Food Journal

A recurring theme I see in my diet is a distinct ‘always pressed for time’ flavor coupled with ‘damn, I didn’t bother cooking last night so now I don’t have lunch’. On a related note, either there are a lot of liars here or college life and its diet has changed significantly in the last few years! Unfortunately for me, I haven’t paid much attention to what I am taking in because I knew I wouldn’t have to see it in print…until now.

Day 1: Friday, 5 Mar

Breakfast

8:15 am—Life cereal with skim milk. I like to have a nice big bowl, because it usually doesn’t last me until lunch without a soda or some kind of snack.

Snacks

10:30 am—20 oz. bottle of Mountain Dew. I brought it with me and I can’t take the temptation! Oh, and it went well with beer nuts.

Lunch

1:15 pm—I work near campus and I need to eat before my shift starts, so I grab some Panda Express from Coffman union…white rice, steamed veggies and firecracker chicken washed down with water as quickly as I can scoop it in!

Dinner

8:00 pm—I have a half an hour for dinner before I need to get back to it, so…hmm… haven’t had a Toscano from Punch Pizza in a while…

Snacks

10:30 pm—I had some beer nuts in my backpack, and they went well with the mountain dew earlier today, so I repeated the act while I got a page or two of homework done.

Day 2: Saturday, 6 Mar

Breakfast

Dammit, it’s 6:15 already? I gotta go in 15 minutes and I just finished showering! Okay, uh, Life cereal and milk. I’ll just have to buy lunch out today.

Snack

10:15 am—two hard boiled eggs from the cafeteria and an energy drink. Hey, I was up late last night.

Lunch

1:30 pm—Chipotle chicken fajita burrito with some hot salsa! Cheap, fast, AND filling!

Dinner

8:45 pm—Well, I better eat soon or I’ll never get to sleep at a decent hour. What’s in the fridge…leftover spaghetti and meatballs, some bell peppers to mix in…yep. That’ll do.

Day 3: Sunday, 7 Mar

Breakfast

6:20 am—Cereal, meet milk. Milk, cereal. Aw, you two look great together!

Snack

10:45 am—well, those eggs sure hit the spot yesterday, and they keep me full until lunch, so what the heck. I'll have a 20 oz bottle of Vault while I'm at it.

Lunch

1:00 pm—Jasmine orchid’s spicy beef Thai salad and chicken satay. My day’s looking MUCH better now!

Dinner

8:00 pm—Cub is right behind my apartment, so I acquired some groceries and a pre-made sub sandwich with pepperoni, ham, turkey, bell peppers and lettuce on a white roll. Pretty massive, but bland. Gotta remember to avoid those from now on.

Yes, unfortunately, these things were the only food to go in my body, as I usually look for whatever fulfills the need to eat so I can get to more pressing matters. Plenty of water with each meal, though I seem to be going through about 24 oz of soda a day as well. Soon, though, (after graduation!) I’ll have a lot more time to focus on those pesky things like diet and fitness again. How will I ever manage?