact you don’t, then your suppressing the honest realisation from yourself that you are only lifting 80kg, which lowers your target function to strive towards lifting 110kg. Every time you write down in your journal that you are lifting 80kg it activates your target function, and screams to your body “I want more " which increases your drive, and clearly is going to increase your performance.

Random info speel over.

[vincent vega]

Hey thats some really good advice.

Thanks

I will try and give it a go.

:oops: Got to point out though the military timings and quantitys relate to food and feeding not what goes through the one way valve.

Silly me i didn't see that one!