Tell me what you think about what I ate this week. I aspire to perfect nutritional harmony, 3 serves of fruit and 5 of vegetables, raw food and ethical choices. As you’ll see I have an aspiration-consumption dichotomy (ACD).
But I swear it’s not a standard week. I boozed more than normal, and the impetus for starting to record everything was eating so much on Monday night that I felt ill. On the other hand there’s some evidence the process might have kept snacking in check…
Monday:
Breakfast
| Coffee with milk | 350 Kilojoules * |
| Apple and banana | 935 |
Lunch
| Black coffee | 10 |
| Spaghetti bolognaise | 2000 |
| Chocolate (a few squares of Cadbury’s) | 550 |
Dinner One – at the Qantas Club, farewelling someone.
| Two small sausage rolls + sauce | 1150 |
| Apple juice | 400 |
| Chicken and broccoli soup | 1000 |
| Slice of ham and slice of beef | 550 |
| Various cheeses | 1000 |
Dinner Two – Thai restaurant on Lygon Street.
| Pad thai and pork salad | 2800 |
Additional snacking
| Two bites of a choc top ice cream at the movies | 400 |
| Completely unnecessary chocolate before bed. | 500 |
Total: 11,645 KJ
Tuesday:
Breakfast
| Coffee | 350 |
| Mandarin (I feel incredibly full after last night’s dinner) | 145 |
Lunch at a cafe round the corner
| Tuna steak, served with… | 1540 |
| salad, and… | 250 |
| a poached egg. | 350 |
| Some of my dining companion’s chips and sandwich | 900 |
Snack
| Banana & pear | 900 |
Pre-Dinner
| Carrots, dipped in… | 500 |
| Hummus | 1000 |
Dinner at a mate’s house
| Crisps | 200 |
| Spaghetti Bolognaise | 3000 |
| Beer | 650 |
Total: 9,785 KJ
Wednesday
Breakfast
| Coffee | 350 |
Lunch
| Banana, pear, kiwifruit | 1100 |
| carrots and hummus (this food diary is affecting my snacking behaviour!) | 450 |
| Croissant and jam | 1000 |
Dinner
| Steak and mustard | 2100 |
| Fried zucchini | 500 |
| Peas and Mashed potato | 2400 |
Total: 7,900 KJ
Thursday
Breakfast – (woke up hungry)
| Coffee | 350 |
| Apple, banana, pear | 1200 |
| Ham, cheese, tomato sandwich | 1340 |
Lunch
| Fried mashed potato and tuna patties in tomato sauce | 3500 |
| Fruit toast with cream cheese | 600 |
Dinner
| Two Anzac bicuits | 1100 |
| Roast beef and gravy | 2400 |
| Pumpkin and beans | 1800 |
Total: 12,290 KJ
Friday
Breakfast
| Coffee | 350 |
| Flat white at a cafe | 300 |
| Banana bread | 450 |
Lunch
| Leftover potato and tuna patties in tomato sauce | 3500 |
| Peas | 200 |
Drinks and Dinner in the city
| Four James Boags beers and one Kingfisher (all 375 mL) | 3300 |
| One gin and tonic | 700 |
| Curries, naan, rice | 3200 |
| Chips | 100 |
Total: 12,200 KJ
Saturday
Breakfast
| Coffee | 350 |
| Two ham, cheese, hummus and tomato toasties | 2700 |
Lunch
| Hamburger with the lot and some chips, at about 5pm | 2300 |
| Black coffee | 50 |
Dinner at cheap and cheerful Vietnamese
| Noodle soup | 1800 |
| Beef from a stirfry | 600 |
| One and a half 330 mL Mac’s Hop Rockers Beer | 1000 |
At the pub
| 5 pots of Carlton Draught while watching a band | 2250 |
Before bed
| Vegemite on toast | 500 |
| One ginger biscuit | 100 |
Total: 11650 KJ
Sunday
Breakfast at home, followed by coffee out.
| Pancakes with caramelised banana and pineapple. Maple syrup | 1500 |
| Coffee*4 | 500 |
Lunch at home
| Mandarin | 150 |
| Yet another toasted sandwich. | 1340 |
Dinner out for Mothers day
| Sardines on rice | 1800 |
| Beef on mash | 2900 |
| Crumble, icecream and crème caramel | 1500 |
| 5 glasses of wine | 1750 |
Total: 11440 KJ
* For restaurant food and unpackaged foods, I googled the the energy values and guessed the weights. Let me know if any of these look way out of line.
I went on a longish walk and a medium intensity bike ride that each went for an hour. I’d normally play more sports but I’m a bit hurt. I weigh 77kg and am 178cm tall.
Am I headed for an early grave? Help!
Thomas the Think Engine 
Bypass.
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You’re not doing too badly at all. There’s a lot of fruit in your diet, that’s really good and vegies too. So there’s plenty of nutrition. I reckon just cut down on the boozing. Give yourself a limit (say 3 drinks for the week) and stick to it. It’s the socialising that’s the hard bit – I challenge you to create a new social paradigm based on mineral water and salad rather than boozing and curry or Sunday roast and pudding and sherry. (And invite me along to the TTTE paradigm ’cause I need a bit of a health kick just now …)
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