Hi all,

I have tried to journal / log to learn my triggers & symptoms, but I have yet to succeed.

Problems I run into...Log gets too complicated - too many triggers & symptoms to keep track of consistently.   I get bogged down.

On bad days (most days) I can't think clearly enough to judge my situation, plus I don't have much energy to log.

I try using 0-10 to rate symptoms - but that runs into problems.   If today is better than yesterday I will rate it up.   But, today may be better than yesterday, but still way worse than 1 month ago, and it's hard to objectively compare over the months how I am doing.

So - how do some of you do this?  
How do you track foods, triggers, symptoms, and do it long enough to help?  

Thanks so much!
BlueSkies  

Thank you, Deborah, this is very helpful.   I like your idea - I'm going to try it.    

This gives me an idea - I may try keeping one log in the kitchen just for food & observations about food reactions, and then another log somewhere else about other types of triggers and reactions.