... that I just ate a bite of this little devil from Voodoo Doughnut. Right after eating it, I rushed back to my computer and went to one of my favorite websites: MyFoodDiary.com. As I meticulously recorded the quarter of a donut I'd devoured, I realized that logging what I eat feels like I imagine confession might — once I've logged a meal or a snack, a sense of calm (or is it absolution?) envelopes me, as I make peace with what I must do the rest of the day to stay on course ... or accept the fact that the day is a lost cause — but that I'll have a blank slate tomorrow.
This site is so cool (in a health-geek sort of way). In addition to tracking your calorie intake, exercise, vitamins, minerals, and fiber — and producing all kinds of cool, scientific reports and graphs — it allows you to enter daily notes. This is where I confess things like, "Ate a whole pint of ice cream. AGAIN," or record noteworthy occasions: "I think I felt my abs!" All of which adds to my clarity of conscience.
Hmm. Does this mean food logging is my religion?
3 comments:
I think it's amazing that you only ate a quarter of the doughnut. I don't think I would have been able to stop after the first bite.
Food logging...yeah...I keep meaning to get back to that, but it just hasn't happened yet.
So how bad IS a doughnut?
Well, my philosphy is that you can eat one bit of anything ... as long as you log it, of course!
Here's the damage, according to my log:
Donuts ~ Cake ~ Chocolate glazed
Serving Size: 0.25 donut
Calories 68
Total Fat 2.8g
Saturated Fat 0.6g
Trans Fat 0.9g
Cholesterol 1mg
Sodium 80mg
Carbohydrate 9.8g
Dietary Fiber 0.2g
Sugars 5g
Protein 1g
Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 1% Iron 2%
... I didn't count the Cocoa Puffs on top ... but check it out -- 2% of my USRDA of iron!
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