Reflection For A Healthier Life And Food Choices

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Since starting this class I am very satisfied on the new intake journal as I like to use the Wiley PLUS iProfile to go ahead and write down what I have eaten throughout the day. Being able to go ahead and write down everything you eat allows you to go ahead and break down the type of foods that are being consumed as well as the ingredients of my daily routines that only allow me to see my progress especially focused on a goal of losing weight. One of the journals main goal is to provide not only to myself but everyone else that’s in a journey with wanting to be healthier a chance to look at what’s getting eaten and how to go and make better decisions if needed any type of substitution. One thing I learned is that there is actually great healthy food out there that take as great as a double bacon cheeseburger to most people. Recording my food intake is great but also another tool that is great to use with iProfile is the area that allows you to see food groups …show more content…

Which personally I believe compared to how I use to eat before this is a great start towards a healthier lifestyle and food choices. Of course I can improve always in my calorie intake as well as possible serving sizes. I believe that I can start substituting wheat bread in the morning with a bowl of cereal to allow me to have a different food intake that can possible be lower in calories or food intake in the morning. Rather than that I believe eating my wheats rather than white foods and eating my protein and vegetable I am headed in the right direction. Overall I believe my rates on food choices were decent and good to start off. One thing that I need to work on would also be eating more vegetables than other foods that can possibly fill me up faster. I use to drink a lot of soda which now all I do is drink water or orange juice in the

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