A Gentle Balance

September 21, 2008

2008-09-21T18:12:00.000-07:00

Orange juice and banana chocolate chip mini muffins (I ate two)

Turkey burger

Salad with blue cheese dressing

Sesame chicken and fried rice

September 20, 2008

2008-09-20T17:14:00.001-07:00

Breakfast and lunch for at work: PB&J, ham and cheese sandwich, sugar snap peas, three chocolate chip and banana mini muffins, and pineapple (I only ate a few bites because it was canned and did not taste very good)

Sesame chicken with fried rice

A little more

Whole wheat pasta with butter, garlic and parmesan

September 19, 2008

2008-09-19T16:19:00.000-07:00

PB & J

Two corndog muffins, raw carrots, nectarine, three mini banana chocolate chip muffins, dried pineapple and nuts (didn't eat)

Most of the other half of the rotisserie chicken, sugar snap peas, blue cheese mashed potatoes

September 18, 2008

2008-09-17T19:08:00.001-07:00

Strawberry cream cheese filled bagel and orange juice

Meatloaf, bread, and cheddar cheese slice for meatloaf sandwich (I ended up getting a wheat roll in the cafeteria because the bread was stale), chopped tomatoes (didn't eat), and I also ate the peach and remaining dried pineapple and nuts from yesterday

Chocolate

Half a rotisserie chicken and squash sauteed in olive oil and garlic

Four mini banana-chocolate chip muffins

One more mini muffins

September 17, 2008

2008-09-17T19:08:00.000-07:00

Strawberry cream cheese filled bagel

Two corn dog muffins, red pepper, dried pineapple and nuts (ate half), and a peach (didn't eat)

Banana

Broiled chicken and pineapple with a pineapple teriaki sauce and green beans

Cheddar multigrain chips

Reese's Cup

September 16, 2008

2008-09-16T19:05:00.000-07:00

PB & J

Meatloaf muffin with a slice of cheddar cheese and a roll for meatloaf sandwich, red pepper, kiwi, dried pineapple and nuts.

Three corndog muffins (corn muffin with cut up hot dogs)

M & M bar (I ate before I remembered to take the picture!)

September 15, 2008

2008-09-15T17:29:00.001-07:00

Banana

Mini turkey burgers, cheddar sun chips, tomatoes and cucumber, dried pineapple and nuts, peach

Chocolate

Meatloaf muffin (I only ended up eating one) and blue cheese mashed potatoes

Gob

September 14, 2008

2008-09-14T20:11:00.000-07:00

Waffles and center cut bacon

Homemade turkey burger with garlic mayo and tomato and pineapple

Gob

September 13, 2008

2008-09-14T20:00:00.001-07:00

Bagel filled with strawberry cream cheese

Thin Spaghetti with tomato, zuchinni, olive oil, parmesan cheese.

Pineapple

Hard boiled egg, cheese, gob

Pizza

Garlic popcorn

I also ate 9 banana oreos and about 2 cups of milk later on.

Missing In Action

2008-08-26T19:54:00.000-07:00

I have been taking a break from my flog the last month for a few reasons.

1. I had minor surgery on my hand which made typing and taking pictures hard.
2. It has been a very busy time for me.
3. I needed some time to be honest with myself.

Reason 3 is the subject of this post. If I am 100% honest with myself I have to admit that I want to lose weight. I am not happy or comfortable at my current weight. My hips and knees hurt. my back hurts. I am tired a lot. It does no good to deny what I feel. I don't need to be thin, I just want to weigh less than I do now. I am going to make some choices with the intention and goal of weight loss. I am not one of those fat people who eat a great diet and exercise. I binge and I sit on my ass way too much. For me I know when I have been most successful losing weight is when I eat intuitively. Eating intuitively also has been the most successful in helping me to not binge because I don't feel deprived. I know that exercise makes me feel better and sleep better. So....

