Camera Shy

In my several years here on BelleToday, I have promised countless of times to start taking pictures of my food, only to fall by the wayside the very next day.

I keep blaming it on not having the proper equipment, as I only really have a 3 MP camera phone at best, but I don't think I have that photographer's eye just yet. I've tried taking pictures, but I'm rather embarrassed by how they look. When I happen to take a decent-looking shot, I'll peg it to good luck.

But twitch has recently joined the BelleToday community and regaled us with an impressive set of pictures of what she eats and also what she sees, and I regard her blog as a workshop, so to speak, on how to take good (food) photos on the fly. They're really nice, and I'm envious, if I may say so. That takes talent, not just skill.

The benefit, I feel, of taking pictures of your food daily is that it also gives you a visual reminder of what other ways you can do to improve your diet. You'll find yourself making better choices in the future, once you have a clear idea of how you eat.

I have taken a grand total of two photos of my food over the weekend, plus the Monday I took off from work to do some banking errands. This just goes to tell me that I eat too much simple carbohydrates. Now, I'm making a conscious effort to cut down on the simple carbs, so let's see how well I do for the rest of the week.

Merienda at Kopti Roti. I didn't eat ALL of these, thank goodness. Just a cup of coffee with condensed milk, three-quarters of the kopi bun in the foreground, a bite of kaya toast, and one kaya puff.

My attempt at making a grilled cheese sandwich in a waffle iron—two slices of wheat bread, a thin spreading of butter, and one slice of American cheese

I've also been playing basketball every day since Saturday. That sure can work up an appetite!

Friday
Breakfast: Cheese muffin, coffee with low fat milk
Lunch: Stuffed eggplant, brown rice
Dinner: Beef remoulade, brown rice
Dessert: World Market 64% cacao dark chocolate pomegranate

Saturday
Breakfast: Bread pudding, coffee with low-fat milk
Lunch: Chicharon, ginataang kalabasa, brown rice
Snack: (at Kopi Roti) Kopi bun, kaya puff, kopi with milk
Dinner: Fried chicken, Green beans with remoulade, brown rice

Sunday
Breakfast: Fried egg, Kopi Bun, coffee with low-fat milk
Lunch: Fried chicken, baked mussels, brown rice, Stella Rosa
Snack: Hawaiian Host milk chocolate-covered macadamia
Dinner: Spinach lasagna, sausage rolls from Pizza Hut
Dessert: Pecan pie

Monday
Breakfast: Longanisa, fried egg, garlic rice, coffee with low-fat milk
Lunch: Grilled cheese sandwich
Dessert: World Market 64% cacao dark chocolate with sea salt
Pre-workout: Low-fat milk
Dinner: Lechon, ginisang monggo, brown rice, sausage roll
Dessert: Ube-queso ice cream