...Diet Scores and Comparing Food Records My second diet score went up and ended up being 10 points higher than my first diet score. I noticed that the individual scored that improved were me eating healthier, eating more fruit and vegetable servings, eating more calcium, and avoiding a lot of fast food meals. I think what helped me improve in these areas was for Lent, which is where I have to give up something for 40 days. So for Lent, I decided to give up meat, fast food, sweets, and anything but water. I think the only way my diet didn’t change or improve was me still not eating 3 meals a day. I still tend to eat big meals twice a day instead of eating 5-6 small meals a day or spreading out my eating times. I think what helped contributed to that was me not preparing my own meals, not eating at the right times or me just not being hungry. One similarity that I noticed from these two records was that I still eat only 2-3 big meals a day and don’t really know how to eat smaller portions. But I did notice that in my second records, I ate a healthy breakfast (yogurt and berries) all three days while in my first record, I would only eat a special K bar. Another difference that I noticed was that I didn’t have any fast food at all and ate more homemade meals, like tilapia with vegetables. I also noticed in the second records that I started to eat more servings of fruits and vegetables in my breakfast and dinners compared to my first records where I barely ate any servings of...
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...started making the connection between my family's lives and mine. I finally understood that the reason I never had the started making the connection between my family's lives and mine. I finally understood that the reason I never had the\\ started making the connection between my family's lives and mine. I finally understood that the reastarted making the connection between my family's lives and mine. I finally understood that the reason I never had theson I never had thestarted making the connection between my family's lives and mine. I finally understood that the reason I never had the started making the connection between my family's lives and mine. I finally understood that the reason I never had the started making the connection between my family's lives and mine. I finally understood that the reason I never had the How important is it for a family to eat dinner together? I am currently the sole source of income for my family. My husband is a stay at home husband and we have a 9 1/2 year old son. My husband simply does not like to sit down at the dining room table and eat with my son and I. He prefers to sit in the living room in front of the tv or in front of the computer in the computer room and eat his dinner while either watching tv or surfing the net. It makes me feel like he is sending us a message that he is too good to sit down and eat with us. He will make exceptions for holiday meals or birthday meals. I have insisted that he sit down and...
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...Waking from a long night's sleep never makes me feel fully fueled. Once I finally pull myself out of my warm fortress, its to the bathroom to prepare myself for the day. Now back to my bedroom to choose an outfit this is always a tough decision especially in Michigan; I can’t depend on the weather man these days. Settling on an outfit that is cute yet goes with any weather condition is taken care of, its to the kitchen to make the most important decision of my morning, breakfast. In the morning when I am debating on what I want to eat, while also thinking about how much time I have to prepare a meal; I keep in mind my schedule for the day, and how much energy I will need. Grabbing a snack on the way out of the door is something to hold me over if I don't have to do much during the day, cooking a nice meal when I know I have a long day ahead of me and will need a lot of energy, and trying to refrain from grabbing some fast food while I’m on the go is something I try so hard not to do, but I'd rather have a little bit of energy from McDonalds Sausage Muffin rather than no energy at all. Usually classifying my breakfast into categories of ones that take longer to cook, grab and go food, and fast food. First the Grab and Go foods. Grabbing a granola bar, pop tart, or NutriGrain bar on my way out the door in the morning may seem like a quick and easy meal, but I know this won’t be that beneficial to my body. When eating a small quick meal at the morning, and having a long day ahead...
