Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Food Diary for Jan. 6, 2010

Protein

Turkey

Dairy

None

Vegetables

None

Fruit

None

Starch

Potato
Crescent Rolls (8)
Fries

Fat

Butter

Multiple

Shrimp Chowder (Protein, starch, vegetables)
Big Mac (starch, protein, vegetables, dairy, other)

Other

Chex Mix Cocoa
Chex Mix Bold
Hot Chocolate with mini marshmallows

Reflections

I seem to be getting a lot of my requirements under the multiple category. I think it's primarily because I eat a lot of packaged foods. The Big Mac and fries was on a whim because hubby was in the mood for McDonald's. If I hadn't spilled my iced tea in the doorway when I was walking through the door tonight, that would have been on the list, as well.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Food Entry for Jan. 5, 2010

Protein

Turkey

Dairy

None

Vegetables

None

Fruit

None

Starch

2 Potatoes

Fat

Butter

Multiple

Shrimp chowder (protein, starch, vegetables, dairy)
Ravioli (Protein, vegetables)
4 fish sticks (protein, starch)

Other

Green tea w/3 sugars
Hot cocoa with marshmallows
Chex Mix Cocoa
Gravy

Reflections

No real reflections on the food aspect of it -- Avon order came today, and Little One was kind of whiny no matter what I tried to do with him. He's feeling better, but I don't think he's 100% yet. So that might have played in me going more for multiple ingredient convenience meals.

Monday, January 4, 2010

Food Entry for Jan 4, 2009

Protein

Ham (5 slices)

Dairy

None

Vegetables

None

Fruit

None

Starches

White Bread (2 slices)

Fat

None

Multiple

Lasagne (protein, starch, veggie, dairy)
Shrimp Chowder (starch, protein, dairy)
Garlic potatoes (starch, veggie, other)

Other

Green tea w/2 sugars
Mountain Dew (1 can)
Ice cream
Mustard

Reflection

It was "Take the meal out of the freezer" day. Lasagne is truly the perfect food. I only had two sugars with my tea today because the cup was small, and I thought a third sugar would have made it too sweet. At least Christopher was feeling better, although a little cranky today.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Food Entry for Jan. 3, 2010

Protein

Meatloaf
Ham x2
Roast Beef

Dairy

None

Vegetable

None

Fruit

None

Starch

White Bread -- 6 slices

Fat

Mayonnaise

Multiple

Blueberry Pancakes x3 (Starch, Fruit)
Mashed Potatoes (starch, vegetable)
Fish sticks (starch, protein)

Other

Coke (20 oz)
Ice Cream
Green Tea with Sugar
Coke Vanilla (20 oz)

Reflection

I think a lot of what I ate was because I was worried about my son Christopher. Right now he's not feeling well, and I don't know if he's coming down with a cold or is teething again (hubby was supposed to check his mouth). I'm hoping in the morning that he will be feeling better. I know right now my own eyes are starting to feel a little warm, so I might be coming down with something, too.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Food Entry for Jan. 2, 2010

Protein

Turkey
Roast Beef
Prime Rib

Dairy

4 slices American Cheese

Vegetables

None

Fruit

None

Starch

English Muffin
Can of Cheddar Cheese Pringles
6 slices of white bread
Sub roll

Fat

Margarine
Mayonnaise

Multiple

Oatmeal (Starch, other) -- Strawberry and Cream mixed with Banana and Cream mixed with plain oatmeal

Other

Gravy
Coke Zero (20 oz.)
Tea with three sugars

Reflections

No real veggies or fruits today -- closest was the oatmeal. Ice cream would have been on here, too, if hubby hadn't gotten mint ice cream, which I don't really care for -- don't like the aftertaste.

Friday, January 1, 2010

Food Entry for Jan. 1, 2010

Protein

Spam (3 slices)
Bacon (6 slices)
Meatloaf

Dairy

Parmesan cheese

Vegetables

None

Fruit

Orange

Starches

Wheat Bread (2 slices)

Fat

Margarine (I Can't Believe It's Not Butter)
Mayonnaise

Multiple

Potato (Starch, Veggie)
Lasagne (Starch, Veggie, Protein, Dairy)
Mashed Potatoes (Starch, Veggie)
Pizza Slice (Veggie, Starch, Meat)

Other

Pepsi Wild Cherry (3 cans)
M&Ms
Tea with 3 sugars
Gravy

Reflection

It's not that I didn't eat any veggies all day, it's that it happened to be in food that was in other food. Definitely a lot of other and multiple foods yesterday. The pizza came at the end of the day after hubby ordered it for him and the kids.

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Almost the End of the Year

The project officially starts tomorrow. But here are a few food-related news items that I thought that people might be interested in.

Move Over, Jared from Subway -- Here Comes Christine for Taco Bell! She calls it the "Taco Bell Diet," but my feeling is that she substituted what she would normally eat at Taco Bell with the "healthier options," and then ate healthy the rest of the time, as well. But I think the name might lead some people to believe that's all she ate the entire time.

The Decade of the Foodie An interesting article on how food dominated the last decade.

Kim Kardashian Sued by "Cookie Diet" Makers Because QuikTrim is so much healthier.

The Tapeworm Diet For some reason this is coming back, even though the FDA has banned this particular diet.

Predicted Food Trends for 2010

2009 A Year To Remember Food-Wise In reading the first paragraph of that article, I discovered that someone else already did a similar project to what I'm about to attempt. I'm hoping that my attempt is a different take on what he did -- my concept is more along the lines of what we average monkeys eat over the course of a year.

Have a Happy New Year, stay safe, and don't drink too much.