Food Guide Pyramids

Starting off with my intake of calories, I was below the daily recommended number of calories. This tells me that I eat below the number of calories I’m supposed to eat daily. Then my cholesterol was different on both days. On my first day, I was a little over the recommended amount, but my second day was over the recommended amount. Secondly, my protein intake was different from both days. The first time I was under the daily recommended amount, but my second day I was over the amount by a lot. Meanwhile, the sodium intake and the recommended amounts were very close together. I was under the daily amount at first, but then I went over by 10 mg.
Then the intake of carbohydrates on both days were okay, but on the first day I went over by recommended …show more content…
The daily recommended number of milligrams for cholesterol is 300 mg. While my intake of cholesterol was way below the recommended amount. For the sodium, the daily recommended amount is 2400 mg. My intake of sodium below the amount recommended as well.
The Food Guide Pyramid has only a certain amount of servings that the average person should eat every day. While My plate servings depend on the age, sex, and level of physical activity. My opinion on the Food Guide Pyramid is that it doesn’t put enough thought into average person’s sex, age, and their physical activity. Cause the amount could be different for each person. Then the My plate recommendations have servings for different ages, sex, and what their physical activity would be.
My lifestyle and emotional state affects my consumption greatly. I am very emotional and so at times I would binge eat, because of how I felt about my body. That I didn’t look good, because of my weight. Seeing that I don’t exercise much makes me feel even more unhealthy. Most of the time I don’t catch myself binge eating, but the people around me do. Though I try my best to eat healthier and to go outside