Like Kathryn, journaling has seldom helped me with healthy habits - well, unless I count chatting with ya'll.
I remember her ds saying she was blogging here and just didn't know it (or something like that) and that's quite true about all of us. I do seem to be helped by minimal note-taking, and so I do well with cards/forms/charts in which I only expect a checkmark √ √ √ √ or a fill-in-the-circles count 0000. Sometimes just the briefest word, like "good" or "poor", or a workout name, or shorthand for a food if I want to note it.
I met all my healthy habits goals today. ( I know this because of my shorthand in my healthy habits page). Right now I'm hole-punching weekly pages that have columns for 7 days each, to go in a 3-ring binder. Wouldn't be surprised if I go back to cards, which I do like and which are easy to save, but this has been a good choice when I'm also recording workouts on calendar sheets that can use the binder as well.
All is done with exercise and the high-low carb cycling program Chris uses on his show. I like reading his fb page every morning to get inspired. There are plenty of people like myself who post who have lost 25-50 lbs.
I hope that signals nothing. I really like that dish, it has not hurt me before, and I would like to be able to keep it in my meals every once in a while. My first two bites were fine, although I noticed the pepper was certainly not overcooked but closer to crisp. Then the third bite was a humdinger - probably some seeds.