Recording your daily food intake and counting calories, for example, is a more sensitive measure of change than a daily weigh-in. Although decreasing your calorie intake from 2,000 calories to 1,500 calories per day is a 25 percent improvement, it is unlikely to lead to a loss of more than I percent of your body weight during your first week or two of action. Despite a highly significant cut in intake, weigh-ins may not initially show you any improvement!
