| You?ˉre going to start taking nutritional | | | | stapled together. Just make sure that you have plenty |
| supplements, so you order a bunch of vitamins and | | | | of room on it to write. |
| prepare to change your health for the better. But | | | | Every 5-10 days, you?ˉll want to add an entry |
| before you take your first dose, you?ˉll want to | | | | into your journal. You should include an overall health |
| make sure that you have a method to track your | | | | check and what?ˉs different for you health-wise |
| progress. | | | | now than before. Though at first it may seem a trivial |
| ?°Why??± you may ask. It?ˉs simple | | | | thing to do, you?ˉll begin to see patterns over |
| ¨C if you are diligent in tracking your vitamin intake | | | | time. For instance, imagine these three entries: |
| and how it?ˉs affecting your life, you?ˉll be | | | | January 14 ¨C Feeling kind of low for the past |
| better able to adjust and understand your future | | | | week. I notice that it?ˉs still hard to get up in the |
| nutritional supplement needs.You?ˉll also be able | | | | morning, but I make myself just to take my vitamins. |
| to see specifically how the nutritional supplements | | | | Cried a lot today for some reason, but managed to do |
| you?ˉre ingesting are affecting you for the | | | | the laundry anyway. |
| better. | | | | January 23 ¨C Took a walk for the first time in |
| Here are some easy, no frills ways to track your | | | | months. Could the supplements be working for me? I |
| progress while taking vitamin nutritional supplements. | | | | even had a disagreement with our neighbor (the one |
| Though you don?ˉt have to continue to track | | | | with the barking dog!) and didn?ˉt start to cry. |
| forever, some people find it fascinating to do so; they | | | | Amazing! |
| enjoy seeing where they were in comparison to | | | | February 2 ¨C Groundhog day. But what a |
| where they are now. | | | | difference! After taking the nutritional supplements for |
| Step 1: Create a Spreadsheet | | | | a few weeks, I?ˉm beginning to wonder if they |
| No, the spreadsheet doesn?ˉt have to be a | | | | aren?ˉt miracle drugs. It?ˉs been much |
| computer-generated piece of art. Nor does it have to | | | | easier to get up in the morning, and I feel a renewed |
| be complicated. Simply create tables (or columns) for | | | | sense of self-esteem. It?ˉs weird?- but I like it! |
| each nutritional supplement. For instance, at the top of | | | | Step 3: Compare Journal Entries and Adjust |
| the spreadsheet, write the supplement name (vitamin | | | | Supplements Regularly |
| B12, folic acid, taurine, feverfew, et cetera). Then, make | | | | At this point, your nutritional supplement spreadsheet |
| columns that include: date taken, time taken, and | | | | should be a part of your daily routine. However, every |
| dosage. This will help you track your intake of nutritional | | | | month or two, you?ˉll want to go over all your |
| supplements in a general way. Keep this spreadsheet | | | | journal entries and vitamin log. Ask yourself whether |
| and a pen or pencil next to your vitamins and | | | | you feel that a dose has been working for you (based |
| you?ˉll be sure to fill it out. Of course, a simpler | | | | on how you feel, feedback from your physician, etc.) |
| way of keeping track is to have a fully integrated | | | | Also make notes on journal entries and honestly see if |
| nutritional supplement that means you don?ˉt | | | | you?ˉve made any progress health-wise as a |
| have to shake and take from numerous vitamin | | | | side effect of your vitamin nutritional supplement intake. |
| bottles. | | | | Remember ¨C the more you know about how |
| Step 2: Create a Journal | | | | vitamins and nutritional supplements are working for |
| Along with your nutritional supplement spreadsheet, | | | | you, the better. So keep a log and track your progress |
| add a journal. Again, this doesn?ˉt have to be a | | | | for maximum benefits! |
| formal notebook. It can be a few pieces of paper | | | | |