In-class Blog Post

I decide what to eat mainly based on what is available in the dining hall, what I feel like eating, and how the food looks. My main concerns with eating, living both in Denver and back home, are how healthy the food I choose is, and what it looks like. Even if there is nothing that looks appetizing in the dining hall, if the lettuce is brown and nasty (as is often is when I go to eat), I will have a piece of pizza or a bowl of cereal as my meal. I try to make meals as healthy as I can, getting fruits and/or vegetables with my chicken or pizza, if there is nothing else, but Sodexo does not do a great job offering fresh-looking fruits and vegetables to the student body. I try to change my unhealthy eating habits (getting pizza over a salad) by substituting something else that may be slightly more healthy than pizza without looking rotten, but sometimes with limited funds and limited food resources, it doesn't always happen. When it comes to eating smaller portions or healthier in general, however, I try to walk into the dining hall for every meal consciously thinking about what I am putting on my plate, how it's going to affect me after I eat it and in the long run, and if I'm getting too much. I tell myself "one spoonful"and wait about 10 minutes after I eat what's on my plate to see if I'm still hungry and want more.