Many health and nutritional experts discuss the importance of maintaining a food and exercise journal. But how beneficial is it to do so and what are the benefits of doing so? This article will discuss the benefits of keeping a food and exercise journal. A food and exercise journal tracks what you eat and what you exercise and allows you to compare it against other external measurements such as your weight or blood pressure. By doing so you can determine what is working in your diet and can have results that are tracked by real measurable data. As health advice is general in nature by keeping a journal you can see what is working in your life and can determine how to adjust your diet and exercise routine going forward as needed.