Personalized Health Plan
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Personalized Health Plan
It is important for individuals to create a healthy eating plan. It is just as important for the individual to follow that eating plan in order to remain healthy. The food one chooses to eat as well as the level of physical activities performed has a significant impact on a person’s health. I am choosing to implement a healthy eating and physical activity plan into my life. The following plan is one that I feel could be used at any point in my life. It is a simple plan that could be easily followed regardless of most circumstances that may come my way.
The health problem I need to target is my bad eating habits. I have concluded that I am guilty of four of the five most common bad eating habits. These habits include eating on the run, eating large portions, skipping meals, and late night eating. These habits are considered to be bad for various reasons. Eating on the run usually happens when a person is busy and does not have the time to cook a healthy meal. The result usually ends in fast and unhealthy meals as the food of choice. Eating on the run also causes a person to eat quickly usually causing one to eat larger portions in order for the hunger to be satisfied. When eating these unhealthy types of foods, especially in large portions, one tends to consume many more calories and much fewer nutrients (3FC, 2011).
The second, third, and fourth bad habits, in my case, relate closely to one another. I have a busy schedule that keeps me on the go so I eat large portions when I have the opportunity to eat because I am unsure when I will have the chance to eat again. This is sometimes consistent with the next bad eating habit of skipping meals. This causes one to be hungrier at a later time which results in eating larger portions. I also work later into the evening. I get home and finish