100 Days of Breakfast

In early July 2007, I went on a fast. After I broke the fast, the act of eating food felt different. More intentional. I was especially aware of how quickly I ate, how much I ate, when I was eating, and if I was even hungry.

I stumbled upon LA artist Jon Huck’s “Breakfast” series. It inspired me to visually record my own eating habits. For 100 days, I photographed myself and what I ate for breakfast every morning.

There were rules. I could not shower before my self-portrait. This was not a vanity project. I would not smile in the photo. I had to eat the breakfast in the place where it was photographed. I could not eat the same thing two days in a row- or even in the same week.

In 100 days, I ate over 20 pieces of bread, over 4 dozen eggs, 15 bowls of cereal, 8 peaches, 6 waffles, 4 leftovers from dinner, 2 pop tars and 1 donut.