This is probably going to sound crazy to a lot of you, but I promise, the underlying principle of what I’m about to write is worth while.

According to telegraph.co.uk, The University of Wisconsin-Madison recently did a little study about food consumption. The study required participants to take pictures of their food before eating it, which  would have sounded ridiculous 10 years ago, but let’s face it - digital cameras and Macbooks make it easier than ever to take pictures on a whim. After reviewing their findings,  researchers at Wisconsin-Madison concluded that photographing meals does in fact aid an individual in losing weight.

Do I think you should literally photograph all of your meals before eating?  I mean, not unless you’re compiling some sort of ironic food-on-the-table coffee-table book.  But I do think that you should take a mental picture of the things you eat before you eat them.

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I’m a whore for pictures. I bring my camera with me everywhere, and have blinded people on nights out by taking pictures every 42 seconds. Seen those stop motion films ever? That’s a perfect example of how my nights out are documented. Love, love pictures.

And I’m still totally in awe of digital cameras. Not all the fancy-shmancy settings you can do, it’s all about the little things for me. I’m still amazed that you’re able to see the picture right away—and realize that was a really bad angle of you. You can simply erase any unflattering image that’s on there and ensure no one has blackmail material on you later. You will not be scarring my facebook image with that, thank you very much. And it’s gone. Read More »