Hw 6 - Food Diary

      Over the past 48 hours, I have had almost identical meal sets between the two days. Breakfast on both days was Whole wheat toast with a cup of orange juice, I had no lunch yesterday nor today, yesterdays dinner was General Tsaos chicken with white rice from the local chinese restaurant, and todays dinner was a Chicken and bacon ranch with lettuce from Subway. I had no junk food in between and drank nothing but orange juice for breakfast, and water with everything else. My serving sizes were quite large for both my dinners but small for breakfast. I believe my calorie intake was pretty normal, around the recommended 2000 calorie limit.
      The meals I chose were all among my favorite foods, so its obvious i enjoyed the smell, taste and texture of all the foods. My breakfast's which consisted of two slices of Whole wheat toast and about 10 ounces of orange juice are a relatively new breakfast that I'm now used to. I decided to switch from an egg sandwich or chocolate chip waffles every morning to a breakfast that i feel good about eating every morning, and that is much healthier for me. In all honesty, It feels much better knowing you're eating healthy rather than enjoying an unhealthy food with slightly better taste. Lunch has always been a sketchy meal to me. I have days when I eat lunch and days that I don't, however, my reason for skipping lunch the past two days is that I am still contemplating on what to substitute my usual lunch at Mcdonalds with. My dinners are something that I have trouble making healthy. I usually have take-out food for dinner from a local restaurant, and I believe this is a very common trend in American, and especially New York. Most of the people I know, and most of my family that i don't live with, order something from either a deli, the chinese restaurant or the local pizza place.
      In my opinion, healthier options should be just as accessible and common as "normal" foods. There should be a "Healthy" or "under 500 calories" section on a menu, there should just be a menu that is all around healthy, healthy foods just need to be less taboo.  The food I picked to eat over the last 48 hours were chosen mostly by habit. My breakfast has become a habitual meal of whole wheat toast and orange juice, and my lunch's and dinner's are take-out by habit. I chose the specific lunch's and dinner's on a normal day mostly based on how convenient it is for me, and my time restrictions. Altogether I feel good about my choice of food, however I feel that I can improve my dietary habits slightly more, specifically when it comes to dinner. Once I change that, I can feel 100% confident in my food choices.