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Health: Food Diary
Breakfast:
2 slices cheese pizza
1 bite of a white chocolate and cranberry scone
1/2 piece of peppermint bark
1 brownie
1 piece of vanilla/chocolate marbled, iced cake


Lunch:
2 slices pepperoni pizza
1/3 of a bag of peeled mini carrots
1 slice of stewed beef
3 slices of a giant cookie
a 1 liter bottle of seltzer water

Dinner:
18 maki rolls sushi
2 slices pepperoni pizza
1 piece of vanilla/chocolate marbled, iced cake
Some icing from another cake
1/2 a 2 liter bottle of ginger ale
1/3 of a bag of peeled mini carrots

Today was a pre-diet practice run of journaling what I eat. It is proof that poor planning leads me to make bad food decisions, for I woke up late, had nothing portable in the house to take with me as I ran out the door, and subsequently gorged on food from the anniversary party of the store in which I work. In addition, I had not realized just how often I've been using food as a means of relieving stress, but today was a stressful day, and I was eating everything in sight, regardless of how hungry or full I was!

Yikes, look at that list! No wonder I've gained so much weight lately!

But this isn't something over which to berate myself; rather, it's something from which to learn. I know even better than before that I need to change now, and I am even more driven to make those changes I need.

So here goes: before I go to bed on Saturday evening (05 January), I will...

• Choose enough South Beach Diet recipes to cover all my meals for the next week
  
• Modify them for less costly ingredients
  
• Choose healthful snacks for between meals
  
• Buy groceries
  
• Prepare all the food I need for until Wednesday (09 January)