-Back to intuitive eating I go
-I am going to work on increasing my exercise. I recently got assigned to a closer parking lot at work which is close enough for me to walk, thought it will take me 10 minutes or so to get to my office. This means 20 more minutes walking a day. I am also going to take an additional 20 minute walk at work everyday so I will get in 40 more minutes of walking every work day. After I see how this goes I may buy a treadmill.
-I am going to weigh myself whenever I feel like it instead of feeling like weighing myself is a bad thing.
-I am going to pay attention to fruits and veggies and try to eat at least 5 servings a day. I feel more satisfied when I do this and it is good for me.
-I am going to work on cutting back on sugar because eating too much of it makes me not feel well.
-I am going to concentrate on treating myself well and on taking care of myself. Sometimes that will involve chocolate :)

I don't think these choices will make me feel diet crazy or deprived.

We'll see what happens

July 31, 2008

2008-07-31T15:11:00.000-07:00

Chicken breast, olive tapenade, feta cheese, green pepper, lettuce, and tomato on basil focaccia and watermelon

Chocolate

Raisins

Broccoli chicken and rice

July 30, 2008

2008-07-30T17:57:00.000-07:00

Orange juice

Ham, swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, and honey mustard sandwich and pasta salad (I didn't eat the pasta salad)

Chocolate

Chocolate, dried apricots, almonds

Broccoli chicken and rice

Brownie

Whoopie pie

Brownie

Cheese

July 29, 2008

2008-07-29T16:31:00.000-07:00

I have had a rough few days food wise and just have not wanted to take pictures because it was feeling like something I "had to" do. I think what happened was that in the month of June I lost some significant weight (16lbs) eating intuitively and even though I wasn't doing it specifically to lose weight, but I was pleased that I lost it. Then, beginning in July I started a new medication and have only lost about 2-3lbs this month. Whether that is because of the medication or because this weight is my set point, I don't know. But, I do know it disappointed me and I wish it hadn't. I was feeling so peaceful about food and so much better physically and I let thinking about "weight" ruin that for me. I am ready to stop pouting and get back to what was making me feel good and at peace regardless of what I weigh.

July 26, 2008

2008-07-26T17:51:00.000-07:00

Not feeling good after what I ate yesterday

Banana, orange and mango Vivanno from Starbucks

Chik-fil-a chicken salad sandwich and fruit salad

Toasted Italian sub and potato cakes

July 25, 2008

2008-07-26T17:48:00.000-07:00

Roast beef and cheddar sandwich and curly fries

Chik-fil-a sandwich and waffle fries

A whole bag of cheese popcorn and 6 cookies (no picture because I didn't take it)

July 24, 2008

2008-07-24T18:07:00.000-07:00

Orange juice and strawberry cream cheese filled bagel

Ham and swiss on a croissant, fruit salad, and a chocolate chip cookie (no picture....was having lunch with a focus group and our VP)

Chocolate

Pizza

More pizza (too much pizza)

Chocolate

July 23, 2008

2008-07-23T15:30:00.000-07:00

Orange juice and mini peanut butter oatmeal breakfast cookies

Leftover veggie pasta from last night with parmesan cheese and watermelon

Almonds and dried apricots

Rotisserie chicken breast and thigh meat and veggies with butter and salt

Buttery garlic popcorn

Mini cookies

Cheese

July 22, 2008

2008-07-22T16:17:00.000-07:00

Two hard boiled eggs, two string cheese, carrots, cherries, kiwi, and the pretzel fish and chocolate from yesterday's lunch (I didn't eat the chocolate)

Yummy veggie pasta dish, recipe from The Pioneer Woman

Brownie

July 21, 2008

2008-07-21T16:04:00.000-07:00

I woke up today very hungry, which almost never happens to me. I am taking a new medication which seems to be affecting my appetite.

Two Eggo waffles with butter and syrup (What was that? The plate is empty you say? ...Okay I was so hungry I forgot to take a picture before I ate!)

