Well, that was interesting! I certainly did not think showing one simple day of eating would receive such a response. I said really all I wanted to say in the comments, so I will move on.  But to where? I seemed to open a can of worms showing an isolated day and I want to close it, but I don’t want to just ignore it.  I was talking this all over with Mark today – the way that blogs posting food intake seem to make people so heated, the judgement of how much people eat, the feeling of nervousness or anxiety about seeing it – and we had an idea.

Maybe instead of ignoring it, we embrace it. One reason I started blogging was to show people that “healthy” people eat empty calories here and there. I eat cookies and I don’t let it make me feel sad. I don’t follow a lot of  rules, I don’t count things, I very rarely measure and it’s okay with me. Maybe I should show put it all out there for a week?

No, we are not going to start doing a food journal type blog, but we are going to try it for a week … if you’re up for it. The purpose would not be to educate, advise or to receive advisement. The purpose would be to show what we, two regular food/life/healthy living bloggers eat. I would most likely explain my choices and Mark will most likely just show a picture. He has no patience for the food journal idea, but wants to do it for a week. And then, we’d go back to our normal.

What do you think? Please vote in the poll and feel free to elaborate in the comments.

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I am off to Rhode Island and Mass. for the weekend. I’ll be back Sunday! Have a great weekend.

I choose not to post everything I eat for several reasons, including that I do not think it would be very useful to others. Yesterday I mentioned I’ve been insatiable for the last week. A very nice and non-malicious reader mentioned that maybe I was hungry because I don’t seem to eat a lot of protein, a common assumption about vegetarians. I have lots of responses to this, including that people do not need that much protein and that most of us get more than enough.

Upon further thought, I realized that I personally do not think protein, at least vegetarian protein, is the thing that fills me most. As far as protein sources go, I find meat to be much more filling than other sources like quinoa or Greek yogurt. I’ve found that fullness is best achieved for me through grains and fats together.

So around lunch time I thought sharing my typical day of eating might actually prove useful. If I am going to identify that I’ve been extra hungry, I should show what I’ve been eating.

So, here it is: my typical day of eating.

First thing: 1 cup of coffee w/ a little Skim Milk

Breakfast 8:00 – at desk: Oats in a Jar

• 1/2 C Oats
• Almond Milk
• Water
• 1/2 Banana
• Sprinkle of Ground Flax
• The Peanut Butter in the Jar (about 1.5 T I would guess)

This isn’t a picture of it because my brilliant “typical day” idea was not until lunch.  Breakfast is my most routine meal – I almost always have oatmeal, overnight oats or an English Muffin. In every case there is nut butter and banana involved.

Unless, I am not that hungry for breakfast and I have something smaller (fruit and yogurt) and a bigger lunch.

Lunch 12:30:

3 Falafel from Costco, cucumbers, a couple of spoonfuls of hummus and an orange on the side.

After school snack 3:45: Pumpkin Spice Nature’s Path Granola Bar (Be on the look out for a giveaway of Nature’s Path Bars here next week)

Gym – 50 minutes on the elliptical and lots of yoga stretching.

Snack: Various errand and around 5:00 a Lemon mini Larabar ( I didn’t like this flavor).

Dinner 7:00:

• Leftover eggplant and chickpeas w/ brown rice

• Tortilla Chips (+ a hefty handful more = another reason I do not show everything I eat)
• Hummus
• Spinach Salad w/ frozen veggies

Snack: 3 Dried Apricots

Gratuitous Taste Testing: I made Dreena’s Vegan Homestyle Chocolate Chip cookies for my nephew’s party this weekend and it would be irresponsible not to try one. FYI: I made them w/ half spelt and half whole wheat pastry flour.

So there you have it. Not all that shocking, I’m sure.

Another reason that I usually do not post all of my eating is because I feel like I eat a lot (especially, for someone trying to lose a few pounds). It actually makes me a little uncomfortable and nervous to be that focused on everything going into my mouth. I read blogs too, and it’s hard for me not to compare. It’s really not good for me. Does that happen to you?

I’ve been working on being less snacky because I think that’s what is making weight loss hard for me, but I find that I need snacks in the afternoon  (especially on a day like today when my breakfast was bigger and my lunch was smaller) and I don’t mind. The cookies are another story. I have horrible, terrible will power with certain things, such as cookies.

I should note that today I was satisfied and did not think I was going to gnaw my arm off like I felt the past few days. In retrospect, I think that hunger was hormonal.

What combination is the key to you being full?

Like I said, I think mine is fats + grain (ie. my breakfast everyday) that keeps me the most satisfied for the longest.