How This Will Work

What's going to happen is that I will be posting as late into the night as possible in order to ensure that I have recorded every single little bit of food I've eaten during the day. The formatting isn't going to be taking the form of a typical "food diary" -- I'm not going to track it by meal. Instead, it's going to be by food group.

So when you see the first entry, it's going to look something like this:

Protein

This will be primarily meats, although it might include some stray protein sources as well such as beans, peanut butter, and tofu.

Vegetables

For the sake of this experiment, "vegetable" will be identified as anything grown in the ground. If it happens to be a starchy vegetable, it will go under "multiple" with an explanation.

Fruit

"Fruit" is identified as almost anything grown on a tree. This will include fruit juices and fruit punches (100% juice).

Starches

Bread, pasta, etc. Anything with a lot of carbs in it.

Fat

Butter, oil, etc. Anything with a high fat content, for better or for worse. Which means nuts will go in this category, as well.

Dairy
Cheese, milk, etc.

Multiple

If it can't fall under one category, it will go here with an explanation of what food groups are included in the item.

Other

Junk food for the most part will go here, as well as anything that I can't put in a particular food group.

Reflection

After I look over what I've eaten over the course of the day, I'll reflect on what it means. The first few entries might be a little sparse in this area since we'll be just starting, but after about a week or so, I might start to see a pattern.