Peanut butter and jelly sandwich, carrots, cherries, pretzel fish and Ritter Sport chocolate. (I didn't eat the pretzel fish and Ritter Sport chocolate)

Instead of the pretzel fish and Ritter Sport chocolate I ate half of this piece of cake

Light and dark meat rotisserie chicken (Go Meat!!!...I was very hungry for meat) and corn, baby corn, carrots and broccoli with butter (I also ate the other half of the piece of cake)

Cheese crackers

Chocolate

July 20, 2008

2008-07-20T14:42:00.000-07:00

Poached egg on buttered toast

Cherries

Hamburger patty and fried zucchini

Mini cookies

Parmesan toast

Chocolate

Cheese

More cheese

July 19, 2008

2008-07-19T17:43:00.000-07:00

Pancake wrapped sausage and syrup

Nectarine, string cheese, pistachio crackers, peanut butter filled chocolate

Corn cobette and flatbread chicken sandwich

Crackers with cheese spread

Mini donuts

July 18, 2008

2008-07-18T15:32:00.000-07:00

Quiznos small classic club sandwich and chocolate (Ok, so it is an "after" picture)

Chocolate

Mini gummi bears

Taco salad (I ate most of it)

Popcorn

Mini cookies

Smoked turkey and string cheese

July 17, 2008

2008-07-17T17:23:00.000-07:00

Two mini bagel wrapped hotdogs (one is cut in half to fit), carrots, cherries, cheese, crackers, and mini cookies

Chocolate

Almonds
Hamburger and zuchini with parmesan cheese

Ice cream

Chocolate

Five slices smoked turkeylunch meat, 1 1/2 slices swiss cheese, four green olives (no picture- battery was charging)

July 16, 2008

2008-07-16T19:43:00.000-07:00

Orange juice and cream cheese filled cinnamon bagel

Chocolate

Ham and cheese sandwich, cucumber, and cherries. I also ate the crackers from yesterday's lunch.

I ate 2 cookies at my mom's (no picture)

Big Mac and fries

Mini cookie

Bar cookies

Hard boiled eggs and cheese

I just did not feel very satisfied today. A new medication I am taking upsets my stomach and I had trouble today deciding what to eat. I also felt anxious today.

July 15, 2008

2008-07-15T14:54:00.000-07:00

Orange juice

Egg salad sandwich, carrots, cherries, cheese crackers and chocolate nuggets (I ate all but the crackers)

Two more chocolate nuggets

Supreme Personal Pan pizza

Bar cookie

Garlic popcorn

Peanut butter filled chocolate

July 14, 2008

2008-07-14T14:36:00.000-07:00

Strawberry cream cheese filled bagel and orange juice

Mozerella and tomato focaccia with olive tapenade and blueberry corn relish. I ate 3/4 of the sandwich, the pickles, and a few bites of the relish (mostly the berries).

Chocolate

More chocolate

Spaghetti with meatalls

Mini cookies

Bar cookie

Breakfast cookies (hmm....I sense a theme)

July 13, 2008

2008-07-13T18:41:00.000-07:00

I was very curious to see how I would do eating when hungry and stopping when satisfied without taking pictures of my food while I was away for the weekend. I wondered if the pictures were a "crutch" for me. I am very happy to say that there was no binging or eating when I wasn't hungry this weekend. There was no eating so much I was uncomfortable :) I am happy because I am feeling sooooo much more peace about food. In the process I am feeling more peaceful about my body as well. Physically I am feeling better too.

I am going to pick up with my photo flog from when I arrived back at home tonight.

Half an Italian stromboli (I had the other half at lunch today) and a cookie bar.

Cheese popcorn

June 11, 2008

2008-07-11T09:47:00.000-07:00

Ham, cheese and mayo sandwich, kiwi, and cookie bar

I am going out of town today and will not be taking pictures but I'll start again when I return.

