What's for lunch?

My intention here is not to shame you parents, but just to make you think about what you are putting in your child's lunch. As I have said before, I get to help out at lunchtime at my child's school. And I would love to photograph the contents of their lunch boxes. Oh, how I wish that were possible, but no Principal in their right mind would allow that. Every Monday, I am going to feature that days worst lunches and why.

First lesson: Quantity. Your child doesn't eat as much as your think he or she does. So don't jam pack 5 to 6 items in there when there isn't enough time to properly consume all those. If your child is capable, then you need to really be worried that they aren't actually chewing and a torn esophagus might be in your future.

Todays horrific lunch eaten in the following order: A juice pouch, an entire 99 cent bag of lays potato chips, few bites and into the trash went a small apple, bites of peanut butter and jelly sandwich on white, chewy chocolate chip granola bar, go-yogurt, cliff bar gummy fruit leather stick, a cupcake and candy cane.

If this was a male who ate these foods, would you think is was okay? Please tell me you are sitting there horrified as I am. I watched every bite, just hoping that the child would just recognize that they were full and throw the rest down. I just wanted to cry. I wanted to say something, anything. But this is an improvement. At least this time there was an apple and a sandwich.

31 days of food journaling: Day 14

 

Greek yogurt and berries, handful granola

Chicken, green beans,hummus,  apple

handful granola

Southwest chicken and green beans,

handful granola, diet cocoa, popcorn, olive oil

I had to throw away the granola, it was just too good. At 300 calories per 1.5 handfuls or so, it doesn't fill me up and I walk away unsatisfied. Over all, not a good day, but tomorrow will be better.

Eat Wisely and Be Well,

Alyson

Comments

[Elisabeth]

I meant pumpkin cheesecake - not pumpkin pie :)

[Elisabeth]

Oatmeal
Roasted vegetable salad (asparagus, spinach, tomatoes, squash, avocado)
Biscotti
Pumpkin pie (delish!)
Banana
Brown rice
Roasted cauliflower, zucchini, summer squash

Total: 1850

Ran 4 miles, weights for 20 minutes

I didn't feel that great this morning, and barely made it through my run because my legs ached. I may have overdone it with the squats and dead lifts yesterday. Ugh.

I had a few treats today, but I think I ate pretty well. The roasted vegetable salad I ate for lunch was amazing and I'm glad I sampled some of Alyson's pumpkin cheesecake.

[Martha]

12/14/09
coffee with cream
plain bagel (nothing on it)
handful of mixed nuts
8 pickle chips
steamed carrots and broccoli
2 pieces of rasberry lindsor torte

Exercise - ran about 5 miles

I had a the worst food day since jounaling about it so far. I didn't eat at the right times and ate the wrong food. The only good thing was that I ran for the 5th day in a row. Tomorrow will be better!!