Day One Food Journal
DAY ONE FOOD JOURNAL!!!
We are excited to start the journey!! We are keeping track of food for the day. Here it is:
Breakfast: 4 pieces of peanut butter and jelly toast
Coffee with some creamer
Work: 2 doughnuts
Lunch: Piece of stromboli
Snack: 3 handfuls of Cheez-its
Home snack: 2 PBs on a spoon and a diet coke
Dinner: Spaghetti with meatballs.
3 pieces of garlic bread
Salad with veggies and dressing
Dessert: Double Dunkers Ice cream with syrup and peanuts
Snack: Cereal with banana and milk
This was easily a day in a life of me eating. This is how I ate, consistently, on a day to basis. Yes, I did not have the doughnuts everyday, or perhaps so many carbs with the spaghetti for dinner, but you could bank on me eating:
ice cream and having a snack later in the evening.
I would easily eat some Cheez-Its here and there throughout the day.
I would partake in the workplace snack source of baked goods, candy, and other unhealthy treats my fellow co-workers lovingly brought in to share with the staff or the PTO may provide to say thank you to us!
In regards to the journal, this is a great first step..but it could use improvement. If this is what you are writing and beginning to track of, GOOD FOR YOU!! This is a GREAT FIRST STEP!
We all need to start somewhere and this is a solid start. We can start getting some insight on eating habits and the next few days will be interesting to look at to see a whole picture.
One day is a snapshot, just a small glimpse in the nutritional picture. As we continue we can improve on some minor details:
Add times of day. Use 6:30 AM instead of morning
Add more accurate amounts:
Two large cups of coffee with 2 TBs of SPECIFIC BRAND CREAMER in each
Four tablespoons of SPECIFIC BRAND French dressing
Three inch long piece of stromboli
This gives a clearer picture of what you are eating to more accurately calculate calories, sugar, protein, fat and carbs.
Keep working!!!! On to day two….