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...potentially try to eat healthy meals, especially if going out to eat with family and friends, but sadly to say, I usually eat the total opposite, by consuming foods with poor nutritional values. Being in college, fast-food restaurants are very convenient and the prices are extremely affordably. McDonald’s has become one of the fast-food restaurants that I normally dine in at, especially since it is directly across the street from the school. Choosing foods can definitely be a tough issue. For my healthy meal, I chose McDonald’s premium bacon ranch salad with grilled chicken, Newman’s own ranch dressing and water. Overall each meal that is eaten should be a third of my daily total. After the calculations, I realized that my so-called healthy meal was not so healthy at all. My sodium intake really surprised me the most. My sodium intake for one meal should be only 500 mg and no more, but unfortunately this salad with dressing, escalated to 1,540 mg of sodium. This is a serious problem and extremely frightening for me, especially when I know high-blood pressure is a common disease with in my family history. My saturated fat intake only exceeded 1.42 mg and my cholesterol intake exceeded 10 mg from the one-third daily total amount. My carbohydrate and total calorie intake were actually lower that the recommended daily total amount for me, while my fat and percent calories from fat and calories from fat intakes were also above my normal intake. For my unhealthy meal, I chose the double-quarter...
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...chronic diseases, and foster optimal wellness. Evaluation of my current fitness and nutritional habits helped me to identify areas for improvement to my physical health. I will choose three healthy fitness and nutritional habits that I can incorporate into my lifestyle. My eating habits can be described as meal skipping, lacking fruits and vegetables, and nutrient and vitamin deficit. In addition to this, my water intake is almost nonexistent. My current fitness routine is minimal. I do not have a regular exercise plan. I drive to most places I go to. The only physical activity I get occurs when I’m doing household chores and light gardening. I go dancing with a group of friends once a week. This course has empowered me to “take charge” of my health. Using resources available to me to collaborate with, educate, and support me, I will become an active participant in my health. Lifestyles changes can lead to long-term changes that encourage better health and weight loss. “Lifestyle changes in diet and levels of physical activity improve the health of entire communities” (Riemer, 2009, p. 1). I must set goals to maintain my health and aim for an optimal level of wellness and quality of life. This requires me to take responsibility for my actions and choices. It is very important to be educated about our health. This course has provided me with resourceful information and techniques for getting my health on track. Because of our poor fitness and nutritional...
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...Hey, y'all! This post is all about meal prepping and how it is personally going for me. I have been meal prepping for almost a month now, and I can honestly say it has made my everyday life so much easier. With meal prepping I know exactly what I am eating that day. I don't have to ask myself, "what am I going to eat?" because it's already prepared. I meal prep for both lunch and supper. I make enough food for two days. On the second day is when I will cook for the next two days. So I only have to cook every other day, which is great because it gives me more time to catch up on other things (like the new episode of Grey's Anatomy). Isn't that show amazing?! In my previous post I went into a little detail about some of the foods I eat, so now I will give some examples of what my meals look like and consist of:...
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...characteristics and an unchanged process over the time. However, I think this concept is not applicable in my case. In my childhood, I always took away any green leaves in my bowl and recognized them as the horrible ingredients. I also ignored the spicy meals which burned my tongue and the tasteless frozen food as all kids did. However, over the time I definitely changed my edible pattern from a child with appreciating vegetables, enjoying spicy taste, and adapting frozen meals. First, my eating habits have been changed from a leafless eater to a green vegetable fan. When I was young, my mom always cooked Pho for me and my father in two separated way. For my dad, my mom made him a large bowl of Vietnamese style beef noodle with all the herb ingredients and fresh vegetable. For me and my little brother, my mom made others bowls without any vegetable element. I recalled she served me the unique Pho with only thick noodle, sliced chicken meat and hot brown soup. My grandma always kept complaining to her about my unhealthy carnivorous diet, but my mom couldn’t tolerate her children eat food they disliked. For such a long time until I became high school student. When I recognized the vegetable’s role to my health from school and experiences, I started to change my attitude with green food. As an adult, I tried to taste the green vegetable and fruit which I disliked before to be healthy. Now, if my mom serves her Pho without green onions, yellow onions, parsley, and bean sprouts, I couldn’t enjoy...
