What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets


The Dance Instructor
Jesse Desoto: Illinois, USA
Managing his own dance company franchise and dancing in exhibitions and competitions leaves former Dancing with the Stars  pro dancer Jesse Desoto little time to cook, even if he could, but the Chicagoan's food habits center around what's easy, fast, and mostly nutritious. Though Jesse competes less often now and therefore burns fewer calories, his diet has stayed the same. He admits that his dance pants are a little tighter around the waist these days, but he wears the additional weight well.
From the coverage for the What I Eat project, but not included in the book.

Age: 26 • Height: 5'10" • Weight: 179 pounds
ONE DAY’S FOOD in September
CALORIES  5200

BREAKFAST Safeway cinnamon raisin bagel, 3.8 oz; with cream cheese, 2 oz • Florida's Natural orange juice, not from concentrate, 9.1 fl oz • Starbucks coffee with half and half, 14 fl oz; and Splenda artificial sweetener, 2 packets

LUNCH Tuna sandwich: Brownberry whole wheat bread, 2.9 oz • Starkist chunk light tuna, 2.6 oz • Kraft Miracle Whip dressing, 1 tbsp • Apple, 6.8 oz • Lay's baked potato chips, 1.2 oz

WORKDAY SNACKS Peanut butter and jelly sandwich: Brownberry whole wheat bread, 1.6 oz; Jif peanut butter, creamy, 2 oz; Smucker's jam, red raspberry, 1 tbsp • Ham and cheese sandwich: Brownberry whole wheat bread, 3.2 oz; Sara Lee brown sugar ham, sliced, 3.5 oz; cheddar cheese, 2 oz; and Kraft Miracle Whip dressing, 1 tbsp • Carrots, organic, 5.6 oz • Almonds, 0.8 oz

PRE-WORKOUT MEAL Peanut butter and honey sandwich, open-faced (2): Brownberry whole wheat bread, 2.9 oz; Jif peanut butter, creamy, 3 oz; and Sue Bee honey, 1.5 tbsp.

DINNER Taco Bell bean burrito, 7 oz • Taco Bell hard shell taco, beef, 2.8 oz • Mountain Dew Baja Blast soda 30 fl oz.

OTHER Milk, 1%, 1.75 qt • Smartwater bottled water, 1.6 qt

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