Food Diary: Week 1

In an attempt to eat more healthily, I have begun to write down everything I eat in a journal. Once a week, I will post exactly what I eat on that particular day on this blog--every painstaking detail. I know this is pretty prosaic content, but hopefully it's interesting for some of you to read. It's mostly for my own accountability. Once my after-work schedule is confirmed, I will post on the same day each week so that I don't just pick the "healthy" days to post. For now, I'll just pick at random.

Anyway, my goals in this experiment are trifold:

1. Eat breakfast everyday (preferably a high-protein breakfast). Right now, I never eat breakfast.
2. Cut back on sugar. I have a sweetness addiction.
3. Wittle down the processed foods we eat to extremely minimal. We do a fair job of this now, but I want to be better.

Here's what I ate today. And yes, the amount of cookies I ate is embarrassing, but it is what it is. My justification is that I just made them yesterday and they're going to spoil soon and Tim eats like one cookie every other day, so I have to make up for his abstinence. psh. I know this is faulty reasoning.

Breakfast: 3 homemade chocolate chip cookies and a half glass of milk. I wouldn't really label this as breakfast, but I ate it in the morning.

Lunch: small hunk of sharp cheddar cheese, grapes and about 8 whole-grain crackers.

After-work snack: 4 homemade chocolate chip cookies and a small bit of milk.

Dinner: we split two individual leftover dinners-->  half a bowl of homemade pasta fagioli  (celery, onions, garlic, tomatoes, spinach, cannelini beans, ditalani pasta, ground italian sausage, homemade chicken broth) and half a plate of mustard-marinated pork tenderloin, mashed potatoes (no gravy), and green beans.

After-dinner snack: cup of hot decaf tea and one homemade coconut  biscotti.

Stay tuned for next week...