In our 7 years of podcasting, Sarah and I have discovered that people are oddly fascinated with the details of other people’s lives. Listeners tell us that they love hearing our guests’ “day in the life” segments. So in that spirit, today we are bringing you…an episode featuring a week’s worth of meals.
Despite tracking my time continuously for 9.5 years, I have never kept a food journal before. I did it for content creation purposes (as did SHU) – and I may never do this again BUT it was interesting to see that we are both total creatures of habit. Hey, if breakfast isn’t broken…why fix it? You’ll learn what our families eat (and don’t).
We tracked our meals during an early fall week, and so pumpkin spice may or may not make an appearance…
Please give the episode a listen! Over at our Best of Both Worlds Patreon community forum, we’re discussing how everyone’s kids reacted to the time change this past weekend. This is one of the little annoyances of parenting…though with my youngest being almost 5 it isn’t nearly as bad as it’s sometimes been in the past…
I’m so interested as to why you didn’t want to share everything you ate on this episode! It seemed like you were almost a little embarrassed over what you eat, but I may be reading apathy as embarrassment? That said, I’ve heard you mention you enjoy going to restaurants and you’ve been to French laundry, making me think you’re not totally apathetic.
I’m not criticizing at all. I wouldn’t want to share what I ate publicly either. But I’m intrigued because you’re usually so confident in your opinions and ideas about myriad things, which I really appreciate and enjoy.
@Jennie – perhaps a bit more apathy than anything else? I like to eat – and I love eating at great restaurants when it’s possible. The week after this I had some amazing meal in Portland. But my daily eating is probably not that interesting…
So you’d like to hear what I’m eating these days, Ms. Laura Vanderkam. My staple meals are almost all Chinese cuisine. Now, it is easy for me to make my meals consist of almost all carbohydrates and/or lipids, but I also require all my meals to contain protein, and I found that eggs, milk, and nuts – that is, peanuts and sunflower seeds – to cost the least when it comes to protein. I also require all my meals to consist of fresh vegetables and fruits, and vegetables that are tomatoes, carrots, and certain types of leafy vegetables cost the least. Some varieties of apples, oranges, and pears tend to cost the least among fruits. We also want to recognize that what my crowd will consume is mostly Chinese cuisine too.
I don’t want this comment of mine to exceed 500 terms. I think I should be willing to listen to 168 hours of sleep, habits, screen habits, movement, and spending as well.
As I’ve pointed out in my comments in some of the previous posts, I refer to my meals as my 1st meal, my 2nd meal, and my 3rd meal of the day. My breakfast is my 1st meal, my lunch is my 2nd meal, and my dinner is my 3rd meal.
If you’re not sure that you’ll keep a food journal in the future, Ms. Laura Vanderkam, then I’m not sure if I’ll keep a food journal in the future either. I also found Dr. Sarah Hart-Unger’s experience in examining logs from patients, including diabetic patients, to make sense to me. And yes, I do know that Dr. Gretchen Rubin’s sibling and co-host, Ms. Elizabeth Craft, has diabetes. Based on my physical examinations this year, my conditions do not require me to keep a mandatory food journal.
In the meantime, yes, I found this episode to be suitable to listen to while I’m preparing and consuming my meals.