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First and foremost, you must be honest! Your food diary is completely private and for your eyes only. So the only person you will be cheating is yourself! The more honest you can be, the more it will help you.

3 important tips:

Enter everything

Don't forget spread on bread, sugar in drinks, salad dressings, gravy or snacks you eat on the go. And if you're a 'picker', record it - everything counts! Your food diary may show you that this is all you need to cut out to lose weight.

Do it immediately

Don't try and remember everything until the end of the day - this is where our mobile phone service comes in handy.

There's no need to try and remember everything until the end of the day - why not use our mobile phone service? You can log into your BootsDiets account from your mobile and immediately record what you've eaten before you forget. This helps you to stay on track when away from your computer. To log in from your mobile, go to www.bootsdiets.mobi and log in using your usual BootsDiets email address and password.

Measure amounts

It might sound tedious but it's really important - especially at the start - to measure portion sizes and educate yourself about the calories in a serving. Some foods are not easy to guess; always weigh (at least once) breakfast cereals, unsliced bread, pasta, rice and potatoes. A 30g serving of breakfast cereal is probably not as much as you think. And a jacket potato may be 'healthy' but the calories can soon tot up if it's a large one.