Nutrition Improvement Assignment

Tracking my food for three days has really opened eyes to possible changes I
would like to make for my diet. It makes it very difficult to expand my eating habits when
I find myself being very picky when it comes to my food groups. It’s almost as if I find
myself constantly eating the same meals every other day. Quesadillas, chicken teriyaki,
salads with cucumber and carrots, pasta and guacamole with corn chips. It is also hard
to specify what my mother makes for dinner as she eats differently from both my brother
and I. Knowing I was moving from 3 days of tracking my food to tracking it for 1 week, I
specifically spoke to my mom about the meals she would prepare for dinner for the
week.
During my week of tracking my food, I was more conscientious of what I was
choosing to eat. I found myself accountable to not snack on unhealthy foods, but to
make sure it was foods that I could burn more calories with. Eating more protein such
as chicken and turkey, I made sure to include in all 7 dinners. I did find myself eating too
many carbohydrates though. Between the quesadilla with turkey and cheese and then
pasta with parmesan cheese or spaghetti with meat sauce, I think I would like to control
the carbs I enter into my body especially on a non-workout day. I know on days, I
walked my 3 miles, eating carbs are not as harmful to my body as on days I do not walk.
It can make me feel full and bloated when the pasta just sits in my stomach.
I have tried to throw more salads in the mix which includes lettuce, cucumber and
carrots. This is new for me and I feel really good about opening my palette to these new
vegetables as part of my daily routine. I do not find myself eating breakfast, and only a
light lunch with a few snacks in between. Dinner is really my only full meal of the day.
Some might say that is not enough for a 16 year old girl to eat but I feel I am in a good
place with my weight and eating habits. My mother too is eating one full meal like me
and she too finds it working for her body as well. The changes that I think I need to
really make is to cut out more carbs and sugar. My iced coffee everyday, might be
where I should start first. Working on this assignment is good insight into what food I
choose to enter my body now. I find myself questioning how this food I choose to eat will
react to my digestive tract and how I will feel after I eat it.