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Diet Analysis is a way to track the entire food one eats for a period of time and analyzes the foods eaten to determine the overall nutritional value of one’s dietary intake. It also helps to determine one’s diet “weak spots,” potential food allergies or disease management issues. The results of this analysis help determine a personal Diet Prescription Plan & are strongly considered when recommending a Diet Meal Plan.
Nutrition has played a big part in my life even prior to taking this Nutrition Class. At a very young age I never really care what I put into my body since I was naturally thin since my high school years. Since I started studying nursing, I have been more aware of my eating habits, but not really doing a good job of my food choices due to my current busy lifestyle.
To say the least, I am fascinated by nutrition. I enjoy reading Men's Health magazine and watching television shows like The Doctor's and Doctor Oz because they are filled with nutrition tips, and scientific studies about fitness and health. I also follow the latest nutritional news because I am a firm believer that your diet is the biggest component of your health and I wish to make continue to make it for the rest of my life. Biology 107 has been an extremely useful and knowledgeable course because I can personally relate to it and can apply much of the information learned to my own life. The Diet Analysis project was wonderful because it gave me a first-hand look at my own diet habits. With it, I was also able to analyze the exercises and physical activities I did within the period of time.
During the process of my diet analysis, I realized that in some places I was consuming more than I should be and in some I was consuming less than I should be. There were also those places where I was getting just the right amount. It is so interesting to me to be able to find out what I am consuming and how I am consuming it. Being an active male, it was most interesting and good that I note what I ate, what my average of these days were, and the plan on how I would correct the way I eat to make it a more healthier lifestyle.
Like instructed by the professor, I created three profiles for the diet analysis, and I used each for one week each to analyze my diet and physical activities. I was able to input the foods I ate daily and also the physical activities I was involved in. And since my diet plan was to loose two pounds a week, I was careful with the food I ate, as I was eating less than usual and I engaged myself in more physical activities. During the first week of diet analysis, because of my goal of loosing weight, two pounds. I didn’t eat so much. Even compared to the recommended value, I took in lower calories. I took in just 73% of the recommended calorie intake that was required for me to achieve my goal of loosing two pounds in a week. Consequently, I lost four pounds in just that week; I ate so little compared to what I really needed. And moreover, I was involved in a lot of physical activities that week coupled with my daily exercises. During the course of that week, I got tired easily. It was so hard on me I felt like just forgetting about achieving the goal for my diet analysis. But I was able to pull through at the end of the week. I realized I took in less food containing carbohydrates and fats. My carbohydrate intake was 80% of the recommended value and my fat intake was 68% of the recommended value, which are both less compared to my protein intake, which was 90% of the recommended value. Thus I had little stored energy. And since my aim was to loose just two pounds and I ended up losing four. That meant I was absolutely doing something wrong.
Due to health reasons and the fact that my goal was to lose 2 pounds a week, after the first week of my diet analysis was over, I waited two week before I continued the analysis in order gain weight back. I didn’t monitor my diet then. Two weeks later, I was 220 pounds back, my weight before I started the analysis. Afterward, I started again. In my second week of diet analysis, I took note of my mistakes from the first week and tried my possible best to meet the recommended value of dietary intake. I also made sure I took in enough carbs and fats to have enough energy to go through daily activities. I increased my carbohydrate intake, it was even more than the recommended value, I took in about 113% of the recommended value. My fats intake too was increased to about 90% of the recommended value, likewise my protein intake, which was 123% of the recommended value for that week. My total calorie intake was accurate with the recommended value as I met 100% of the recommended value. However, I reduced the number of physical activities and exercises I got involved in during the course of the week. After the week was over, I was only able to maintain my weight. I didn’t lose any pounds. I was 220 pounds before the week started and at the end of the week, I was also 220 pounds. This also meant I was still doing something wrong. My goal is to lose 2 pounds a week, but instead, I maintained my weight.
On my last week of diet analysis, I was determined I was going to lose exactly two pounds. I decided I was going to follow the recommended values of food intake to the letter. I was also determined to watch the physical activities I got involved in. At the end of the week, I was able to completely take in 92% of the recommended calorie. However, it seemed I ate a little too much of carbs compared to other food classes as I took in 105% of the recommended carbohydrate intake. Guess I ate a little too much of pasta and spaghetti and macaroni, as those were the food I ate the most during the week. I took in 98% of the recommended value for protein and just about 85% of the value recommended for fats. During the course of the week, I was very active; I did a couple of weight lifting, did some jogging and running. I also walked around a lot. At the end of the week, I weighed myself with a digital weight balance. To my surprise, I didn’t actually achieve my goal of losing 2 pounds in a week, but I was close to it. I lost 1.6 pounds that week and weight 218.4, compared to my initial 220. To me, this seems like a success. Now I know more about my body metabolism. And I know more about the relationship between my body, the food I eat, and the physical activities I get into.
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