Hwk 6

Wednesday, September 29th
Other than gulping down 6 ounces of orange juice (around 112 calories, 3/4 of a serving size) before I left my house, I didn't have any breakfast. My mornings usually go like this since I am always in a hurry to drop off my sister at her school and getting my self to school as well.
I usually pack lunch from home since I hate to waste my limited time choosing a place to eat for lunch. Today i had a sandwich, havarti on fasell. (im guessing around 300 calories, 1 serving)
While walking with a friend towards the train station, we spotted a fruit stand and treated ourselves to a red delicious apple. (80 calories, 1 serving).
I made a pot of tea for my mother and I after I got home, and drank one cup with milk and sugar. (18 calories, 1 serving)
After my father got home from work, my family sat down for dinner...



Daal gosht with chappati (350 calories estimated, 1 serving)
While eating Daal gosht with chappati (Lentils cooked in goat meat eaten with flat bread) I experienced a comforting feeling. This meal was warm off the stove, just the way I like to eat it. I garnished it with pieces of ginger and hot pepper to add some extra spice; then squeezed some lemon to balance it all out with a tangy flavor. It tasted pretty good, but nothing out of the ordinary since I am used to eating this type of food on a regular basis. The goat meat was tender, with soft lentils here and there. The chappati was a bit tough, but chewy. The meat was brown after being cooked in many spices, the lentils were yellow; the dried mint and hot pepper added some green color to the dish. This meal had a nice balance of dry and wet since the chapatti is dry, but after it is scooped used to scoop up the curry it becomes wet. I ate this meal because this is what my mother choose to cook for dinner; my family and i are used to eating the same meal together. In fact I can't recall a meal we had together in which everyone had their own type of food.

After dinner my mother always cuts up some fruit, today we had sliced pears and apples. (around 100 calories, 1/2 serving of each fruit)

Thursday, September 30th
I had some guava nectar (75 calories, 1/2 serving) with a side of...

Fried egg sunny side up with toast (approximatley 158 calories, 1/2 serving)
It is very rare for me to crave any form of egg, but my mother forces me to eat eggs once in a while; this morning for instance and to be honest it tasted good. I guess that's becuase I had not had eggs for awhile. While consuming the fried egg with toast I felt some bits of cracked pepper, while some sides were more saltier than the other. I used a slice of white bread for my toast; it had a slightly crunchy exterior while the inside was soft. The egg itself had a wet exterior with a mushy inside, there was some more wettness from the yolk. It smelled like an egg, nothing too exotic. The bread was white with a reddish/brown crust; the egg was yellow at the yolk, while the egg white turned white after it was cooked. Since it was topped with some salt and black pepper, the pepper added a bit of heat while bringing a layer of black crumbs on top. I ate this for breakfast because my mom usually sets up the kitchen counter with something to eat before I run off to school; today it was an egg.

For lunch I had...

Farfalle pasta cooked in garlic sauce (approximatley 250 calories, 1 serving)
I enjoy eating pasta, but I limit my pasta intake having it occasionaly. I noticed that whenever I consume pasta, I feel tired and really thirsty afterwards. The pasta I had for lunch today tasted a bit salty and garlicy. There was a hint of spice since there was some crushed red pepper added. The pasta felt soft in my mouth; while I chewed it up it turned mushy. It smelled like garlic infused with olive oil. This meal wasn't as colorful as my previous meals; it was mostly a light cream color with specks of green and red. I wouldn't say this meal was wet or dry, I would say it was moist. I didn't taste any tangness since the recipie didn't call for such an ingredient. I asked my mom to make me this dish for lunch since we had some cooked pasta in the fridge and all she had to do was cook it in the sauce. And I didn't want to be hungry throughout my busy day at internship.
After lunch my friend and I went out to the deli and bought ourselves a twinkie. (150 calories, 1 serving)
Later on in the day I had 2 slices of pineapple. (around 45 calories per slice, 2 servings)
I made a pot of tea with milk and sugar after I got home and drank one cup (18 calories) with a raisin and grain toast (100 calories, 1 serving)
My family waited for my father to come home, which is at 9 pm then we all enjoyed a dinner of chicken cooked in tomatoes, onions and spices; this was eaten with chappati. (300-400 calories, 1 serving)

My mom sliced up some more pears and apples for my family to eat.(around 100 calories, 1/2 serving of each fruit)

Thinking back to the meals I had the last few days I feel good for the most part. I didn't eat much of anything that lacked on nutritional value. Most of the meals I had were well rounded, especially my dinners. My main meals are already provided to me, so I don't have to choose what I have to eat next. But food eaten in between such as snacks were choosen by me. I picked out my snacks depending on many factors. For example yesterday I had an apple with a friend while I was outside. I picked to eat that food because my friend and I were walking by a fruit stand and I had a sudden urge to consume a piece of fruit. I wasn't particularly hungry at the time but after I saw some fruit I felt like having a piece of fruit. At home I don't have to choose the food I eat for my main meals because I grew up eating what my mother cooked without any questions or concerns.

It depends on my mood for what type of food I want to have at the moment. Sometimes I will want something sweet, which will cause me to walk to my freezer and eat some ice cream. Other times I would want something sweet, but more on the healthy side; so I will turn to the drawer in the refrigerator which contains fruit, and choose something from there such as a bunch of grapes or a peach. My main meals for instance dinner, are choosen by my parents. Each day they think of a certain meal that will be cooked, and we will have it at night unless if we ran out of a spice or an ingredient the recipe calls to cook the certain dish. This is when they come up with a backup plan.

There are days where I eat more, there are days where I eat less. On the first day I had around 960 calories, but most of the calories I counted were estimated I am pretty sure that I had at least 1,500 calories throughout the day. The second day I had an intake of 1141 calories. All the calories I counted are estimations, because the size and the amount varies. I am sure I consumed more calories than the numbers listed above. I know that my estimations don't match up with the required daily calorie intake of 2,000 calories, but I haven't had much time to eat lately since I am either too tired or busy with some sort of task such as homework. I am a pretty consistent person when it comes to doing work; if I take a break then I will have a hard time getting back to it. I picked out most of the food I ate because it was already provided to me, If it was not provided to me, then I chose it because I had a sudden craving when I saw it. There are some things in which I feel i shouldn't have consumed, but I am content about most of my diet. At the end of the day I am very thankful to God, for he is the one who provided me with all this food.