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...walks and possible use of the elliptical equipment that is sitting in another room collecting dust. I have gained several pounds during these sedentary months and need to lose the extra weight. The weight gain has not put me in the obesity category of having “excessively high amount of body fat” (Donatelle, 2010), that could lead to high blood pressure, higher cholesterol or low self esteem. What has been experienced is the inability to participate in activities or unwillingness to socialize due to weight gain. There has been no attention paid to eating habits with being unable to fully cook a meal with my left hand and no assistance in the kitchen the meals have been take out or a meal in the bag that can be micro waved. All of these meals are high in sodium and cholesterol clogging ingredients. This is changing this week and here is how I proceed to et healthier and increase the level of exercise. I have been given the go ahead to start using my right arm on its own and to increase my physical activity level. Monday, I walked 3 miles for my exercise and will continue walking 3 days a week. This was accomplished by walking 1.5 miles to the daughter house, taking a break and then returning home. Tuesday, was 5 minutes on the elliptical at a slow pace allowing my arm to move freely and working the muscles in the leg area, and will be repeated on...
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...challenge you take, you MUST complete this assignment by Wednesday, October 23rd at noon. SNAP CHALLENGE RULES: 1. Do the SNAP challenge for 3 days. 2. Your entire budget for these three days has to be $4.50 (about $1.50 per meal). This needs to include all food and beverages. 3. Please do not accept free food from friends, family, while at work, or at your dorm. The task here is to experience what it is like to live on $4.50 per day. 4. During the SNAP challenge to not eat or drink anything that you purchased prior to the challenge. 5. Keep receipts of all the food that you purchased for this exercise. 6. Blog about your experience by answering the questions posted for each day: DAY 1: How did your shopping cart look compared to a normal day? What choices did you make about the types of food that you could afford and/or where you shopped? DAY 2: What did you cut out of your diet that you would consumed on a normal day? DAY 3: How has a limited budge impacted your mood? Did you think more about food than usual? Day 1: Before beginning the SNAP challenge, I brainstormed potential ideas for how I would spend less over the next three days. I understood that in order to meet the tight budget designated by the SNAP challenge, shopping at my traditional grocer, Berkeley Bowl, might...
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...My favorite meal My favorite meal can be classified two meanings. One is your meal you having every day, the other one are special festival meal. Something is flashing in my brain, oh! That’s my favorite meal. I remember my mother took my brother and me to have our buffet in the magnificent hotel. It was an unforgettable, extraordinary and delightful memory in my life. The dainty of every kind in there are appetizing and palatable. I can felt the cookers cooked every cuisine with passionate. So let me tell my wonderful 11th birthday experience to you. In that day morning, all of us woke up premature, even the cock had not rowed yet. It seemed everyone got rid of the bad habit because we usually slept inertia. Maybe my mother spoil me and wanted me have an inconceivable birthday. She came out from the kitchen, holding a plate in her palm of hand. I can saw there were a sunny side up egg, several slice of duck’s brisket and a stick of sausage. In addition, she served me my favorite beverage soda. After we finished our breakfast, we went to our destination by bus. We took 961 and there was a mainland citizen behind me. We were lining up and ready to get in the bus. At that moment I can felt she nudged my back and I really abhor it. Seriously, I loathed their outrageous and absurd behavior. After validated my octopus card, I went to upper deck and I found it was full of seat. It indicated I need to stand in the bus over the whole journey. I went down the stair reluctantly. Because...
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...met here 8-9 met here 7 met here 7 met here 1 met here 1 met here 2 Publications page commentary For each publication (Reports, meal card, information point and challenge card) you have to write a commentary about it for the webpage in your e-portfolio: Use the questions to help you write the commentaries DO NOT WRITE QUESTION NUMBER. It should be paragraphs. Questions are only a guidance. Reports 1) What was the purpose of each report (report 1, report2, report3)? 2) Who is the audience for each report? 3) How did you make sure you met the requirements of each publication? 4) How did you make sure you observed copyright for each publication? 5) Reports The purpose for the three reports was to create the three course meals for the people attending the Olympics 2012.The audience for the report is for every age group. To make sure that I met the requirements of each publication I had to try my best at it then get my teacher to check over it to make sure I was successful at doing it. I recorded the sources information by using a source table. I made sure that the reports met the needs for my audience by making sure there was a little bit of everything, e.g., less junk food and more healthy foods. The feedback helped me with this section because it helped me improve my work. Meal card The purpose for the meal card was to create a type of menu for the audience/ people attending the Olympics to help them choose what they wanted to eat. The...
