Of course, if you ate five to six thousand calories a day you would gain a substantial amount of weight very quickly. To get the proper amount of nutrients and minerals without eating that much food you need to have the proper supplementation. I take a multivitamin daily to get the essential nutrients and minerals I am missing out on. I also take a joint support pill to combat all of the stress I put on my joints from the distance running I do. I also take an antioxidant pill to offset the lack of vegetables in my diet.
During wrestling season we are constantly having to watch what we eat and maintain a healthy diet in order to cut weight. Wrestling season runs straight through November and into February. This makes life difficult because these months are full of holidays that are all about lots of unhealthy delicious food. It takes a lot of self-discipline to maintain a diet when your whole family is scarfing down sweet potatoes, pies and goodies. For Thanksgiving last year my meal was a small scoop of potatoes, a spoon full of gravy, one roll, and a couple pieces of white, dry turkey breast.
I have enjoyed the entire course, learning so much that will help me better my health and life. My favorite assignment was the three day diet analysis. I have learned so much about my current diet and what I needed to change to make it healthier. I thought I was eating a balanced diet and found I was lacking in almost every area and eating way to much sodium. I am starting to watch the labels on the food I buy watching for that sodium that is so high in so many foods.
Although, I have been eating healthier, they are still far from perfect. The other difference is that I do exercise daily. I do try to eat healthy everyday, and let me tell you it’s very easy to go the McDonalds route. I tried to starve myself for long periods without any food consumption. That was not a good thing to do because it affected my metabolism and energy.
Our facility is prepared to work with your establishment to create the most healthful lunches for your faculty and students. We are adequately equipped in finding the best prices for the best food items because of our extensive research and relationships with vendors. To solve the health problems associated with unhealthy lunch choices, we recommend that you approve the purchasing and distribution, within the next month, of our approved healthy lunch plans and menus. Having this program in your school district will ensure that students and faculty are received al recommended daily food groups and vitamins and will in the end promote life long healthy eating habits. THE PROBLEM In the past decade, school provided lunches have been a serious reason for unhealthy eating habits of children.
However, as most of us know, cutting calories is not an easy feat, especially when working toward a 10, 12, or even 16-week transformation challenge. Following a strict diet requires lots of focus, determination. As your body reaches a plateau you decrease the calories more and add cardio, but you can’t go far by just cutting the calories and adding more and more cardio in your routine. When you’re
Needless to say, something had to be done. I began by building a Wellness Plan that would assist me in losing weight as well as making me a healthier person. As far as diet is concerned, I began reducing my carbohydrate intake to 20 grams per day. I made sure the 20 carbohydrates I consumed were complex in the form of vegetables as opposed to simple starches or sugar. Each day I will eat four servings of fresh fruit and vegetables.
I need to analyze the types of carbohydrates that I am consuming and make sure that the majority are whole grains and nutrient dense. Protein 14.6% of kCal’s from my intake came from protein and according to the AMDR’s range of 10-35%, my protein intake is on the low side. I have to consume more protein to decrease my disease risk. Some examples of food that I should add to my diet are legumes, fish and skinless poultry. With the help of the Intake Compared to DRI report I was able to identify the nutrients in which I was deficient in during my three day analysis.
The easy way out to being healthy and eating right for ones body, fast food has plagued the nation especially with diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and even strokes or heart attacks. A question is now posed of whether or not fast foods should be fed to children, in substitute of their regular lunches at school. These kids are what seem like innocent victims because of their naivety towards the real problems with fast food. The problems with this quick fix in school cafeterias are that students would become obese, they would develop bad habits, and that the school would be advertising for these companies. “More than 70 percent of obese adolescents retain their overweight and obese condition even during their adulthood” (What Are Children Munching On?).
Our kids deserve to be taught to truly enjoy eating healthy amounts of healthful foods, and to enjoy, to revel in, active play – preferably before the bad habits even start. Elias Zerhouni, MD (2005), director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) had this to say: We need to act now to prevent obesity in our children. Obesity is a high priority at NIH. This year, we will spend about $440 million on a range of research on this important problem. Dr. Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD (2005), professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern University agrees: You can raise a child to enjoy healthy eating and to be selective about food choices.