Day 1:
1 wheat bagel,plain - 135 calories
1 pack starbursts - 240 calories
Baked salmon with salad and french stick - 500 calories
Cantaloupe - 139 calories
Sprite - 140 calories
Loads of water - 0 cals
CALORIES FOR THE DAY: 1154
Day 2:
1 tuna subway - 460
2 homemade fishcakes and mashed potatoes - 620 calories
Cantaloupe - 139 calories
Water - 0 calories
CALORIES FOR THE DAY = 1219
Day 3
1/2 spinach filo pastry - 150 calories
2 jolly ranchers - 46 calories
Tuna english muffin - 379 calories
Oreos - 300 calories
Actually analysing what i've eaten over the last few days has made me realise, i have a strange diet. Its completely unbalanced and some days i can be really healthy, and other days, really bad. The recommended calorie intake for a woman is 2000 calories, and most days i either don't come close to this, or i go over it.
I mostly choose food depending on whether its healthy or not, unfortunately this is out of vanity rather than actual consciousness for my body. If i had the choice,i would be vegan as i think the ethos that the diet is based around is healthy, but as i still live at home i don't have the choice. My mother already brands me as 'too fussy.' Quite contradictory to the fact that i primarily eat healthily, i do have an extreme sweet tooth. Give me anything sweet and chances are that i will probably enjoy it. Nutrition is not only preferable, but an absolute necessity in life. Calories correspond to energy - which is necessary for everyday life, and i should probably alter my diet to represent that.
I think society has indefinitely changed the way that I look at food. Unfortunately, propaganda from the media has shaped my ideals about women and the way that I should look. It has created an unattainable ideal that is not reality. Woman are solely judged on their appearance and if you fit into the ideal of a slim, toned woman then you are not perceived as beautiful.
I've always been around family members that have been counting calories, or replacing food with diet alternatives. I think i will constantly be analysing food and what I'm eating as it's the culture I've grown up in.
Over the past 3 days, I've picked food based on what looked healthy. I am proud by my overall diet because it entails eating fresh, home-made, and nutritious meals. I naturally drink excessive amounts of water, and would pic a cool refreshing water over a sugar laden soda any day, which I am proud of.
P.S - In the future I will try to lay off the chocolate,even if the endorphins are good for me....
Amber,
ReplyDeleteThe point below strikes me as very important:
"I think society has indefinitely changed the way that I look at food. Unfortunately, propaganda from the media has shaped my ideals about women and the way that I should look. It has created an unattainable ideal that is not reality. Woman are solely judged on their appearance and if you fit into the ideal of a slim, toned woman then you are not perceived as beautiful."
The little flaws ("indefinitely" is not correct usage and the extra "not" in the last sentence makes the whole thing inaccurate) shouldn't detract from the idea (but do a little).
Taking that analysis of social pressure and applying it to your own daily food makes sense to me and seems important. But can you go a little deeper? Is it really the "media" that primarily influences your desires to look a particular way - or is it media-altered expectations of your peers and possible partners? Or is it something else?
What about the interesting contradiction between a media that requires "slim and toned" and healthy looking young women but also advertises the fast-food places on every corner? Slim and toned (or even just toned) strikes me as a relatively sensible beauty ideal - what aspects of its delivery/content/context/reception make it oppressive (and there are several)?
In general, try to go deeper.