What Do You Actually Eat in 24 Hours?

	Breakfast	Between Breakfast and Lunch	Lunch	Between Lunch and Dinner	Dinner	Desert	Total
What I Ate	3 cups of coffee, 2 slices of banana bread, and a greek yogurt.	A greek yogurt, and a glass of chocolate milk.	Macaroni & Cheese with a glass of water.	A orange vitamin water, 2 small hostess powdered donuts.	I had a spring role and some Chinese chicken with garlic sauce.	A caramel magnum bar.	A lot of Food
Calories	508	300	259	245	335	320	1967
Sugar (g)	83	47	7	40	19	29	225
Fat (g)	12	1	3	6	10	20	55
Cholesterol (mg)	57	15	10	12.5	88	25	207.5
Sodium (mg)	457	215	561	145	1205	85	2668
Protein (g)	19	22	11	1.5	30	3	86.5
Potassium (mg)	351	190	296	180	440	0	1457
Vitamins (%)	Vitamin A 12%, Vitamin C 4%,	Vitamin A 10%, Vitamin C 2%, Vitamin D 25%	Vitamin A 1%, Vitamin C 1%,	Vitamin A 25%, Vitamin C 150%, Vitamin E 25%, Vitamin B6 100%, Vitamin B12 100%.	Vitamin A 30%, Vitamin C 82%	Vitamin A 4%	Vitamin A 82%, Vitamin C 239%, Vitamin D 25%, Vitamin E 25%, Vitamin B6 100%, Vitamin B12 100%
Other	Iron 10%, Calcium 16%.	Calcium 45%	Calcium 9%, Iron 14%	Calcium 11%, Iron 3%	Calcium 21%, Iron 72%	Calcium 10%, Iron 8%	Calcium 106%, Iron 107%
Ingredients	Coffee Beans, Water, Sugar, Bananas, wheat flour, vegetable oil, salt, vanilla, milk, pecans, baking soda, baking powder, eggs, wheat flour.organic nonfat milk, organic strawberries, elderberry juice concentrate, pectin	Organic milk, sugar, strawberries, pectin, elderberry juice concentrate. High Fructose Corn syrup, cocoa, salt, Xanthan gum, Vanillin artificial flavor.	wheat flour, Niacin, thiamine, mono nitrate, folic acid, riboflavin, and iron. whey (milk protein), milk protein concentrate, milk, milk fat, cheese culture, salt, sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium phosphate, calcium phosphate, yellow 5 , yellow 6, citric acid, lactic acid, and enzymes.	Spring water, fructose, sugar, citric acid, mineral salts, vitamins, stabilisers, natural orange flavering with other natural flaverings, sweetener, color. Enriched Wheat Flour, Dextrose, Vegetable Shortening, Water, Sugar. Contains 2% Or Less of: Nonfat Milk, Soy Flour, Leavenings, Egg Yolks, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Modified Wheat Starch, Mono And Diglycerides, Tapioca Dextrin, Corn Dextrin, Guar Gum, Karaya Gum, Cornstarch, Cellulose Gum, Enzymes, Modified Corn Starch, Citric Acid, Wheat Starch, Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening, Titanium Dioxide, Extracts of Annatto And Turmeric, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Sorbic Acid And Sodium Propionate And Potassium Sorbate And Calcium Propionate.	wheat flour, eggs, salt, water, carrots, leeks, ginger, garlic, cabbage, mushrooms, sprouted beans, green chillies, soy sauce, and white pepper powder. Chicken, soy sauce, light sherry, garlic, green onions, sesame oil, and chili paste, water chestnuts, soy bean pods, baby corn.	Milk, Cream, Sugar, Whey, Mono and Diglycerides, Locust Bean Gum, Vanilla Bean Specks, Carrageenan, Natural Flavor, Annatto Extract, Caramel Color, Belgian Milk Chocolate Coating: Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Milk, Milk Fat, PGPR, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor, Caramel Sauce: Water, Sugar, Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Nonfat Milk Solids, Coconut Oil Modified Corn Starch, Caramel Color, Salt, Mono & Diglycerides, Carrageenan, Soybean Oil Sodium Citrate, Potassium Sorbate, Natural Flavor, Chocolatey Coating: Coconut Oil, Sugar, Cocoa, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla Extract.

For an assignment for Senior Capstone we were asked to keep track of what we ate for one day during our 3 day weekend. I choose to keep track of what I ate on Sunday 1/20/13. What surprised me the most out of this assignment is that the smallest thing I ate practically had the most ingredients out of everything I have had in the span of 24 hours. It kind of made me feel sick after seeing everything that went it to just one magnum ice cream bar. I was also surprised by how much things have colorings in them, even my organic greek yogurt that I eat had at least one food coloring in it. For fun I also decided to do the nutrition of my day. I actually did pretty well but again the thing with the most calories in it was my magnum ice cream bar (since my Chinese chicken and spring roll made up the 335 calories), again pretty disgusting. I think this was a fun experience since I got a good understanding of what I eat in one day. I also now understand that some of the smallest and yummy things are usually the ones that have the most ingredients and "additions" to the product. Overall I think this was a fun assignment and gave me a greater knowledge of what I actually consume in 24 hours.

By Ryan Marcus