Food diary

On the night of Tuesday the 28Th I had tuna casserole with pees, mixed veggies (half cup),egg noodle pasta, 1 cup of tuna. I then finished my evening off with chocolate Swiss and a Pepsi max ( on the Pepsi can it states it contains zero calories). The next morning Wednesday the 29Th i had 2 Quaker oatmeal packages, 2 pieces of toast with raspberry preservers and jelly, and 2 glasses of Tropicana orange juice with no pulp. My lunch consisted of 2 cups of coke and a slice of pizza from Bravos pizza (there pizza's are extra cheesy). I then came home to have two servings of meatloaf and half a plate of broccoli with another half plate serving of mashed potatoes. My dessert was another Swiss pudding snack with an ice cream bar.

So far i believe my meals have been pretty healthy and equally balanced. I guess adding more vegetables and water to my meals could help making my meals healthier.

Thursday September 30Th i had 2 packs of Quaker oatmeal for breakfast with and egg mcmuffin, followed by one glass of orange juice.

I went to the McDonald's website and looked at there nutrients chart and I found out that an egg mcmuffin contains 300 calories, 12 grams of fat, 30 grams of carbohydrate, and an interesting 10 percent of vitamin A. Since i know nothing about daily intake of nutrients i decided to look up and first thing i saw was that our daily intake of calories is around 2,000... if some one such as myself eats 2 or 3 egg mcmuffins in the morning almost half of our daily intake of calories is finished . I found this so interesting that one small breakfast sandwich could take up so many calories. Later today for lunch i went to Wendy's and hand a medium fries, cheese burger and a medium coke. When looking at how many carbohydrates the cheese burger had, i found it interesting that it had only had 43 but yet an egg mcmuffin had 30, what about the cheese burger was different? (besides the obvious)

Having to log what i eat and then look up the nutrient facts have really opened my eyes to what i should, and how i should be healthier in my choices. Tonight my mom said i could have whatever i like and instead of having healthy left overs (broccoli, and meatloaf) i chose chef boyarde, which i know for a fact without even looking at the nutrient facts is not even close to being healthy for me. In one can of chef boyardee there are 425 calories, 50.6 carbohydrates and 19% of iron. Although i probably have daily calories and carbohydrates left it is gross to think how stuff in a can is made in order to stay good.

To finish off my food diary i had 2 more cups of Swiss pudding, and because they taste so delicious and make my taste buds go wild I don't mind what there nutrient facts are. Having this food diary was a great experience and for fun I'm making my mom do her own this weekend and where going to compare the outcomes.