3 Day Diet Analysis
This week has brought my diet out and smacked me in the face. I never realized what I eat can make such a difference in the way that I feel, how healthy I am, what diseases I am more susceptible too, etc. When doing the fist assignment 'Three Day Diet Analysis' I was shocked when I saw all the unnecessary sugars, oils, fats, etc that I ate. Truthfully, I was disgusted with myself. I thought that just because I was working all the time, I could/would eat whatever was easiest to cook. I always made sure my son had a balanced meal, but that was because he was my son, not me.
My eating habits now are horrible. I often skip breakfast. If I do get the chance to eat between the time I get home from PT and the time I have to leave again for work, I grab normally a slice or two of toast and slap some butter on it, or have a banana. Lunch, well when I get it, I will either come home and grab last nights leftovers or make a sandwich. For dinner, I normally eat at the babysitters because that's when I pick my son up. She normally has a dinner that is more nutrient rich. She is an 'organic' freak, as I call her.
My nutritional recommendations based on my customized food pyramid results are as follows: I need to eat about 7 ounces of grains, and try to make at least half of them whole grains; 3 cups of veggies in which I need to vary; 2 cups of various fruits, while cutting back on fruit juices; 3 cups of milk trying more calcium rich foods, try low-fat or fat-free when choosing milk, yogurt, or cheese; 6 ounces of meat and beans, I need to go lean with protein choosing low-fat or lean meats and poultry while varying my protein routine by choosing more fish, beans, peas, nuts, and seeds. My limits on fats, sugars, and sodium are 6 teaspoons a day, try limiting extra solid fats and sugars to about 290 calories a day. This is for a 2200 calorie/day pattern.
Implementing my healthy eating plan in my daily life will be pretty hard. I am going to try though. I noticed that I...
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