Even though almost no one actually looks at this site (I said almost--Hi Sam!), the act of making public my food choices should have a positive effect. Like a food diary, it forces me to pay attention to what I consume. Making it public should shame me into making better choices.
So here is Day 1, which was yesterday.
My favored breakfast: multi-grain sour dough bread from Broad Street, and a diet coke. (Yes, I know.)
For lunch I had the only slightly more nutritional:
This is probably at least 1.5 servings.
Servings are always much smaller than gluttonous Americans (like me) think they are.
This is really all I had to eat during the day. No snacks, nothing I've conveniently "forgotten" to include. By early evening I was hungry, which can work against me, I know. Like most people I tend to overeat when I am really ravenous. On the other hand, eating less at each meal helps shrink the stomach, so that we feel full more quickly.
Supper was prepared by Irvin with help from Justin and I didn't object even a tiny bit. Irvin's chosen menu:
Tilapia, sprinkled with Tony's and pan fried. Occupying the other half of the plate: three giant pasta shells filled with ricotta cheese, smothered in tomato sauce (the only vegetable of the day--egads!!), and topped with more cheese. Because you can never have enough cheese.
It is readily apparent that I have a serious carbohydrate problem. Some of these are "good" carbohydrates (whole grains), but there are way too many of them, regardless of their complexity. It is also clear that my meals yesterday suffered from an appalling lack of fruits and vegetables, although I did have an apple that didn't get photographed.
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