June 10, 2008

2008-07-10T15:31:00.000-07:00

Strawberry cream cheese filled bagel

Pasta salad with imitation crab and green pepper and a nectarine. This was not enough food and I ended up getting hungry in 2 hours

Candy bar

Orange juice

Chicken enchiladas

I ate 2 of the 3

Cheese popcorn

Cookie bar

July 9, 2008

2008-07-09T17:33:00.001-07:00

Pasta salad with green peppers and imitation crab and watermelon

More pasta salad and peanut butter filled chocolate squares

Broccoli chicken and rice

Chocolate chip cookie bar and milk

Another cookie bar

Crackers with cream cheese

July 8, 2008

2008-07-08T16:12:00.000-07:00

Peach, mango, and papaya juice and bagel filled with strawberry cream cheese

Chicken salad with green olives on Italian bread, two apricot filled cookies, cucumber and tomatoes, watermelon

I only ate half of the sandwich because it was too salty

Chocolate, almonds, and dried apricots (picture is from my webcam at work)

Ground sirloin burger filled with bleu cheese and corn on the cob with butter and salt

I also had a mini container of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream and five crackers with cheese but my camera's battery was charging

July 7, 2008

2008-07-07T14:13:00.001-07:00

Orange juice

Watermelon and 3/4 of a ham salad and cheddar sandwich on wheat bread with a pickle (the picture is half of the sandwich...I ate the other half before I took the picture plus half of what remained)

Chicken and broccoli with rice

You can't see it very well in the above pictures but I bought some new pretty salad plates and am using them because I think food eaten off pretty plates tastes better :)

Cheese popcorn

Two cupcakes (yes, I said TWO)

Okay, so I couldn't quite finish them (see remainder below). I threw the rest away because they were actually way too sweet and there is no sense eating them if they aren't even good.

Smoked turkey slices wrapped around Parmesan cheese shavings and mini cookies

I had trouble falling asleep last night and round about 1:30 as I was laying in bed wishing I was asleep and my stomach was growling like crazy. I had this snack and fell asleep.

July 6, 2008

2008-07-06T17:35:00.000-07:00

French toast and sausage

I only ate one bite of the sausage because it was yucky

Spaghetti with butter and parmesan cheese and watermelon

Cupcake

Crockpot roasted garlic chicken (I also ate a thigh, not pictured) and vegetables

Brownie

Cheese

July 5, 2008

2008-07-05T18:25:00.000-07:00

Burger with cheese, tomato, lettuce and a little light mayo and watermelon

Two squares of peanut butter filled chocolate

Crackers with cheese spread

Fried chicken breast (ate all the meat and a little of the crispies) and corn with butter

Warm biscuit with butter and honey

1-2oz parmesan cheese (now missing from the block)

Brownie

July 4, 2008

2008-07-04T18:49:00.000-07:00

Happy Independence Day!

Turkey, swiss, tomato, and light mayo on Italian bread and blueberries

Buckeye (chocolate and peanut butter candy)

Fried chicken thigh (meat only, no skin...not because I think it is bad but because I didn't like it) broccoli, bacon, and cheese salad, asian cabbage salad, and four small cookies. (no picture- was at a family picnic)

Macaroni and cheese and two mini bagel hotdogs

More mac and cheese and brownie

July 3, 2008

2008-07-03T15:57:00.000-07:00

Poached egg on buttered toast and mango papaya peach juice

Cheese steak hoagie and cookie
I also had the Ritter sport chocolate from my lunch yesterday and three pieces of taffy

Baked macaroni and cheese

More of the mac and cheese

Cheese popcorn

Brownie

July 2, 2008

2008-07-02T18:19:00.000-07:00

Toast with butter and jam

Sandwich with ham, cheddar, and mayo, blueberries and kiwi (under blueberries), cucumber and sliced tomatoes (under cucumber) for the sandwich, and a Ritter Sport chocolate. I ate everything but the chocolate. Instead I ate half of a small piece of dreamsicle cake.

