My Two Week Diet and Fitness Plan
When I first heard that this assignment would require for is to log the meals that you consumed during a two day period I thought that, may I should push myself and shoot for two weeks of keep track of meals and excises. The reasons why I choose two weeks is because it would force me to become more dedicated to the task at hand, thus it would force me to track a week's worth of meals and excises. I would then during the second week force myself to try and eat from all of the required food groups/ eat the recommend intake and keep track of the proper portions during the second week. As I looked at the two week challenge ahead of me in hopes that I would use what I thus far. This paper will hopefully show how
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I found that this was harder than I thought, because of not being able to eat a proper lunch during most of my work week while I have a class in session. Now that I have made changes in what I eat, I find myself eating healthier, by bringing more fruit to work to eat when I am really in need of a snack. I would bring things like oranges, apples, bananas or grapes, which I cut up and then bring them each one not counting the bananas of course into separate small Ziploc bags . When came to your advice from our day one discuss, I have started making small changes to what I eat and the things I take. One example of this is during my week one super food tracker you told me I should to stay away from processed foods, because we as humans have evolved over millions of years, and processed foods has just recently made it face on the scene of things that are bad for us. You explain those types of foods wreaks havoc on our bodies, resulting in obesity, diabetes, and a plethora of other diseases and it’s because of your comment I have started making changes. Some of the things that I have read has all so made me try my best to stay away from those types of food, I have cut my intake of such food by more than half or maybe more than half now that I really think about. The second piece of advice is you is the use of canned tomatoes, I used my last can four days and will try stewing some fresh ones this weekend. I am all so now eating less red meat, one example was about two three ago I broke out the grill and grilled a week's worth of chicken and smoke a whole turkey something which I am still eating from as of the 1st May 2018. When considering your advice on avoiding any drinks with added sugar, organic or not I will try to and drink water, but I may have to add fruits or lemons for
For this part of assignment, I kept record of two consecutive days of what I ate for that days and how much calories I got from that food and drinks. Every day I usually start routine with drinking water which I think is the most important thing for a healthy lifestyle. Apart from this, I learned some following main points to help me by comparing my food chart with the recommendations
...e completely healthy attempting to avoid my punishment and then there were days where I ultimately caved and failed at eating well. On those days, I followed the rules I set in place and worked out as I said I would that evening. Part of the time my boyfriend would inevitably cause me to falter by cooking a nice fattening meal, but I don’t blame him at all considering it was up to me to make the decision to refrain from eating it. I probably didn’t do as well as I could have around lunch time or dinner but I’m glad at the fact that I did keep away from sweets and snacks throughout the entire week. I was really intrigued with getting good results for this project so I tried my hardest to actually follow the program set. Even if I don’t keep with this change after the project it’s very comforting to know I CAN eat healthy when I want and I CAN workout if I need too.
This process has not been easy and I have struggled to stay consistent with my healthy eating habits. Keeping my cravings under control has always been a challenge and my love of bread makes things a little harder. I also recognized that I am a stress eater. I had never paid attention to my eating patterns until I begin to keep a journal. This project has definitively helped me monitor and attain a better Healthier lifestyle.
I was tired of being overweight, feeling tired all the time, and I wanted to get my confidence back, I knew in order to do that I would have to make a lifestyle change. I had no prior knowledge of health and nutrition, so I wanted to increase my knowledge of the basic areas of health and wellness to implement in my daily lifestyle. My hope was to create a strategy that could be implemented in my daily life that could give me a solid base for starting my weight loss
In the original three day diet analysis, Susanne Coleman found that she was not eating from all of the food groups recommended by the food pyramid. Particularly, she was not eating the amount of fruits, vegetables and grains recommended. While she felt she made wise food decisions, there was room for improvement. When completing another three day diet analysis, Susanne received different results. After completing the original three day diet analysis, Susanne has been more conscientious of her food choices. Since the first analysis, Susanne has begun to plan meals ahead and to pack her meals for the day to stay on track.
Proper nutrition is important in maintaining a long and healthy life. Most Americans are rushed due to their busy work schedules, and do not take the time to plan their diets properly. Like me, most Americans are unaware of the importance of eating a healthy diet and consume too many foods without the proper nutrients. Throughout my life I have been fortunate. I have not had any major health problems, and have been able to consume most foods without having to worry about gaining weight. These last two years, however, I started to gain weight and have become concerned with my diet. Changing my poor eating habits has been difficult for me, however, having this assignment has taught me that it is not as difficult as I previously imagined.
