HW 6- Food Diary

 Over the course of 48 hours, the foods I ate went something like this-

-Fried chicken and vitamin water (lunch)

-Mac n' cheese with chicken and broccoli (dinner)

-Cocoa puffs (breakfast)

-Subway sandwich with doritos and pink lemonade (lunch)

-Tortilla chips and salsa (snack)

-Rice and beans with salad (dinner)

-Toast with peanut butter (breakfast)

-Pizza (lunch)

-Scallion pancakes and chicken lo mein

To start, I will explain why I ate most of the foods that I ate over the course of about 48 hours. To be honest, the fried chicken was kind of a silly choice considering I had already packed myself a lunch. However, I am pretty tired of eating the same sandwich after a number of years, and how could I resist that greasy flavorful chicken. That night, although the broccoli part of the meal was healthy and the chicken wasn't bad either, the mac n' cheese was not ideal. However, a website calculated that my daily calorie goal was to consume 3406 calories a day, so those two meals actually weren't terribly bad for me. The next day, I ate cocoa puffs mainly because I was too lazy to make myself anything better in the morning, and it is the only cereal in my house that I actually enjoy. The subway sandwich that I ate for lunch only had 450 calories, and was perfectly satisfying. For a snack when I got home from school, I chose tortilla chips and salsa mainly because it is not as greasy and oily as potato chips, although tortilla chips aren't particularly good for you either. The rice and beans normally wouldn't sound like a healthy choice, but it was prepared with tomatoes and brown rice, and with the bonus of the salad on the side it actually wasn't bad. The toast with peanut butter before my internship was probably my best choice, because peanut butter was a great source of protein. However, because I was working from 9am to 10:30 pm with only a combined 3 hours of break on thursday, I was very rushed and was only able to eat food that was not particularly good for me.

Overall I don't feel that great about what I have eaten over the last 48 hours. Although for the most part the food tasted very good, it wasn't exactly healthy for me. I am trying to gain weight, but the weight that I'm trying to gain is not something that is going to come from eating a lot of junk food. It isn't like a feel guilty about eating food that isn't good for me, I honestly do not feel like I had a choice. I'm sure a of people use that excuse for eating fast food, but at my internship I only get a 45 minute break and there is really no food within a radius of three crosstown blocks. Also, I noticed how after I ate the fried chicken, chinese food, and the pizza how I didn't feel as good as I did after eating a more well balanced meal such as the subway meal or the rice and beans with salad. So just because some of the greasy foods I ate tasted very good in the moment, they won't always necessarily make you feel good and will certainly not be beneficial in the long run. I'm just lucky I'm still young and have good metabolism.