Spaghetti and meatballs, a piece of bread and a slice of cheddar cheese

(I made a sandwich of the 2 meatballs, cheese and bread)

Pistachio crackers

The other half of the small piece of dreamsicle cake

(it looked better before I stuffed this remaining half into my lock-n-lock container to bring it home)

July 1, 2008

2008-07-01T19:09:00.000-07:00

Poached egg on buttered toast and peach papaya mango juice

Steak, garlic mashed potatoes and vegetables left over from Sunday and watermelon

Taffy

Home made chicken nuggets and asparagus sauteed in olive oil (half of the breast)

Other half of the breast

Brownie and milk

June 30, 2008

2008-06-30T19:09:00.000-07:00

Granola bar

Pressed Cuban sandwich and fruit salad (I ate about 2/3), and a brownie/chocolate mousse/chocolate sauce dessert (I ate about half)

(No picture....eating lunch out with a friend)

Toast with butter and jelly made from the yummiest Italian bread ever

Pizza square and brownie

June 29, 2008

2008-06-29T10:50:00.000-07:00

Mini bagel wrapped hot dogs, watermelon, black olives

(I ate all except about half of the watermelon)

Steak with parmesan shrimp, garlic mashed potatoes, vegetables

This is what was left when I was satisfied

Brownie and milk

June 28, 2008

2008-06-28T11:38:00.000-07:00

It's hard to get back into a normal pattern of hunger when I overeat.

Egg salad and bacon sandwich with blueberries and kiwi

Isn't the fruit pretty?

Pancake wrapped sausage

Taffy

Chocolate

Pizza

White cheddar cheese and crackers, I'm not certain how many I ate...probably about 12-15 with 2-3oz cheese. I have no picture because I did not take it.

These are crackers topped with either peanut butter or nutella and marshmallows and then broiled

Stayed up too late again and ate out of a sense of anxiety, not hunger. I really need to pay attention to things that appear to cause me problems with eating when I am not hungry.

June 27, 2008

2008-06-27T16:12:00.000-07:00

Orange juice and pumpkin mini muffins

Mini bagel wrapped hot dogs, carrots, cherries, mini cookies, pretzel fish

Taffy

Combos (I ate about half of these)

Homemade chicken nuggets and crash hot potatoes

(I have been trying to serve myself smaller portions so I don't eat past full but I do better with this some times than others. This is half the chicken breast and 3 small red potatoes...probably one potato too many)

The other half of the chicken breast

(It was very tasty and I just kept thinking about it. I don't think I was really hungry when I ate it, I just wanted it)

Mini Ben and Jerry's ice cream

( I am developing a thing for mini food)

Crackers with cheese spread

(I am definitely not hungry here, just stayed up too late and feeling anxious)

More crackers

(Yes, it's the same picture)

Mini pumpkin muffins

More muffins...cinnamon this time

I think this overeating (binging?) was due to several factors. I stayed up too late (2am) for no real reason, was feeling kind of anxious, and I think I allowed feeling "bad" about eating the rest of the chicken when I was not hungry throw me.

June 26, 2008

2008-06-26T17:18:00.000-07:00

Orange juice

Turkey, provolone, lettuce, tomato, and light mayo on a 6" roll

(no picture...feel odd taking pictures of my food around co-workers!)

Chocolate chip banana cake

Peanut butter granola bar

Scrambled eggs, bacon, toast with butter

Toffee chocolates

Popcorn

Klondike

June 25, 2008

2008-06-25T17:42:00.001-07:00

Orange juice

LJS chicken planks (I realized I really only wanted the chicken, not the sides,

so I just got the chicken)

Zuchini with butter and romano cheese and cheese mashed potatoes (made by my Dad at my parents house...no picture)

Hotdog and beans casserole

Pistachio and almond crackers, white cheddar cheese, toffee chocolates

June 24, 2008

2008-06-24T19:10:00.000-07:00

Mini donuts and orange juice

Egg salad sandwich, carrots, cherries, vanilla pudding

Taffy (I also ate the little teddy cookies from yesterday's lunch)

Two chimichurri sliders (yummy!), sweet potato french fries (about 1/3 serving), and oreo cake from TGI Fridays

(no picture...not comfortable whipping the camera out in a restaurant!)

