write down what I eat

For two weeks now I have written down every single thing that I eat. I love that I am accountable to myself. And doing it on Prevention.com has been a great help to me because it showsme what I am actually doing to myself when I make the choices that I typically make. Even with exercise, I see that I still need to make some major changes in my diet to reach my goal by March of next year.

I am entering everything I eat into my profile at prevention.com. I am suprised at how calories add up and curious to see the reality of my food choices and perhaps pick up on patterns and correlations between what I eat, how I feel, and my weight, as it tracks and graphs all these things.

I also had to have a “heart to heart” conversation with myself and with God about the abuse and neglect I have put my body through in the past by eating poorly. I am serious about staying committed to writing down what I eat daily and eating how I know is best. I don’t believe in dieting, but I do believe in the power of learning about nutrition and applying mindfulness to ones eating habits.

I think that it is important to be aware of your actions. I don’t want to eat too much or eat too little. I just want to be balanced. I think that a good way to track what you eat is by writing down what you plan to eat.

11am: Two cups of coffee with about 8tsp cream and two sweetnlows, one sausage-egg-potato-cheese breakfast burrito with salsa. Almost one whole wheat pancake with banana slices and pecans and maple syrup. I also had a bite of a California omlette and a few bites of hashbrowns with catsup and a bite of a buiscut.

3pm: a blue garoraide

7pm: a bowl of thai coconut curry with rice, a swig of diet Dr. Pepper.

I did this in my diary for yesterdy. It wasn’t pretty in terms of carbs, but it was okay.

Today I started with a few ounces of the Sprite I had left. I had a Thundercloud large veggie sub with cream cheese, avacado, olives, sprouts, tomato, cucmber and mushroom. I also had nacho-cheese flavored doritos and a blue gatoraide. Then I had a bag of whoppers and a large coffee with soy, cream, and honey. This meal was definately my cheat for the week.

At the rehearsal, I had one half of a berry strudel and one and a half bagels with light almond-honey cream cheese. I drank about a 1/2 cup of black coffee.

After biking home, I ate a plum and about 6 veggie “meat”balls with a high-sodium sauce. I think I’m going to drink another Sprite. I’m craving one.

1 bowl rice cereal and unsweet rice milk

1 peice brioche with an egg fried in coconut oil, with rosemary and garlic, cracked pepper and seasoning salt.

1 medium cup of coffee with soy milk and honey.

Organic vegetable soup

A Tolberone

A small bowl of rice cereal and rice milk

Large slushie from 7-11

1 peice broche with a fried egg and 1/3 can of organic corn chowder.

3 bowls of whole grain gram cracker cereal with unsweetened soymilk.

1 Venti iced coffee with cream and sugar.

A HUGE bowl of organic red leaf lettuce with flavored almonds, olive and vinegar dressing, and gorgonzola.

broccoli, egg + cheese koloche
20oz coffee with cream and honey

A 20oz coffee with 6 flavored creamers.

1 can of tuna with light mayo and dill dressing
1/4 cup tomato soup
1 large bananna

1+1/2 cans of rootbeer

breaded eggplant and pasta with butter sauce and a bit of rosemary bread (leftovers from a date at Macoroni Grill)

black seedless grapes
1 ferro roche chocolate
1 very small paice of hersheys chocolate
1 tiny peice of taffy