About a month ago, New York magazine asked four members of the fashion community to keep track of what they ate during the go-go-go chaos known as Fashion Week. The magazine followed two models, a fashion show producer, and a fashion magazine editor and itt was surprising to see the diets of the models. Even more interesting was the fact that the magazine editor ate the least!

Since I also write for one of our sister blogs, Styledash, I went to LA's Fashion Week, which wrapped up at the end of last week, and since I'm a foodist at heart, I thought it would be fun to do the same thing to see what my diet would be like (good? bad? ugly?) during five days of fashionable frenzy: fashion shows, after parties, then blogging into the night.

Think a fashion magazine editor doesn't eat much during Fashion Week? How about a food blogger...

DAY ONE
7:15 AM - Two cups of coffee and half a croissant while blogging at my desk.
11:15 AM - Three hard-boiled eggs sprinkled with soy sauce and sriracha (yes, it's delicious) before heading off to opening day.
4:00 PM - Prunes and dried apricots that I brought with me in my purse and bottled water.
9:45 PM - Greek salad I made at home (one of my favorite salads, so I try to keep the ingredients on hand all the time) and 1½ glasses of Syrah while blogging at my desk.
DAY TWO
7:30 AM - Cup of coffee and a piece of nicotine gum because I quit smoking over a year ago, but I already feel stressed.
8:45 AM - Coffee in my to-go cup on the way to the office. I think I finished it before I got out of the driveway.
12:30 PM - Caesar salad from cafe up the street with...Yes! Another cup of coffee!
4:00 PM - Enviga and a handful of Good n Plenty (I {heart} black licorice). Kinda wish I had Tab Energy instead, though.
7:30 PM - Glass of Syrah (same bottle from the night before) while getting ready for party. Dinner? Who has time for dinner when I still have to put on lip gloss?
10:00 PM - 1 AM - Two Citron/soda and bottle of Voss Water that cost a ridiculous $8.

DAY THREE
9:45 AM - Coffee after waking up way too late after party the night before, plus a handful of vitamins, realizing that I probably won't be eating very well for the rest of the week.
10:25 AM - Barely caught the tail end of McDonald's breakfast drive-thru. Egg McMuffin on the way to the office to help with a mild hangover.
11:15 AM - Diet Coke at my desk.
4:00 PM - About three bites of a Kashi granola bar that tasted like mulch. Had to toss the rest.
9:45 PM - Glass of red wine, then a handful of Salt & Vinegar Kettle Chips, which I immediately realized do not pair well with red wine at all. Put away the chips and had another glass of wine while blogging.

DAY FOUR
7:30 AM - Half a cup of coffee and vitamins.
9:45 AM - Handful of edamame, because that's all I have in my fridge now, and who has time to go to the market during Fashion Week?!?!
1:15 PM - Wolfed down Nicoise Salad from cafe up the street at desk before heading out with the rest of a can of sparkling water.
4:30 PM - Bottled water. No more Good n Plenty. Damn.
10:00 PM - Bowl of vegetable soup from a can (please see above re: grocery shopping during Fashion Week)

DAY FIVE
7:45 AM - Coffee (duh), and I think I remember this thing that I used to do called "cooking." Oh yeah! Scrambled eggs.
10:30 AM - Enviga in the car on the way to the office. This stuff is really horrible.
12:45 PM - Diet Coke and another Nicoise Salad because not only do I not have time to go to the grocery store, but I don't have the brain power to think creatively beyond what ate the day before.
10:00 PM - I am sure I had some bottled water and perhaps a half dozen pieces of Nicotine gum somewhere in the afternoon. I think I am getting sick, so I had a bowl of Chicken Soup from a can and glass of wine. At least I'm getting anti-oxidants.

Slashfoodies, I barely ate my way through LA Fashion Week and lived to tell about it. Thank Goodness it is over. And now back to my regularly scheduled eating...