The cake was too much. They had little mini desserts that I could have had, and planned to have, but I ordered the whole regular sized dessert. I'm not sure why.

June 23, 2008

2008-06-23T16:28:00.000-07:00

Egg salad sandwich, carrots, cherries, almonds, and cinnamon Teddy grahms mini cookies (I didn't eat the cookies)

Hotdog and beans casserole

Carmel apple tart

June 22, 2008

2008-06-22T16:12:00.000-07:00

Ham sandwich, half with pickles, half with cheddar, mayo and butter, a nectarine, chocolates

Applebees crispy chicken wrap with onion rings (I ate 2 of the onion rings)

Homemade apple tart

Nutella and crackers

June 21,2008

2008-06-21T11:32:00.000-07:00

Two pancake wrapped sausages with syrup

Cheesy crackers, olives, peach, cherries, chocolates

Taffy

Sourdough cheese crackers

Chocolates

Home Run Inn frozen pizza

(pretty good for frozen) Cookie sandwich

Spoon of Nutella

June 20, 2008

2008-06-20T16:08:00.000-07:00

Orange juice

Peanut butter and jelly sandwich, carrots, cherries, pretzel goldfish, and Ritter Sport chocolate

Pistachio crackers

Taffy

Barbeque chicken breast, corn, broccoli (I only ate a few bites of the broccoli), 2 rolls with butter

Brownie and milk

Cookie sandwich

Cheddar sourdough crackers

I actually cook more often than it looks like I do in these pictures. :) I have been working on the proposal for my dissertation so I have been relying on convenience more than I normally would

June 19, 2008

2008-06-19T17:09:00.000-07:00

Still not feeling good this morning from the food I ate yesterday.

Sandwich of ham, cheddar, pickles, lettuce, tomato and honey mustard on whole wheat

Tiny little gummy bears

Another demon muffin (didn't get sick this time....maybe the butter soaked in more and I could handle it better? A better question...why did I eat another one when they made me sick yesterday!!!!!!)

Butterflied chicken and apple sausages (I ended up eating only one) and two crash hot potatoes

Chocolate chip cookie sandwich

Cheddar sourdough crackers and two Werther's chocolates

June 18, 2008

2008-06-19T16:40:00.000-07:00

Today I ate in a way that did not make me feel good (I am trying to avoid the good/ bad labels). I took the day off to visit a friend. I got up in the morning and decided to make these muffins for breakfast. I like the recipes on the Pioneer Woman website but sometimes they are so rich they make me and my gallbladder-less body sick (see the olive cheese bread recipe...yummy but not good for my tummy). The muffins were very tasty....and dipped in melted butter and cinnamon sugar.

But they made me sick :( Too much butter!

At my friends house I had a coke and a small serving of popcorn chicken.

(no picture)

Later on at my friend's house I had a fried chicken breast, 2 ears of corn with butter, a roll with butter, then later cookie dough ice cream, and 2 mini cupcakes.

(no picture)

On the way home I really wanted to have LJS chicken planks but they were closed (was after 10pm that I made the 90 minute drive home). Instead I ate about 6 cookies (a snackbag from my friend's 6 year old), a Wendy's junior bacon cheeseburger, about 1/2 a small french fries,and 5 McDonalds chicken fingers. Sigh........... :(

(no picture)

June 17, 2008

2008-06-17T16:04:00.000-07:00

Mini donuts and orange juice

Mini bagel wrapped Nathan's hot dogs, carrot sticks, a peeled and sliced peach, mini cookies, Ritter Sport milk chocolate, and nut crackers

