Summary of Nutrition Assessment and Plan for Future Dietary Changes

The summary must be in paragraph format and must be at least 500 words in length. This section is worth 51 points.
The summary must include a description of:
 Your current dietary habits based on your Nutrient Report
 The healthy aspects of your diet
 The areas of your diet that need improvement and
 Your plan for future dietary changes

Overall, my dietary habits based on my Nutrient Report were pretty healthy. Most days I fell below my daily caloric
intake, however, I believe this to be a result of lack of accurate measurement on my part. I do not have a scale or the
ability to accurately measure my exact food intake with every meal. Most of the time, when recording a snack or meal, I
would select the option that seemed closest. This could have resulted in some inaccuracies with my Nutrient Report. I
tend to eat a relatively small, low calorie breakfast and lunch. My breakfast usually consists of a whole grain bread, eggs,
and a serving of fruit. For lunch I will often make a smoothie or a salad to incorporate some vegetables into my diet. At
school, I usually meal prep my dinners for the week. My typical meal prep consists of a lean protein such as chicken or
ground turkey, a green vegetable such as spinach or broccoli, and a carbohydrate such as rice or potatoes. Since I am
home for the pandemic, my mother makes dinner for my family. This gives me less control over what I am eating for
dinner but more variety in my meals.
The healthy aspects of my diet include eating fruits, eating lean proteins, and eating complex carbohydrates. I prefer
fruits over vegetables so consuming enough fruit has always been easy for me. I stopped eating red meat about two
years ago and switched to more lean sources of protein such as turkey, fish, and chicken. I try to make sure that I am
eating whole grains and complex carbohydrates. At school, I tend to follow a low carb diet and limit the amount of
carbohydrates I am buying and consuming. The areas of my diet that need improvement are eating more vegetables,
more fiber, less sodium, and less sugar. I have a harder time eating enough servings of vegetables. Since I prefer fruits, I
tend to incorporate spinach or kale into my smoothies because I’ve found that I enjoy them more. My Nutrient Report
brought the lack of fiber in my diet to my attention. Fiber is not something I think about when I am meal prepping but I
realize now that I need to incorporate more into my diet. I could do so by eating more leafy greens, oatmeal, or nuts. In
my nutrient assessment, my sodium was above recommended levels. This was probably due to the buffalo chicken pizza
I had for dinner that evening, which was a treat and not something I eat on the regular. However, it did bring to my
attention that I need to consider the amount of sodium in fast food/takeout, even if they are as a treat. I also have a
major sweet tooth and I have been working hard to limit my amount of added sugars this year.
In the future, I will try to incorporate more vegetables and fiber into my diet. I will also try to log my food into apps
like MyFitness Pal more regularly because it holds me accountable for my nutrition. Lastly, I will continue to limit the
amount of added sugars that I am consuming.