Keeping this eating journal has its advantages: one dieter reported that she had loved to eat peanuts before, but when she had to write down each individual peanut for the record, "I couldn't handle that. I just wasn't interested anymore, and I gave them up."
做飲食日誌有個好處，一個減肥者表示，以前自己最愛吃花生米，但現在吃的花生米要以「粒」計，「根本不能解饞，自己覺得怪沒趣的，也就戒掉了。」