Taffy

Chocolate

Toasted salami and provolone cheese sandwich, sauteed onions and zucchini, and iced tea

Brownie and milk

June 16, 2008

2008-06-16T15:33:00.000-07:00

Mini raisin bagel with butter and orange juice

Ham and white cheddar cheese sandwich with mayo, fruit salad, and mini cookies

Taffy

Crackers from Target (almond and pistachio crackers -extremely yummy- and cheddar asiago cracker)

Hamburger (no bun) with ketchup and sauteed zucchini and onions (no picture because my camera's battery was dead)

More crackers

Brownie and milk

Chocolate

June 15, 2008

2008-06-15T09:26:00.001-07:00

Fruit salad and water (craving wet/moist food)

LJS- Chicken planks again

Taffy

Pizza

Brownie and milk

Nutella (yummy!)

June 14, 2008

2008-06-15T09:18:00.000-07:00

Toast with butter and jam

Mini donuts

Sesame chicken with broccoli and white rice ( Iate what is missing from the container over 2 meals/snacks)

More LJS- chicken planks meal (current obsession)

Brownie (I ate 2...the missing section in this picture)

I also ate 3 slices provolone cheese

June 13, 2008

2008-06-15T09:10:00.000-07:00

I am going to resist the urge to pass judgement on what I ate or when I ate it or how much I ate because it defeats my purpose here (but the urge is strong!)

Orange juice and a chocolate muffin (not pictured)

Lunch was a salad with grilled shrimp, french fries, cheddar cheese, and blue cheese dressing

I had some crackers and chocolates as a snack too

I had pizza for dinner (the picture is of what was left over)

I think that I ate something else friday evening but I can't remember what :(

June 12, 2008

2008-06-12T18:36:00.000-07:00

Not a good evening for me. Feeling anxious and eating lots.

Cinnamon granola bar

Lunch was a salad with grilled shrimp and blue cheese dressing, french fries and chocolate cheesecake

Two slices provolone cheese and Ritter Sport chocolate

Chicken planks meal

Cheesy crackers

More cheesy crackers (yes it is the same picure)

Mini cookies

Olives

Last of the Ben and Jerry's

June 11, 2008

2008-06-11T16:22:00.001-07:00

I have a work retreat today through Friday so I won't have any pictures of lunch. I had orange juice and a chocolate chip muffin in the morning (no picture of the muffin)

For lunch I had a pulled pork sandwich (obsessed, I tell you!) and onion rings. I ate the meat from half of the sandwich (it was kind of eh) and all but one of the onion rings. I also ate a few home made chips. It was too many onion rings. They were very tasty and I ate past full. I need to remember I can have onion rings any time I want, so I don't have to make myself uncomfortably full when I get them.

Pasta with butter, peas, and parmesan cheese.

Ben and Jerry's

Popcorn

Candy

June 10, 2008

2008-06-10T16:48:00.001-07:00

Orange juice

Salad of lettuce, cucumber, chicken, blue cheese, bacon, and dried cranberries, with sweet Italian dressing (I like to keep the vegetables separate from the other fixins)

Snack of Ritter Sport chocolate, pretzel fish and cheesy crackers (I ate about 2/3 of this)

Burger stuffed with blue chese, sauteed mushrooms, and watermelon

Ben and Jerry's half baked ice cream

Half a salami and cheese sandwich, a bit of honey roasted turkey, 2 cookies.

June 9, 2008

2008-06-09T18:20:00.000-07:00

Honey nut Cheerios with milk and orange juice

Half of a honey roasted turkey, white cheddar cheese, and mayo sandwich, cucumber and grape tomatoes, cherries and blueberies, very cheesy crackers, mini cookies, candy. I also had a very yummy brownie with oreo bits in the afternoon

6 inch Subway double meat and cheese BMT, toasted with Italian dressing

I am getting tired of the candy

Sandwich with honey roasted turkey, white cheddar cheese, bacon and mayo

June 8, 2008

2008-06-08T14:00:00.001-07:00

Fried egg and buttered toast

Pulled pork sandwich, cole slaw, cookie. I ate all of the meat, about a third of the bun, a few bites of cole slaw and the whole cookie. I am now obsessed with barbeque pork. This was from Heavenly Ham and no where near as good as Bob Evans.

