What are you eating?

One problem that seems to go hand in hand with graduate school is the loss of any sort of healthy diet. There are many reasons for that loss, and it presents itself in different ways for different people. I have begun eating a lot more processed food that I used to, and I am also eating some slightly strange foods. Today, I did both (and for lunch, it was at the same time!). I was much more successful on the healthy part for breakfast. I brought a banana, almond butter, and a whole wheat pita. After I taught my 8 AM class, I ripped the pita in half, smeared almond butter on the inside of the pockets, then cut my banana in fourths to put on top of the peanut butter. Apparently, this looked very strange, because as I was eating it, Jason came in and asked me in a slightly disgusted voice, what exactly it was that I was eating. He was less disgusted when I told him what it was. I must admit that it turned out very well. I would like to try it as a Panini with cinnamon and a little honey. When it was time for lunch, I was both weird and unhealthy, which I am sure cancels out anything I gained from breakfast. I ate one of those microwave mac and cheese bowls with broccoli. Not the frozen ones, mind you, but the dried ones. What made it weird was that we don’t have a microwave, so I made it like oatmeal and just put hot water in it and let it sit. It worked okay, but it was a little chewy. It also didn’t soak up all the water, so I had a gross watered down cheese mess in the bottom of the bowl. I think I made up for it at dinner, though, when I had a turkey pita with a lot of lettuce. Hopefully my food health for the day evened out. Maybe I was even on the healthy side! Or maybe not.