Exercise #1

Food Diary    

Part I

For three days, keep a food diary of everything you eat or drink.  Indicate which dates/days you are tracking.  This may be more than one page typed, but that's okay---take however many pages you need to write this out.
 

Part II

Complete the following questions based on your three-day food diary.
 

1. How many meals did you have each day?  What constitutes a meal for you?
    

2. How many meals did you have with someone else?  How many times did you eat 'on the run'?
    

3. How much of your food was ready-made food?  This includes pop-in-the-microwave or oven foods, take-out food, nutrient bars (like Clif or Power Bars), and so on.
    

4. Using the calorie information on your food packages and the Nutritional Food Database calorie guide, calculate for each day how many calories you consumed.