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...difficult to manage; well for me that is. According to my nutrition analysis, I lack fruits, vegetables, and dairy in my diet. Three nutritional goals I will set for myself are to stop skipping meals, eat fruits instead of junk foods for snacks, and to drink milk before I go to bed. Three fitness goals I will set for myself are to go on runs during the weekend, participate in physical activities instead of in-door activities, and reduce screen time. To begin with, I created a goal for myself to stop skipping meals because I tend to this often. This goal is important to me because it will increase my energy throughout the day. The meals I tend to skip daily is breakfast and sometimes lunch. As a worker, student, and athlete it is crucial for me to eat a good meal because I continuously need it throughout the day. It is noticeable on my food journal analysis that I skip meals because I eat a lot during dinner time. I use dinner time as a chance to catch up on my...
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...Analysis Growing up I have always given my dad a hard time for his weight until about four years ago when he pulled out his wedding tux and I tried it on and could not fit in it. I am currently six foot four inches and weight approximately one hundred and fifty pounds so you can share my amazement when I found out that I couldn’t fit into my two hundred and fifty pound father’s tux. My dad got married when he was twenty two and I just turned twenty two, so I believe that it is about time to start being more a wear of what I eat. Being that I am currently underweight, I haven’t had to discipline myself when it comes to eating too much. My problem is that I do not eat enough of the right stuff. My three day food tracker account has shown me that my eating habits are horrible to say the least. I only managed to meet one daily food group target and that was only for two of the three days. I fell under the recommended calorie allowance on all three days as well. It is obviously that my diet needs help. Super Tracker recommends that I ingest 3200 calories per day. The highest I achieved in the past three days was only 2353 and that was because I almost ate an entire twelve inch pizza for dinner. Of the six classes of nutrients, Super Tracker recommends that I eat ten ounces of grains, four cups of vegetables, two and a half cups of fruit, three cups of dairy, seven ounces of protein, and eleven teaspoons of oils. Viewing this plan makes me feel like I am going to have to spend a lot...
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...My goal for the 2017 Spring self management plan is to lose 12 pounds starting February. Changing a behavior takes time and dedication, it is a new adjustment that the person is training the body to get adjusted. In the beginning of Spring semester I made a plan to lose 12 pounds in total by the end of the semester. In order to do this I also did subgoals to accomplish my goal step by step. I created a plan for each month such as a working out plan and a meal plan. For each month I had to lose a certain amount of pounds, if by the end of the week there was an accomplishment and I was able to maintained a good progress with scheduled plans such as the workout or meal plans then I would reward myself. I had a list of things I was able...
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...comes to our health nutrition plays an important role. Many health problems can occur when you do not have proper nutrition. Sometimes those health problems can be genetics. Some problems occur with eating disorders even. It all just depends on who you are. For me I do not have a nutritional problem per say. I have a poor diet. My nutritional needs are that I need to add healthier foods into my diet. Going to eat for lunch every day at Taco Bell, McDonalds, Burger King, or even Wendys is not healthy. When I get home eating a bunch of junk is not healthy either. This causes me not eat dinner. Now all I have in my diet is unhealthy foods. Instead of going out to eat on my lunch every day I should pack a few small snacks. Something small and light like fruit and vegetables. The nutrients in fresh fruits and vegetables are a lot better than the junk I am putting in my body on a daily basis. The unhealthy foods can cause me to gain weight or cause heart problems to be even worse for me. Heart issues are a big health problem that runs in my family. While I pack a small snack for early morning then on in the afternoon it makes it so that I do not over eat either. This is another issue I have with food. If I eat a meal I eat way more than I should. Also when I get home from work I would be able to have another small light snack like crackers and cheese. Even though I had a small snack I will not eat as much at dinner as I might if I eat dinner. I think that by eating the light...
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