Reflecting on a Week of Meals
in Food & Nutrition
as eat well, eating healthy, fast food, food, meals, pictures
For those of you who have been following along on my weight loss blog you know that I have been experimenting with a new technique this past week – taking pictures of everything that I eat. It hasn’t been easy and honestly I have missed a few things, but all in all I’ve been happy enough with the results that I think I will try to continue with this and make it a habit. Although I’d like to see more readers rating my meals, it’s simple to do!
Here is a quick summary of my week in meals:
Here are a few of my early observations about the process:
- I am using a G1 phone which works great for this – camera quality is decent and after taking the picture it’s really easy to post on Twitter and send a copy to my email so I can get the picture on my computer. I’m sure most of today’s smart phones would do this equally well of course.
- One of the benefits for weight loss that I think this will offer is that it is really forcing me to try to compose a plate full of food, which means I need to think in advance what I will be eating and what the portion sizes would be. I’ll often resort to grazing, which is not only bad for taking photos but of course supremely bad for dieting.
- The feedback that I have been getting is great and adds to the interest of taking the photos. Although it is getting a little old when most of the comments are “Eat more veggies!”
I’ve tried to record what I ate before and was never successful doing it. Taking pictures has enabled me to actually do it for a week, which leads me to believe this is something I could do for awhile.
Hopefully by taking this approach I will be eating less, making better food decisions and ultimately lose weight.
Like the idea? Give it a try and let us know your results!








This is a great original idea. I tried it and immediately noticed how my meals lacked colorfulness overall. Same boat as you, not enough veggies! Thanks for this.
I think your write up was secretly a good beginning to a potential series of write ups about this topic. So many people pretend to know what they are talking about when it comes to this area and most of the time, nearly no one actually get it. You seem to understand it however, so I think you ought to take it and run. Thank you!
I’m generally not one to post my opinion on people’s articles, but for this article I just had to do it. I’ve been cruising around your site a lot recently and I am really impressed, I think you might really become one of the main opinions for your market. Not sure what your load is like in life, but if you started devoting more time to writing on this site, I would guess you would start getting a bunch of visitors eventually. With advertisements, it could emerge as a nice passive income source. Just a concept to think about. Good luck!