John Phillips
PEH 163
Beth Maio
Dietary Log

Tuesday, November 18th 2008:
11:00 am – 1 serving of Cereal, 1 serving of 2% milk.
7:30 pm – 2 servings of Salmon, 2 servings of Mashed Potatoes, 2 servings of Black Beans, 5 servings of soda.
1:30 am – McDonalds Ice Cream Cone: 2 servings of ice cream, 1 in sugars for the cone.
Totals: Grains: 1  Dairy: 3  Proteins: 4  Fruits: 0  Vegetables: 2  Fats/Sugars: 6

Wednesday, November 19th 2008:
12:00 pm – 3 servings of cereal, 2 servings of 2% milk.
3:00 pm – 2 servings of sesame chicken, 2 servings of rice, 1 serving of broccoli, 3 servings of soda.
10:00 pm – 1 serving of sesame chicken, 1 serving of rice.
Totals: Grains: 6  Dairy: 2  Proteins: 3  Fruits: 0  Vegetables: 1  Fats/Sugars: 0

Thursday, November 20th 2008:
8:30 am – 3 servings of cereal, 2 servings of 2% milk
5:45 pm – 2 hotdogs (one serving each), 2 servings of white bread, 1 serving of cereal, 1 serving of milk, 1 serving of potato chips.
10:45 pm – 3 servings of seasoned fries (3 servings of vegetables, 1 of fats)
Totals: Grains: 6 Dairy: 3 Proteins: 2 Fruits: 0 Vegetables: 3Fats/Sugars: 2 

Three-Day Total: Grains: 13 Dairy: 8 Proteins: 9 Fruits: 3 Vegetables: 6 Fats/Sugars: 8
Three-Day Total Suggested by Food Pyramid: Grains: 18 Dairy: 9 Proteins: 16.5 Fruits: 12 Vegetables: 15

Analysis:

During this three-day period, I consumed absolutely no fruit, and barely enough vegetables for one day. Because these two groups consisting of nearly half the food pyramid, these two figures alone indicate that it's time to re-evaluate my eating habits. In fact, I was shocked with the lack of food I eat as a whole. Few food groups even met their suggested totals. The quality of food averaged pretty low, with few exceptions. All grains consisted of fried rice, cereal and and white bread, all of which lie on the refined side of grains. With only one exception, the little vegetables that I did eat consisted of potatoes, half of them deep fried, remaining a vegetable only by a technicality. The salmon and black beans were rich in nutrition, but the sesame chicken was highly processed, and fried. Dairy was the best of all groups, as it actually met its suggested servings, and it was met with pure and decent quality milk. As for variance, breakfast remained the same all three days, while the other meals differed every day. Portion sizes were all within reason, omitting perhaps the 5 servings of soda. Overall though, the most alarming observation was the meal times. Each day contains a very large gap in which no food is consumed. It would seem that rather than pay for food at O.C.C., I simply wait until after I leave. Which, as observed, can be as long as 9 hours. The skipping of lunch each day can account for the vast deficiencies noted in my diet on a regular basis.