Food Journal

4/28/09-
Dinner: TLT from/at Curly's. Consisted of tofu bacon, lettuce, pico de gallo, and mustard all on whole grain bread. I ate it in about 20 minutes and read inbetween halves. Before I ate I was feeling somewhat hungry, but not hungry enough to order an entree. I remember being low in spirits. While I ate I remember feeling happier now that I had this delightful sandwich to sooth my jangled nerves. This, of course, makes sense: food does after all contain vitamins and nutrients that helps to regulate our bodily functions.
I actually made the food myself. All the ingredients were perfectly visible and there was no calorie information on any of the ingredients. I just used common sense and my taste buds to mix health with satisfaction. I wasn't affected at all by this, if anything, it made me feel less encumbered worry. So often do we eat stuff just because it is low in calories. Its important to be knowledgable about what you eat lest you fall prey to those deceptive nutrition facts.

Dinner-Sleep: If I remember correctly I think I had a banana or two when I got home and then snacked on a massive bag of raisins that I bought at a health food store near Curly's. I try and make it a priority to eat a healthy, well balanced diet. I was doing work/on facebook so I was somewhat distracted and not really paying any attention to what I was eating. Before I knew it over half the bag was gone and I still wanted more raisins. I was pretty much just shoveling raisins into my mouth without knowing it and I don't recall any sensation that they would have normally initiated had I not been wrecking my brain with EMI waves. I don't worry about fruit calories nor should anyone else.

4/29/09-
Breakfast: I ate 2 Smart Dogs with Salsa for breakfast. They kind of tasted like rubber, but I stomached them anyway because I was hungry. Even when I was done with them I still felt dissatisfied, almost robbed of my breakfast, which is the most important meal of the day. I ate them in about one minute. None of the ingredients were visible; from what I remember it was just some processed soy mush shaped like a hot dog. It had a nice big nutrition facts sticker plastered right on the back and while it wasn't high in calories I still felt a little more calculative by having it there so I tore it off.

Breakfast-Lunch: I think I had some more of the raisins from that same health food store. I did, however, eat them with more thought this time; I stuck them between my cheek and gum and popped one out every so often and put it between my teeth where I chewed it piece by piece.

Lunch: I went over to Curly's again and ate the same thing the same way. Then I snacked on a few more raisins the same way I had previously.

Dinner: My family went out to an Indian restaurant less than a block away from our house. I ate Shag Panir with Indian rice sprinkled on top; its a spinach dish cooked with cheese. I ate it pretty slowly and enjoyed every second of it. It certainly lifted my mood a bit. The ingredients were all visible and there was no calorie information included. This, I think, helped me to enjoy the dish more which would make sense; if you have to worry about how it will affect you you lose sight of the experience of eating.