How Did I Keep Track Of My Food Intake?

Keeping track of my food intake was a very interesting experience, I’ve never had to keep track of what I ate before so it was difficult for me to remember to log what I ate. There were times when I remembered that I forgot to log what I ate for lunch or dinner so I had to recall back to what I ate so that I could log it in. It was also difficult to not change my eating habits so that they would seem “healthy”. I believe that the three days that I recorded my eating habits were truthful to what I would eat on a day-to-day basis. Some things that I was surprised about of my results were my calorie intake and how many categories I was considered “under” on. The only thing that was a major difference to me about my weekend consumption and my weekday

My total average of calories that I consumed was 1016 calories. My calorie absorption was under what it was supposed to be which was 2000 calories. I’m still not sure if this is a good or a bad thing. My protein intake was 36 g and I was supposed to eat 45 g. I was shocked at these results because I had thought that I was having a lot of protein in my regular diet. However, my protein consumption in calories was 14% calories and that was labeled as “ok”. For my carbohydrates I was “ok” with both 131 g and 52% calories. My fiber intake was very low at 9 g, and it was supposed to be at 25 g. Different from fiber, the total amount of fat that I had was 35% calories and 10% calories of saturated fat I was “ok” for the total fat, where as I was “over” on the saturated fat. Additionally, my cholesterol intake was at 95 mg which was also “ok” according to the chart. All things considered, I don’t think my results were very bad. I actually think they were pretty average. Although, I think I can improve on my fiber intake since it seemed so

I need improvements when consuming refined grains because I was over the recommended target total. I can make these changes by substituting whole-grain versions of white bread, rolls, bagels, etc. Equally helpful, I can eat less sweeter grains such as cookies, cakes, pizza, etc. This might be difficult to do because I love eating bread so much. I can, however, cut back on eating sweet treats which I think will be easier. In contrast to the refined grains, my intake of vegetables was very low at only 1 cup. This is going to be more challenging to change because I’m so used to my mom making dinner which is where I would get my daily vegetables. Since I now live in the dorms it 's going to be difficult making sure I get enough vegetables in my diet. I believe that I can make these improvements to my diet because it will help me become more