Thanks for the feedback, Shane! I made my diet public precisely because I was looking for a bit of critique.

Note, however, that my goal at this point isn’t major change. I’m just wanting to become more “self-aware”. Unfortunately, given my lifestyle and work, it is hard to really be careful. But if (for example) I am aware that my Ramen noodles are 380 calories for the pack, I can make a choice to eat something else. True fact: an entire tin of smoked oysters and enough crackers to eat them all are fewer calories than that pack of noodles. Craziness! And as for my coffee- you’ll have to pry it from my cold, dead hands…

I have observed that my protein is low: I will probably eventually do something simple like add a protein drink in the morning to improve that. Calories are my focus for the time being, though.

As for exercise- what’s that? 🙂 I’m not really changing my “when I feel like it” exercise plan yet: I want to see where simple math (calories in less calories out), accurately tracked, takes me. If I can get into a pattern that achieves a pound or so of weight loss a week, then I’ll add in more regular exercise and start correcting my protein, etc.

This is yet another attempt to improve my habits- my habits are strong, and highly resistant to change. They get resentful if I change too much at all, and punish me with times of sadness and woe… or something like that 😛