24-Hours I'd rather not recall

Does anyone else ever lay in bed at night and reflect upon the food they've eaten that day? Looking back and smiling on a perfectly spiced dish, a warm desert a la mode, or reliving a completely cleaned plate. Then there are the days when you think "wow, 2,000kcal and I spent them on THAT!?!?" I don't reminisce about my meals often (probably because I'm too busy dreaming of my next) but today was one of those days. The closest metaphor I can conjure up for my intake today is a desperate one-night-stand with junk food that would only be acceptable if it was alcohol induced (and coming off a 20 year dry spell). Today was similar to the Boston Beer Halloween Party where my beer to chicken finger ratio was 1:10, I don't even like chicken fingers. If I had to complete a 24 recall tomorrow, I would by tempted to lie.

What I ate:

- T.J.'s Vanilla Crunch Cereal w/ 2% Milk (acceptable)

- Banana (A+)

- Tea (catechins!)

- Salt and Vinegar Chips

- Pretzel chips and Hummus

- Homemade brownie w/ walnuts

- Tortilla Chips and Salsa

- 1 0z sharpe cheddar

- 1 Beer.

Maybe my diet wasn't terrible...but I feel like a student of nutrition, I'm supposed to be setting an example. But with conflicting research my "example" is conflicted. I smiled when I read on ann's blog bio that she eats ice cream out of a carton, because is that wrong? Or is it wrong to be so tired I didn't feel like cooking so I snacked out of my pantry? I think a lot of healthy eating messages out there states an explicit good and evil. Carrot = Good, Carrot Cake = Evil (even in moderation you should probably feel bad about yourself). The past 3 years I've learned more barriers than solutions and it's frustrating, so in the mean time I will just stick with what tastes good and what I feel is good for me.

I'm sure you all have seen this: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html

Professor from Kansas State loses weight on calorie restricted junk food diet.