I keep a food journal every day – every meal, really.  If I didn’t do it every meal (every time I eat), I might forget things.  That’s no way to control your food intake!  And to control your intake, you have to keep track of what you are eating.  I do it by counting calories and writing it all down.  That is part of my mechanism for achieving weight control.  The other part is getting weighed every week.  That happens Saturdays.  Today is for the food journal.