Mini bagel hotdogs with white cheddar, BBQ bacon mushrooms and cake. This was about 2 mini hotdogs past hunger but I ate them anyway.

I ate the cheese curls and candy later but I wasn't hungry. I think I get anxious in the evening and I eat. Afterward I did not feel good. I need to remember this, that eating when I'm not hungry doesn't make me feel better. It actually makes me feel worse.

June 7, 2008

2008-06-07T18:54:00.000-07:00

After thinking about it I'm not going to label the pictures as meals because I don't want to get caught up in eating at mealtimes regardless of hunger. Instead I'll just post them in order.

Bob Evans open face pulled pork sandwich on Texas toast with mashed potatoes, onion petals, and shredded cheddar cheese and a chocolate covered peanut butter cookie. I only had a few bites of the potatoes. The BBQ pork was excellent.

Toasted salami and provolone sandwich, cherries and a peach and cake

Reflecting

2008-06-06T16:51:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday when I went to dinner at a friend's house we made a pizza with vegetables, refrigerated pizza dough (reduced fat) and a creamy base sauce of cream cheese (reduced fat) and sour cream (reduced fat). It was good but the sauce had a bit of a funny taste and in general it was kind of unsatisfying so I only ate 2 small pieces. I wonder it that is why I snacked so much in the evening that day.

June 6, 2008

2008-06-06T16:26:00.000-07:00

I feel really good today :) (even though I have been a bit snacky)

Breakfast

Toast with butter and jam made out of strangely holey Italian bread and orange juice

Lunch

Hard boiled eggs, grape tomatoes and cucumber, very cheesey

cheese crackers and mini cookies, cherries and blueberries

Snack

slice provolone cheese and a bit of honey roasted turkey, 2 chocolates, root beer

Dinner
Ham BBQ on Italian bread (I didn't eat most of one slice of bread), salad with tomatoes, blue cheese, bacon and sweet Italian dressing, and root beer

Dessert

Snack

June 5, 2008

2008-06-05T19:32:00.001-07:00

Today is an odd day because I slept in and didn't eat till 11am

and then was on the road most of the day.

Meal 1

toasted salami and mozerella cheese sandwich, grape tomatoes, cherries, mini cookies

Meal 2
McDonalds snack wrap and caramel sundae

Meal 3

Burger King Chicken Sandwich

Snack

Cheese popcorn and a cookie

June 4, 2008

2008-06-04T17:55:00.001-07:00

Breakfast

mini pumpkin muffins and orange juice

Lunch
leftover chicken fried rice with cashews and a pear
(ate 3/4 rice and cashews, but not pear- was bad)

Afternoon Snack

Dinner

Salad, veggie pizza and chocolate pudding at a friend's house

(no picture)

Evening Snacks

Cheetos and mini pumpkin muffins

I also had several slices of salami and cheese that I didn't photograph

I am struggling with posting this today because I feel like I ate a lot and I am imagining people judging me. But the truth is I selected the foods I wanted to eat, I ate when I was hungry, and I stopped when I was satisfied. I didn't eat past full. That is the goal for me.

June 3, 2008

2008-06-03T17:59:00.001-07:00

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Dessert

Evening Snack

What is this blog about?

2008-06-03T17:50:00.000-07:00

I decided to start this blog as a way of developing a healthier relationship with food. It is not about a diet, or calories, or carbs, or grams of fat. It is about eating intuitively. It is about recognizing food for what it is, a source of nourishment and enjoyment. The blog is to remind me that for the most part foods are neither good or bad, unless the value judgement is about the taste of the food. I hope to post daily....we'll see.