Food Journal: 24 Hour Period 4/28-4/29/09

4/28/09 Dinner: Jin made a cabbage/salmon dish in marsala wine with carrots and white beans. I had about two bowls of that, only one on rice. After that I felt rather full but sill had 2 homemade popsicles in dixie cups from Gatorade. The popsicle made me feel cooler because my apartment was still hot from earlier that today. At first I was not too excited about having the salmon dish because it is served hot and today was extremely hot so I was hoping for a meal that would make me more comfortable. But I ate it anyway since I was so hungry.

4/29/09 Breakfast: I usually don't eat breakfast but today I decided to have some left overs from dinner, the salmon dish is good cold as well, I also had it on hot rice which warmed it up a bit. I had one small bowl and only ate until my stomach felt satisfied. I hate going to school feeling stuffed. It is really uncomfortable sitting in class when I feel like I should be at home sleeping after a meal. Lately I have been buying a small or medium hot (or iced) coffee from the stand on Park Ave. and 22nd street, right as I come out of the subway. The caffeine in the coffee helps me to feel a little more awake but I usually still feel extremely sleepy even after I have had the coffee. I sometimes get a French Curler (donut) with my coffee but today I did not buy one. Instead I went to Duane Reade and bought a bar of dark chocolate by Ghirardelli Chocolate, it was 60% cacao. Although I prefer 72% cacao because the more bitter the chocolate is the less likely I feel inclined to buy and eat sweets during the day. While in the drug store I also bought a Special K strawberry "meal bar," which contained approximately *10g of protein (or so it claimed). After I ate that with my coffee I felt good because it is slightly healthier than having a donut because the bar had protein which made me feel full enough, not to snack during the day. I also had a small piece of the dark chocolate bar and saved the rest for later.

4/29/09 Lunch: Today I did not have lunch, the Special K meal bar really filled me up so I didnt feel hungry. I went to a deli and bought a bottle of Aloe Juice and a small bag of Cheese Its. I also bought and ate a banana on the way to the movie theatre.

4/29/09 Dinner: Tonight I had a small appetizer because Jin and I were hungry, he decided to make something to eat. I had two small bite size bread crisps with smoked salmon and cream cheese on top. For the main dinner I ate a feta and chicken sausage pita pizza (homemade, by my mom and brother, while I was in the shower). I ate about 4-5 slices (each about the size of two fingers put together, very small and thin). I had a glass of milk and wanted more but we were out. So I poured a glass of gatorade. After dinner I had a few small pieces of dark chocolate (60% cacao).