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Food diary templates
Two free printable food diary templates for writing down what you eat and drink.
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Food diary notebook
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My 7 day food journal
Opens on MyHealth London (NHS)
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My 3 day food journal
Opens on Know Diabetes (NHS-backed education programme)
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Food diary with eating guide
Opens on West Sussex Wellbeing (Arun)
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How to use it
- Choose the daily diary for detail or the weekly log for a quick overview.
- Print the PDF, or type into the Word file.
- Write each entry soon after you eat so you do not have to rely on memory.
- Use the notes box for anything you want to remember, such as how you felt or what was happening that day.
- Keep your sheets together so that you can look back over them.
About this template
The daily diary has a row for each meal or snack with the time, what you had and where you were. The weekly food log is a landscape grid, with a box for each meal on each day, so a whole week fits on one page. They are recording sheets only: there are no targets or calorie columns. Both come as a blank and a worked example, in Word and PDF, free.
Questions
Does the template tell me what to eat?
No. It is a blank record sheet. It has no targets, limits or advice.
Can I use it for a dietitian or GP appointment?
Many people do bring a completed diary to an appointment. Ask the person you are seeing how they would like it set out.
Where can I get advice about diet?
The NHS website and your GP or pharmacist are the places to start. This template does not give health advice.
Are the example entries a recommendation?
No. They are made-up entries so you can see how the sheet works.
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