Food Journal

I don't have the most regular schedule to begin with, but this week was especially arrhythmic. Due to large tests and assignments, my sleeping schedule wasn't really any sort of schedule and therefore I ate very randomly also.


Tuesday, March 2:
I have a full day of classes on Tuesdays- 9:45 am to 8:30 pm with my only real break being from 11-12:45. Generally, I just take a bunch of food from my apartment that is relatively portable with me, which usually includes around 3 peanut butter sandwiches and peppers or granola bars or apples or cereal, etc. This specific Tuesday, though, went down like this:

8:30–One packs of instant oatmeal. (Target brand, Maple and Brown Sugar, Reduced Sugar) It's filling and quick. I just throw it in the microwave while I'm getting ready, eat it quick, and then I won't be hungry for a while.

9:30ish through class–Vanilla Latte from Purple Onion. I usually go for black coffee and avoid sugary, milk filled drinks, but I know that I'm not going to be eating much on Tuesdays and I didn't have enough bread for a third peanut butter sandwich so I went for a drink with some more calories. I went to Purple Onion because it's local, they have pretty good drinks, and it's right by class.

12:00–Peanut butter sandwich number 1 (Whole grain bread, creamy Jiff peanut butter) I eat Jiff because that's what I grew up eating because I have a choosy mom and she chooses Jiff. Peanut butter is also one of my favorite foods, so I go for the taste of the regular peanut butter and avoid the reduced fat kinds.

2:00– Peanut butter sandwich number 2 (Same as before)

2:30–A couple of thin mint girl scout cookies. There was a girl scout selling cookies in MCB and a friend from my cell biology class bought a box and shared it during class.

5:00–Soy latte from starbucks in coffman. I didn't have my third sandwich because I didn't have enough bread so I bought a latte to tide me over until I was done with classes. I went to Starbucks because it was the most convenient location-wise and because I like their soy milk better than the kinds at a lot of other coffee shops.

8:30–Skim milk and open faced sandwiches made with parmesan bread, prosciutto, tomatoes, asiago cheese, mushrooms, basil, oregano, olive oil, and balsamic vinegar. Followed by, a bowl of ice cream with hot fudge. These sandwiches were fantastic, especially after a day of lattes and peanut butter sandwiches. I ate it because my friend offered to make dinner and this is what he made.


Friday, March 5:
7:00–A bowl of instant oatmeal. (Two packs this time) I had been up all night studying and drinking coffee and my stomach was not thrilled about it. So, I doubled the usual amount of oatmeal.

8:00–Coffee and a blueberry muffin from Bordertown. I went here to meet up with a friend for some last minute review before a midterm. We chose to go there because it's local and close to my class. I had coffee for the caffeine and a muffin because the oatmeal just wasn't enough.

12:00–A BIG bowl of potato soup at my apartment. My parents were in town the previous weekend and my mom brought up a bunch of food that she made and froze for me. This homemade potato soup was included in all of that, so I ate it because it was delicious and I didn't have to do any work.

6:00–Buttered noodles, cottage cheese, a banana, broccoli, milk, a sugar cookie. I ate all of this at the house I was babysitting at. I ate it because it's what the kids were eating and the parents are all about giving this "poor college student" some food.



Sunday, March 7:
11:00–Coffee and four slices of french toast at The Bad Waitress. I was offered free brunch from one of my friends and obviously I accepted. Even though it's always incredibly busy on Sunday mornings, we went to the Bad Waitress because it's local and great. I got french toast because it's one of my favorite breakfast foods.

5:00–A couple of spoonfuls of Jif crunchy peanut butter. I was a little hungry and I'm a big fan of peanut butter, so I grabbed a spoon and a jar of peanut butter while I was chatting with my roommate.

6:00–Frozen cheese pizza with left-over sausages added on, applesauce, milk. The frozen pizza is from Target, it's not great but it was four for $10 and I'm not that picky on pizza anyway. We threw some sausages on because they were already cooked from earlier in the week and they were just sitting in the refrigerator. Cinnamon applesauce because my friend likes to put applesauce on his pizza (he honestly believes that applesauce is a condiment, weird right?). I chose pizza because it's easy and relatively fast and it was there.

8:00–2 cups of coffee at my house because I was tired and needed to get homework done.

As soon as I'm finished with this post: The one piece of pizza that's left or a bowl of ice cream. I'm hoping for the pizza but I have a feeling it may not be there when I go back to the kitchen.

Note: I also take multi-vitamins daily and drink lots and lots of water (to the point where it's kind of hard to keep track of).

There you have it. Three days of terrible eating habits.