My data could be more accurate if I had used only one source for food data, and find the exact measurements for what I ate. Also, my record of fruits and vegetables may not have been accurate because I do not usually eat them alone, so they may have been in my food and I did not take account of them. On the third day, I ate Jack in the Box the whole day, which is a rare event to occur in my diet. On the weekends I am less active, but
Week one was designed to perform a preliminary observation about my daily water consumption. This step gave me the baseline data I needed for comparison on how much progress I made at the end of the three-week project. During the final two weeks of the project, I actively tried to increase my water consumption and tracked my progress each day. Therefore, I was also able to make observations about the experiences I encountered. In the paragraphs that follow, I will describe my own personal experiences during the weeks that I actively tried to change my behavior. This description will also include, my initial plan, the strategies I implemented during the project, the factors that played a role in my success or defeat, what the data I collected reveals about my overall change, and the experiences that surprised me while trying to change my daily water
My actual intake is not what I expected it to be, I never thought I would be eating some of the foods that I am now eating because of this project. This project made me realize how poor my intake was from the first essay. I use to intake some of the unhealthiest food ever, I never realized how much harm I was doing to my body. Now, my intake is fair, I think I’m very much satisfied with the progress and changes I have made in my eating habits. Eating healthy is truly not that bad at all. I had to motivate myself to change my intake tremendously.
To sum things up I have added my weekly information as far as calorie percentage for eat meal of the day with breakfast 34% (526 Cal), lunch 34% (526 Cal), Dinner, 22% (341 Cal), Early Morning Snack 4% (62 Cal) and Mid-Day Snack 6% (93 Cal). Listed is the more detail list for week one, but on average I went over by 11% Carbohydrates, was under by 7% when it came to fat and under by 4% when it came to protein. When an assessment of my fitness and because I am in the Army I have to do fitness training at least 5 times per week. During our cardio days I would do thing like Sprints, Long distance running (three to four miles), elliptical, ruck march or the stationary bike. In return during strength days we would be things circuit
I realized that my food consumption needs to improve, I did not realize I was that bad on my eating schedule but this assignment made me realize just how bad I take care of my health. I need to get better at feeding myself and making time for myself to get a bite to eat in the mornings. There are a lot of days I noticed in my journal that shows I only ate once so that was honestly surprising for
Based on a 24 Hour Recall of my diet, results using NutriCalc Plus report that my food intake lacked a healthy balance of all food groups. My Grain intake reached only 60% of the My Plate daily recommendations. My Vegetable intake was a mere 50% of the recommended servings. Additionally, I consumed 84% of the daily recommendations for the Dairy Group. Nonetheless, I did exceed the recommendations for the Fruit Group and Protein Group with intakes of 155% and 107%, respectively.
Use the following sections of your 3 Day Average Report to answer the following questions:
This semester, I aimed to drink 8 cups of water a day and practice yoga twice a week. Did I fail? No. Did I succeed? No. I chose easy habits to stick to, and I found that I still had a hard time sticking to them! The yoga habit was easier to stick with than the water challenge. I found it significantly easier to find the time to do yoga than I found it to drink water, especially on the days when I was busy. For the success of my yoga habit, I would give myself a 5 out of 5. I met my goal, and practiced yoga at least twice a week during every week of this assignment. For my water-drinking goal, I would give myself a 3 out of 5, because I could never maintain a streak of drinking 8 or more cups of water for more than 3 days. Overall, I would rate myself as a 3.5 out of 5 for the success of my healthy habits, because my main goal was to drink more water.
