Blog #3

Food Inventory

Friday

• Pretzels
• 1/2 an order of PF Chang's Lettuce wraps
• One bowl of sweet and sour soup
• 5 beers (Miller Lite. Ew, I know)
• 1 Gin and Tonic
• 1 Singapore Sling

Saturday

• 1 turkey bratwurst
• pasta salad
• Cobb salad
• strawberries and grapes
• 2 Bloody Marys
• 1 beer (312)
• 1 piece of birthday cake

Sunday

• 2 cups of coffee
• one chocolate doughnut
• 1/2 of a chicken breast
• rice
• one ear of corn
• tossed salad
• 4 pieces of cheese pizza (squares)
• watermelon
• 2 beers (Shiner Bock)

Monday

• 1 cup of coffee
• 1 Nature Valley granola bar
• 1/2 an apple
• 6 pretzel logs
• 1 mozzarella string cheese
• tossed salad
• spicy vegetables
• rice
• Edamame
• 2 beers (Sapporo)

Tuesday

• 1 egg with Colby cheese on 1/2 a tortilla
• Southwestern chicken salad
• half a bag of potato straws
• 2 pieces of pizza (triangle)
• tossed salad

Wednesday

• 1 cup of coffee
• 1 banana
• 1/2 an apple
• 1 Laughing Cow Cheese
• 1 handful of unsalted almonds
• pretzels
• baby carrots
• chips and salsa
• 1 portabella mushroom
• potatoes
• cooked carrots
• peas

My Food Theory So Far...
 My theory so far is less about what I eat and more about how I eat.  After doing this assignment it became clear to me that I only eat full meals in the company of other people.  When I am alone, or at work, I just eat little snacks or nothing at all.  In the company of others I feel comfortable enough to actually eat meals.  I believe this is because the fact that everyone else is eating allows me to validate my hunger and my want for food.  If everyone else is doing it I can be comfortable enough to as well.  However, if I am by myself I do not allow myself to eat large portions or meals at all.  I need the presence of others to allow myself to satisfy my hunger.

*I also wanted to point out that I am not an alcoholic! I felt like as soon as I wrote down the amount that I drank and the fact that it happened almost every day surprised me and made me feel awful!