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Saturated
Unsaturated Fats (Poly
Day Food Servings Calories Carbohydrates Proteins Fats
& Mono) (Lipids)
(Lipids)
Fri
Kellogg’s Eggo Waffles 2 waffles 190 cals 27g 4g 2g 6g
1/26
Fri
Nutella Ferrero 2 tbsp 200 cals 21g 2g 4g 0g
1/26
Fri 9
Ritz Crackers 157 cals 19g 3g 3g 4g
1/26 crackers
Fri
Chocolate Chip Cookie 2 cookies 137 cals 18g 1g 2g 5g
1/26
Fri
Classic Mayo 2 tbsp 200 cals 0g 0g 3g 0g
1/26
Fri
Haribo Gummy Bears 10 pieces 64 cals 14g 1g 0g 0g
1/26
Fri 1
Kit Kat Minis 310 cals 40g 4g 11g 0g
1/26 package
Sat
Kellogg’s Eggo Waffles 2 waffles 190 cals 27g 4g 2g 6g
1/27
Sat
Nutella Ferrero 2 tbsp 200 cals 21g 2g 4g 0g
1/27
Sat 12
Ritz Crackers 209 cals 26g 3g 5g 5g
1/27 crackers
Sat
Cosmic Brownie 1 brownie 280 cals 42g 2g 4g 0g
1/27
Sat Syrup
1/4 cup 200 cals 53g 0g 0g 0g
1/28 (Log Cabin)
Sat .7 liters
Water 0 cals 0g 0g 0g 0g
1/28 (24 oz)
Total for Sat 1/28 1605 cals 210g 58g 16.5 16g
Activity
{Walking, Riding Bike, Lifting Weights, Swimming, Running, Playing a sport}
Sitting/Being
None (Only doing 2 Awake: (13 hrs): Physical Activity:
Sun 1/28 nights of sleeping) 793 cals None Total: 793 cals
My Food Pyramid
Every body is different. Even so, there are some things that every body needs.
According to The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, you should eat 225 grams to 325
grams of carbs a day. In the 3 days I recorded, I was below that recommendation. As an
athlete, I should be getting at least the recommended, if not more. The recommendation
for carbs is based on what a normal human body needs in terms of energy to run for a
whole day. Those 225 grams to 325 grams are converted into glucose by the enzymes.
The glucose you get from those carbs are now used to run your body. Any left over
glucose is stored as fat in various parts. If you don’t get enough carbs, like me, you will
feel the lack of energy your body has as the end of the day.
Another example is protein. The recommended amount of protein a woman should get
is around 46 grams a day. Protein is used to build muscle among other uses. They are
also used to make the enzymes that breaks down other biomolecules. Amino acids are
synthesized into a chain that makes up protein You can get some amino acids from
your body, but some you get from foods, like animal meat or animal products. If you
don’t eat foods from animal,or some form of protein, your body will have great trouble of
maintaining homeostasis.
This food journal has provided important insight of my diet and what needs to change.
On my food pyramid, you can see I eat way too many sweets, not enough vegetables,
and zero fruits. If I was to look at the data for those three days, I would make obvious
changes; starting with cutting out more than half of the sweets. But also looking at the
data, it only documents a little part of my life. What I eat on the weekend is vastly
different than what I eat during the week. I don’t normally eat that many sweets,
because I rarely have access to them. My parents usually cook dinner, and that
includes a side of vegetables and meat or pasta. On Friday and Saturday, they did not
cook, which was the reason for the lack of vegetables and meats. I know that if I
documented from Monday to Wednesday, I would have little to none sweets, way more
meat, and more carbs. So even though this food journal is fairly inaccurate do to the
small time frame and day of the week, I do realize that what I eat and what I do for
activities affects me. On Friday, I had a full soccer game, so I ended up eating more.
You can see on Saturday, I ate the least, even though I did exercise. This shows that
when I do my activity affects what, when, and how much I eat for the day. Nonetheless,
I really enjoyed this project and I thought it was funny how I thought I ate too much
carbs, but I’m actually eating too little.