Nutritional Data 3.0

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Here is a newer and more functional Nutritional chart. I've become increasingly more efficient at entering my numbers and organizing my information. This chart is color coded.

Color Data!

Yellow - Dairy
Pink - Red meat and poultry
Blue - Aquaculture
Black - Alcohol
Green - Vegetables

As you can see, a large portion of the chart is also Red. This would be the red meat, poultry, and dairy products. I am no longer eating these things.

Nutritional Data 2.0

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The completion of week one has taught me a lot in terms of tracking numbers. First lesson: It's hard. The best thing I think I've done is use good tools. In this case, constantly updating the nutrition data chart to include new food items, and literally printing out weekend diet worksheets to fill in for the days i'm away from the computer.

Nutritional Data 1.0

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So my approach to nutrition currently is to examine the places I eat already and the common foods at my home. For the restaurants I go to regularly (or order carry out from work, I will pre-examine the data and have ready to order purchases so I can know I'm making the healthiest selection possible. For foods at home, I looked around and tried to find healthier selections at the grocery. This spreadsheet will continue to be updated as I gather and pull more data.

E.g. - I now purchase Baked Tostitos instead of the regular type. This is part of my strategy to control my portion sizes. My roommate makes his own awesome healthy salsa, but our consumption of it is limited by the old chips we had.

Serving Size Data

Tostitos: 6 chips (weak shit)

Baked Tostitos: 14 chips (Hadoken!)