The Journal as a Silent Witness to Your Snack Habits

Your journal entries inadvertently become a detailed log of your daily caloric intake. Interspersed between attempts at self-reflection are crucial details like “Ate three cookies,” “Resisted the urge for a fourth,” and “Succumbed to the fifth.” Future historians will undoubtedly use your journal to accurately chart the rise and fall of your various diet attempts, complete with dramatic accounts of chocolate cravings and the triumphant consumption of “just one” more chip.