Food Log Analysis Essay

As you can see from the above chart, the majority of my food consumed was carbohydrates at 45% of my diet. The second highest was proteins at 29% and followed closely with sugars at 21%. The smallest category was fats with only 5%. The three days that I chose for my food log were Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. I knew that I wanted to get my three days in before the Super Bowl due to the fact that I ate a good amount of terrible football food on Sunday. I found most of my calories through Calorieking with a few coming directly from the food label on the package. I tried to use the DOR website, but I found it to be very confusing and not helpful. For my journal, I first tracked the three days and then went back and did the calories. With the DOR website, you are not
I know that sounds bad, but I do not consider myself to have healthy eating habits. I thought I would have had a higher percentage. I was also surprised on my total amount of calories for each day. I thought each day's total would've been higher especially Friday since I had Starbucks and a large dinner. I would like to make some changes in my diet. I have already cut out pop and I have lost about 5 pounds in the last 6 weeks. I would like to cut my sugar category down a little bit and add that percentage into proteins.
I feel as teachers we need to set examples for our students and show them healthy eating habits. If we are drinking pop throughout the whole day, they will see that as an okay habit to have. We also need to make healthier lunch choices and also promote eating a good, filling breakfast before coming to school. I feel that children struggle the most when it comes to snacking. For me, when I’m board, I just want to snack and have something to much on and it usually isn't healthy. I think it would help children if they healthy snack options at home instead of food full of sugar and