Beauty Ninja

I made this very 5th-grader-esque chart on poster board and hung it in my room to track my daily eating, exercise, and productivity habits. I have a tendency to be a disorganized mess, and I think I can't see the trees for the forest a lot of times... and I do mean that in that order.

Well only one week has gone by and dang... I will let the evidence speak for itself:

Number of times I felt:

frenetic, agitated, angry: 5
sad: 5
ok, peaceful, good: 4
energized: 3
unfocused, lethargic: 2
more focused: 1

Ok, that's not a really scientific analysis there, but it was a rough indication of the overarching emotions I experienced in the last 7 days. Now I'm going to unscientifically analyze the kinds of food I ate, sorta by servings:

Sugar/Junk: 17
Grain: 7
Caffeine: 6
Protein: 6
Alcohol: 4
Fruit: 6
Dairy: 2
Sodium: 2
Vegetable: 2

No wonder I feel moody, agitated, unfocused, and nuts- all I eat is SUGAR, carbs, and caffeine! With some booze and a few apples thrown in for good measure.

I had no idea my eating habits were so bad. I had no clue I'd eaten so few veggies this week... and enchilada is a poor source of anything but gas, seriously kids.

I'm really glad I charted that this week cause instead of getting that monster energy drink tomorrow, I'm reaching for a V8 (low sodium), a bunch of carrots, and my usual daily organic apple. I hope I can be disciplined enough this week to make some real changes. I have GOT to reduce this sugar intake- it is totally out of control. It'll be like quitting a hard drug I suspect, but the sugar has GOT to go.

Check out mypyramid.gov- you can chart your dietary progress, nutritional intake, and do all these other cool things FOR FREE.... it'll track your diet for up to a year! Great way to get a picture of what you are consuming, bite by bite like I am (I am sorta partial to poster board though :)).