Sunday, July 13, 2008

Food Diary of a Breastfeeding mother

When I was still nursing Sam, I was eating enough for two. I was always eating whenever I was on the phone and one day, Touko (my BFF from childhood) thought it would be funny for me to do a food diary. I was talking to someone recently and she wanted me to post it because she also thought it would be humorous. I only managed to do two days but here they are:

Day One:

One Raspberry Scone
One fried egg with slice of Cheese
One cup Soy Milk Coffee
Two servings Meat Lasagna
One package Spicy Ramen
One cup Chai Tea Latte with soy milk
Handful of cashews
Handful of grapes
Chinese chicken salad with one and one half breast of chicken
Two slices of chocolate chip cookie pie
one bowl of honey bunches of oats cereal

Orange juice, milk and water for beverages

Day Two:

One fried egg with cheese
One cinnamon raisin bagel with plain cream cheese
One cup soy milk coffee
One Carl's Jr Famous Star Cheeseburger
Medium fries
Bulgogi
Rice
Kimchee
Spicy beansprouts
Seaweed
Two pieces of chocolate chip cookie pie
One Bowl of honey bunches of oats
Orange juice, milk, water and root beer for beverages

I have been thinking a lot about body image and having a healthy relationship with food
. It really sucks that women in particular struggle with it so much...If you ask any woman what they would like to change about their appearance, 99% of us would be able to tell you in a heartbeat a whole laundry list of things we would like to nip, tuck or suck. I am trying to be careful about saying F-A-T around the girls because I don't ever want themselves to think that way about themselves. But I guess that means that I also need to not think that way about myself too. Easier said than done...

2 comments:

sillie smile said...

i LOVE that you're posting your food diary. i think food diaries have the opposite effect on me, i get all proud about the yummy foods that i eat... instead of using it to curb what i eat! HAHA! i need to get my butt to the gym too. but NO TIME!

my food diary would probably read "food, food, french fries, food food"... hehehe...

Trisha said...

haha! it's not so bad actually :-) i'd be afraid to even make a list let alone post it for the world! you crack me up.
and yup, just started blogging. it's been a great outlet...sigh...