3-Day Diet Analysis

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3-Day Diet Analysis Name SCI/241 Date Teacher In tracking my food for 3 days and using the Food Tracker, I was surprised when I saw the results. I saw my current eating habits were not the best. In comparing my diet to the recommended diet amount, I was not consuming the recommended food targets. I have learned that I can modify my diet using the daily food group targets and the six classes of nutrients. The six classes on nutrients are vital to having a healthy well balanced diet. Looking at my current eating habits, it is clear that they can be improved. Using the food tracker, I have notice that my eating habits were very different for the first two days than from the third day. On the first two days, which were on week days, I did not meet most of the daily food group targets. However, I did stay under the daily calorie limit and on limit for oils, sodium and saturated fats. However, on the third day, which was on a Saturday, I did meet most of my daily food group targets, but I did go over on my daily calorie limit and also went over by almost double on the daily limits for oils, sodium and saturated fats. I have noticed that on weekdays I tend to watch what I eat and on the weekend I splurge and eat everything. In comparing my diet to the recommendation from the food pyramid, I found that in a couple of food groups, that I was not consuming the recommended target. However, I did meet a couple of the food group targets in other categories. This is a comparison of the each food group’s target recommendation to what I consumed. Grains daily target is 6 ounces and my average eaten was 6 ounces, Vegetables daily target is 2 ½ cups and my average eaten was 1 ¼ cups, Fruits daily target is 1 ½ cups and my average eaten was ½ cups, Dairy daily target is 3 cups and my average eaten was 1 cup, Protein Foods daily

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