While looking at the My Plate evaluation, my results were fairly unbalanced between each other. On Day One, all of my categories of grains, fruits, dairy, protein foods, and empty calories were above one hundred percent. The vegetables; however, were only fifty percent full. The amount of dairy I had was fairly close to one hundred percent. However, I could majorly cut down of the amount of empty calories I have each day. I could also increase the amount of vegetables I eat. On Day Two, the majority of the categories were below one hundred, with the exception of vegetables and empty calories. Dairy, however, had zero percent. This is not surprising, for I never eat a lot of dairy in my diet. In order to better my diet, I could start drinking
I actually wasn’t one bit surprised with the areas that I need to improve in as it was stuff I knew I need to improve in the first place. One area was vegtables. It’s not that I have a problem with vegetables, because I don’t, but I just don’t eat them that often. Another area was fruits. I love fruit a lot. I have no problem eating fruit on a regular basis but the chart said I don’t eat enough of them which I found pretty weird. The next area is dairy. I understood why I was lacking as lactose kills my stomach so I try not to drink or eat any dairy products. At times that sucks especially right now when Dairy Queen has the Pumpkin Pie Blizzard and it’s so good but it kills my stomach in the end. The next area is oils. I don't really like oils all that much so I don’t like eating them. The last area is protein. I wasn’t surprised about the results as I don’t eat things like beef or seafood all that often. I do eat chicken, turkey, and ham but that is as far as I’ll go in protein.
Since we have been learning about nutrition in class, our task was to record a food log. Nutrition requires a well-balanced diet containing nutrient and vitamins like amino acids and fatty acids. Over the past seven days I have been recording and have been looking very carefully at my intake of nutrients, minerals, vitamins, and fats. In our task, the objective was to record the basic foods we ate during the period of seven, but it did not require recording every single detail or our intake of food. Doing this food log was a pain and it was disturbing because I never wrote about what I ate like breakfast, lunch, dinner, or additional meals. I found this food log useful because it helped me learn what I
The first thing I would like to talk about would be the amount of exercise. The total amount in a week was to have 150 minutes. Well within 3 days, I had over 900 minutes. I actually bet there was more than that, but that’s all I could remember. That is also including Wednesday me being sick with strep throat (as for this whole week actually.) It is kind of crazy even though I was sick, I still managed to get 900 minutes in 3 days. For logged time on Wednesday, I included a 35 minutes walk I take everyday with my dogs down the road. That is all I did Wednesday as I said, I was very ill with strep throat, as well as for all week and as I am writing this paper. Next is Thursday. Of course I took the usual 35 minute walk with my two pups. I was farming most of the day, and I only put 200 minutes of vigorous activity when actually now thinking of it probably was much more than that since we were unloading hay bales and I was feeding the baby calves. If you have ever fed over 150 baby calves twice a day, it is very exhausting work. On Friday I also did the daily 35 minute walk with the puppies. I did go to work on the farm for a little while, but I sat
Physical Wellness – I do an extended exercise every Saturday early in the morning running half of mile before I eat my breakfast. Besides that, I participate in physical fitness in the gym a sport when I am on the beach. In addition, I am wanting to take yoga classes as soon as possible. The goals for a for my meal will be on weekly basic and I will figure out what types of food will be good for my body, and my doctor visit will be every year. If I will add new goals to my daily meal, it will be healthy snack that I will take at work. I will increase my membership in the physical fitness to regularly do my exercise on a daily basic.
On day 1, all of the participants will spend at the most, 1 hour and 15 minutes taking an online nutrition based survey. Once they finish, they will be instructed to begin recording a 24-hour dietary recall, starting with what they ate for breakfast. Day 2 will begin with a 45-minute session on the main components of a food label. After that, the participants will proceed to the computer lab with 20-minutes to create a Myplate account and 45-minutes to record their 24-hour dietary recall into the Myplate system. Day 3 will consist of a 1-hour session on healthy food for adults (learning about healthy dieting), a 1-hour session on food proportioning, and a 10-minute quiz. Day 4 will consist of a 2-hours and 15-minutes session on eating fruits and vegetables. The participants will take a quiz on the information and get to experiment with blending fruits and vegetables to make smoothies. Day 5 will consist of a 2-hours and 15-minutes session on food budgeting. The participants will get
Starting my weight gaining goal for these four week project helped me get back into the rhythm I had once lost. The first week was the hardest, I had to go back and reorganize how I lived my day to day life. First I had to relearn all about nutrition and what foods would help me achieve my ten pound goal by the end of the four weeks. I had to make sure I ate enough calories throughout the day and compensate the calories that I would burn with and without working out, so I started my plan off with about MMM calories a day to see