Healthy Eating Comparison

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I have entered my food consumption for the second time into the Choose My Plate on the website www.mypyramidtracker.gov. My eating habits for the most part have stayed the same. I have made a few changes in order to accommodate my new diet. My eating habits have gotten better since the first time that I completed this in week one. I still go to the gym regularly and watch what I eat. I am also currently doing weight watchers online to help me with my diet. I typically eat either a whole wheat English muffin with weight watchers cream cheese, Special K cereal with fat free milk, or low sugar oatmeal now for breakfast. Before I would not eat breakfast all of the time, which is not good for the body. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. For lunch I usually eat a turkey sandwich with mustard and now make sure that I eat fat free cheese to help with my dairy intake for the day. With my sandwich I eat a vegetable such as broccoli or carrots. I try to eat more fruits throughout the day than I did in the past, such as bananas, pineapple, watermelon, and have recently tried cherries and have become addicted to them. I will eat a whole bag in one sitting. For dinner, I will either cook a smart ones meal, which is endorsed by weight watchers, or prepare a meal off of one of the recipes that is one the website. For desert, I eat a weight watchers sweet item, such as ice cream or a cream cake. I still try to get a protein shake once or twice a week from the gym. I have also tried to cut back on eating out on the weekends. It is expensive and it is not good for me or my girls. Based on the nutritional recommendations that were given to me on my customized food pyramid results, it previously stated that I needed to eat more from the dairy and bread food groups. My results now show that I am eating closer to the necessary intake for these groups. It

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