[W.I.A.W.] What. I. Ate. Wednesday.
Never heard of WIAW?
I got the idea from the lovely Jenn at Peas and Crayons and link up to her posts each week. This uber-creative gal also inspired me to be more fun with my photos on my blog, thus the photo collages.
What I do
I (try to) take photographs of each item of food I eat and each item I drink for an entire day (doesn’t have to be Wednesday, Wednesday is just the day we share). (Taking photos of all of the food I consume is no easy task…I applaud those who do this on a regular basis.) Then I try to evaluate how well I ate or what areas could use some improvements.
I’ve also been doing posts that sum up what I’ve been eating lately. The point is to have a variety of foods, not just a recipe or one food item. 🙂
Why would you care what I ate?
I’m not vain enough to think that everyone will care, however this can give you some ideas for food for yourself as well as a way to space meals out. There is a thought process out there that those who are “skinny” eat very little food or restrict calories or fat or sweets.
I would like for people to see that this does not have to be the case! I believe a large part of the reason I am the small size that I am is that I allow myself indulgences AND I make sure to listen to my body when I am hungry. Skipping meals is not for me.
(For more on my eating philosophy, see my Semi-Healthy page.)
Basically, I am at a healthy weight and this is how I eat!
2015 SHN Eats
After these WIAW posts, I transitioned into doing SHN Eats posts where I would share a group of foods. The technical rule to Jenn’s WIAW posts (the creator of the popular food link-up) is to share one full day of eats. Not only is it tough to take photos of the food I eat in one single day (I would forget if I had a handful of trail mix or a random banana), one day’s worth of food often doesn’t show the full picture of my nutrition/health.
I don’t want anyone looking at my day’s worth of food thinking, “I need to eat exactly that to look like Amanda looks.” It doesn’t show what I ate the day before, it doesn’t show how my hormones are, it doesn’t show my metabolism or exercise habits…it just doesn’t show the full picture. So, unless I’m willing to photograph a full week’s worth of eats, record my moods, feelings, sleep, hormones and workouts as well…I don’t think I will partake in a full day’s worth of WIAW anymore. Make sense?
I still like sharing stuff that I eat though, so check out the tag SHN Eats for the most current food I eat.
WIAW Archives:
2011 WIAW:
{WIAW #2} Happy 100th Post!
(Hannah’s wedding)
{WIAW #3} That’s How Many Calories??
(oreo ball calories)
{WIAW #4} Running Food
{WIAW #5} Eating on the Go
{WIAW #6} Eating with Kiddos
{WIAW #7} Bonus Recipe
(crispy hot quesadillas)
{WIAW #8} Sick Day
{WIAW #9} Weekend Eats
{WIAW #10} A Peanutbutter Day
{WIAW #11} What a Semi-Health Nut Eats the Day after Christmas
2012 WIAW:
{WIAW #12} Easy Dinner and Dessert
(Tilapia and cake cookies)
{WIAW #13} Calorie Count and Fitday.com Review
{WIAW #14} Never Too Late for Gingerbread Houses
{WIAW #15} A Chocolate Day
{WIAW #16} Saturday Eating and Running
{WIAW #17} Valentine’s Day Eats
{WIAW #18} Happy Eating Tips
{WIAW #19} Beautiful Day…of Homework Eats
{WIAW #20} Drooling all Day
{WIAW #21} No Judgement Wednesday
{WIAW #22} Babysitting Fuel
{WIAW #23} 5-Miler Fuel
{WIAW #24} Need Mo Veggies
{WIAW #25} Blend Retreat: A Foodie’s Dream
{WIAW #26} Almost Better
{WIAW #27} Happy National Running Day
{WIAW #28} Monday Eats
{WIAW #29} Shooting Food
{WIAW #30} Happy 4th of July
{WIAW #31} Outback Steak House
{WIAW #32} A Chocolatey Day
{WIAW #33} One Long Day
{WIAW #34} Summer Staples
{WIAW #35} Creative Food
{WIAW #36} Egg Bagelwich
{WIAW #37} Meat-Free Day
{WIAW #38} Family Time
{WIAW #39} Sick Day Part Deux
{WIAW #40} Des Moines, Ia Foodie Fun
{WIAW #41} Random Eats
{WIAW #42} Mexican Tacos and Dessert Fail
{WIAW #43} Cupcake-arific Eats
{WIAW #44} Happy Halloween
{WIAW #45} Five Guys Burger and Fries
{WIAW #46} Semi-Healthy Weekend
{WIAW #47} Leftover Chili’s
{WIAW #48} December Eats
{WIAW #49} Christmas Farm Edition
2013 WIAW:
{WIAW #50} Blackberry Phone Food
{WIAW #51} Mini Blend Weekend
{WIAW #52} Moving Fuel
{WIAW #53} Just Add Good
{WIAW} or {MIMM} or {MIMT}
{WIAW #55} Show Me Your Snow Dance
(North Platte trip)
{WIAW #56} Getting Creative
{WIAW #57} KC Eats
{WIAW #58} Easter Sweet Tooth
{WIAW #59} KC Birthday Eats
{WIAW #60} New Phone
{WIAW #61} Dave Style
Dave’s guest post!
{WIAW #62} Instagrammed
{WIAW #63} Mall of America + News!
{WIAW #64} Wordless Foodie Fun
{WIAW #65} Farm Food + Fun
{WIAW #66} Moving Day + Archive Eats
{WIAW #67} Our Very Own Fridge
{WIAW #68} Strawberry Creme Non-Dairy Milkshake
{WIAW #69} Dark Chocolate Coffee Butter Bark
{WIAW #70} Trapshooting Style
{WIAW #71} Keep on Keeping On
{WIAW #72} Current Confessions
{WIAW #78} I Like to Make Food at Work
Most Popular WIAW Posts (as of July 2013)
Updated: October 2015
Hey sweetie. In your header, “perspetives” should be spelled “perspectives.”
Wow you are the first person that has said something and I’ve had that header a couple of months now! Thanks for letting me know and I’ll let my design lady know asap!!