Diet is possibly one of the hardest things for people, including myself, to control. Every corner you turn while driving down the street has a different fast food restaurant to tempt you. Even if you avoid the temptation and make it to the store, then every corner you turn offers a new food that is filled with sodium and unnatural materials. My current diet is pretty much opposite of most recommendations. The few things that I normally would fall in line with, in terms of a healthy diet, are eating lean meats, poultry, and eggs along with low-fat/fat-free milk products. I lack many fruits, vegetables, and low sodium foods in my diet. Ellis (p. 322) states, “How you eat can matter more than what you eat. If you want to eat less, then eat slowly. Savor each bite. Stop when you’re satisfied instead of when you feel full.” These are strong words that stand out to me because every day it seems like I eat more than I should and I eat it fast. With that being said, my action plan will be to incorporate the beneficial items I am ...
All throughout my life I have never had to watch my weight or worry about my eating habits. I have always been able to eat all kinds of different foods unhealthy or healthy it never mattered because of my high metabolism. I never stopped to think of the effects or the problems I could obtain over time if I kept eating the same way. However, after being deeply affected by this semester by my own food journal, The Food Inc. movie, and The Eater Reader I now have a better sense of wisdom and better understanding of the types of foods I was putting into my body, and have stopped drinking carbonation but with the lack of time I will not be able to give up my eating habits up.
I also need to cut back on my intake of lipids and also substitute some meats and poultry with seafood other than tuna. As for my personal physical activity I need to increase muscular training. My personal diet puts me at a higher risk of cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease because of my low intake of vegetables, fruits and whole grain foods. My physical activity behaviors are good because I exercise on a consistent basis which decreases my chance of getting cardiovascular disease. One way to change my diet is with behavior modifying strategies. Some behavior modifying strategies which can assist with change are mindful eating, chain-breaking, stimulus control and cognitive reconstructing. I could use mindful eating by being aware of what I am putting into my body and control my calorie intake. Chain-breaking will help by helping me break from eating a snack while watching a movie or television show. Stimulus control will help with eating healthier foods instead of foods that contain more fats which I could do by buying healthier foods and stop buying foods like pizza and hot dogs. Cognitive reconstructing will help me by telling myself not to drink after a long day or after a stressful exam, but instead do something healthier such as go to the gym or pool after a long and stressful day or maybe go for a walk to help me
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 can change in my intake of foods to make my diet healthy and to see what about my diet is affecting me from being healthy because I could affect me in the future.
Living a healthy life style is challenging and stressful but it shouldn't be that way. Starting off slow and allowing your body to get accustomed to such changes will help you enjoy yourself more with these new changes. Changing one dish you eat to something healthy is a great start. Keeping yourself happy while putting healthy foods into your body or exercising will further your success. I’ve come to realize that your outlook on things will effect how much effort you put into it. Keeping yourself active and motivated is crucial to such a change. Making schedules or goals for yourself weekly and trying to fulfill those goals will help you accomplish more. If you manage to fulfill each of those goals, allow yourself one of you're favorite cheat foods. Keeping healthy is all about working with what you know and how willing you are to keep going and challenging yourself to new
Previously to taking this class, I had never given much thought to my eating habits. I always thought of the way I chose to eat as one of those things I didn’t need to concern myself with too heavily now because I’m a young broke college student. The way I eat is pretty similar to the way most of my friends eat and when you live away from home, that seems like the norm for people in college. However, after applying what I’ve learned in this class to my life, I’ve realized that the dietary choices I make now affect not only my current health, but my future health as well. So overall, I would say that my eating habits are pretty bad, but I’m working on making them better.
You will also need to grocery shop for healthy alternatives. Do not buy sodas, instead drink a glass of water each time you want a bottle of soda. Purchase low calorie condiments, lean chicken and fish, plenty of fruits, vegetables, and some pre made salads. Sodiu...
The first strategy that I can use in order to limit the amount of trans fats, processed sugar, and cheese that I eat is to cut back the less nutritious foods that are found around my apartment. Now, throwing out every item of unhealthy food isn’t the way to go because, lets face it, we all need to splurge sometimes. On the contrary, I can cut my options back. By doing this, it will help to limit the temptations that I have in my everyday life. Another strategy that I can use is to control my portion sizes. My version of portioning has always been the method of putting more of the things that taste better and less of the things that don’t taste as good on my plate. I need to start balancing out my plate by their nutritious values instead of their “yummy” value. Don’t get me wrong, nutritious foods are yummy too, but they aren’t the same type of yummy. Planning what I am going to eat ahead of time is another way to stick to my goal. This will make it easier to stick to a more nutritious diet. There are so many new substitutions in cooking now. Trying new things has never been one of my strong suits, in fact, it kind of scares me, but by broadening my options and trying these substitutions it will create a healthier way to enjoy some of my favorite foods. The options to eating healthier are endless, but these are just a few of the possible strategies that I may use in order to complete to my goal and
First, I will address the root issue of many people’s eating habits, and then I will expand on why and how to develop a healthier lifestyle.