Track What You Eat

I cheat.  Instead of filling out a weekly menu ahead of time, I record what we eat afterwards.  It's fast, easy, and it gives me information for the future.  Recording information afterward seems to be a system that works well for me.  No stressing or worrying about the changes that inevitably come up.  

Fruit trays make a great party tray.  This is what we served at the park.

The record below is a sheet from Sept 11, 2011 which was about a month after our diet changed.  At that time, I was still making Shawn's lunches and snacks for work, and that was my primary concern in filling out this form - what I was feeding him for his healing.  The fruit and veggies in the park was the first party we hosted with our new diet, and it all went well.

	Sun	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat
Breakfast
Lunch		salad	spaghetti, honeydew	salad	tomato lentil stew leftover
Snack	fruit and veggies at park		plum		carrots (Shawn likes them, not me)
Dinner	smoothies	sweet potato fries and salad	sweet and sour veggies with rice	tomato lentil stew	S -oatmeal Us- pigs in a blanket	Baked oven fries cooked carrots
Dessert

This week, I've started a menu log to track what I'm REALLY eating.  I'm not losing the weight I want, and I suspect it's the desserts and not enough exercise.  Still, if I have to record those two Oreos maybe I won't eat them.  Here's a blank "Menu Log" form in case you want to cut and paste.

	Sun	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat
Breakfast
Lunch
Snack
Dinner
Dessert