January 12, 2010
Caloric intake tracking
I have been running a sort of experiment for the past week to see if I can learn to pay attention to what I eat. Every day I recorded what I ate, which meal period I ate it in, and how many calories I consumed.Perhaps I should have titled those notes “consumption” instead of “nutrition” as I did not record any breakdown of nutrients.
Here is a chart of the number of calories I consumed per day for the past eight days.
I think the chart will become more useful after I record a few more weeks of data.
Specifically, I want to see if my caloric intake is cyclical and if it is cyclical discover what its frequency is so I can compensate.
If I can predict that I'll be more hungry than usual on a specific day I can pack a bag of frozen fruit or something instead of doubling up on fast food.
The overall good news from this experiment is I think I'm learning to recognize the correlation between portion size and calories.
What I can comfortably eat in one sitting rarely goes over 800 cals unless it is extra sugary.
A ice cream type treat or general confections are a example of something that can easily take me over 800 cals in a meal sitting but they are not as appealing to me as they once were.