Journal #8 - Food Intake/Packaging

a)

• 2 eggs
• one cup of orange juice
• one slice of bread
• butter
• gronola bar
• redbull
• protein bar
• 12 inch steak and cheese sandwich from Subway
• 24 ounce sprite
• doritos
• 1 gallon of water
• gronola bar
• pizza from cici's
• salad from cici's
• coco-cola
• 1 cup of milk

Calories - 2,270

I have researched my calorie intake before and I already knew how many calories is good for a man my age. This is right around the number for an active man to have calories for.

The food that i ate in this particular day was not a great diet. I ate a lot of fats especially when I went to Cici's Pizza whcih I do not go there often. I pretty much have the same breakfast every day. I like to keep protein bars and gronola bars with me throughout the day for a healthy snack. Most of my food for this day was not made by myself, except for breakfast. Being a students and working, I do not get much time to make my own food so I have to go to places like Subway. I try to shop at Publix and get healthy food, but most of the time it doesn't work out because of my busy schedule. I looked up my food and it is mostly food that is in high demand, like steak, cheese, milk, and pizza. These foods are not a great diet, but i think that it is much better than the diets I see from my peers.

b)Portable items

• text books
• book bag
• cell phone
• keys
• clothes
• shoes
• hat
• bracelet
• watch
• belt
• plates
• cups
• napkins
• paper towels
• junk mail
• bills

After going through these items, I never realized how many portable items I use every day. All of the things that these items came in were things that seems wasteful. I get a rediculous amount of junk mail every day and usually i don't even open it. This stood out to me as a big waste. The amount of napkins I used for each meal was also surprising to me. I never think about these things and after doing journals on them, I really try to conserve more. It puts everything in perspective for me and I even talk about it with my friends.

http://www.personaltrainingfitness.com/food-calories-list.html

http://www.weightlossforall.com/food-calories-list.htm

http://www.caloriecountercharts.com/chart1a.htm