At work we’re doing Wegmans “Eat Well, Live Well” program and I’m also doing a “Biggest Loser” competition with a co-worker. At first I thought, well, I could write out everything that I’m eating, but bleh, that’ll lose my interest fast. Food photo blogs seem to be gaining popularity so I thought I’d try that. My phone has a lousy camera, but I’m not looking for art the way I am when taking pictures of my kids. I have a really nice camera, so there may be the occasional “artistic food” photo in there, but for the most part this is just to keep track of my eating habits.
Its actually Wednesday evening, but I’m publishing this as though its Saturday because I have photos from Sunday on, and I really wanted to mention that taking pictures of everything I eat has made me rethink my eating habits. “Do I want to take a picture of that?” keeps echoing in my head. Often its a no. I have eaten a couple of small things, like bits of CocoPops or slices of orange, but nothing serious, because I really do want to take this seriously. I didn’t think taking pictures would help, but it does. I also think it will help me to learn where I need to make changes.
I have been trying to take pictures of any crazy drinks I have, because those have tons of calories in them, but for plain coffee with 1% or water I don’t bother.
Enjoy and get your eat on!