Personal Narrative: The Day My Carbohydrates

For a 48 hour period, I kept track of what I ate and drank. I kept track of what I ate on the days of April 30th and May 1st. I ended up eating 1,834 calories on April 30th. On May 1st, I ate 1,843 calories. On April 30th, I ate 154 grams of added sugars, 23 grams of saturated fats, and 2,932 grams of sodium. On May 1st, I ate 48 grams of added sugars, 12 grams of saturated fats, and 3,348 grams of sodium. On both of the days I ate more sodium than recommended. On both of the days I was under the recommended amount of saturated fats. On April 30th, I had eaten a total of 1,834 calories throughout the day. On that day my carbohydrates consisted between 825.3 and 1,192.1 of my calories for the day. My fats of the day was between 366.8 and 641.9 …show more content…
The recommended amount of Vitamin A is 700 and I had 368 so I under. Vitamin C is recommended 65 and I was 74 but it was okay. I had 517 of Folate and the recommended 400 but it was okay. Iron is recommended to have 15 mg per day and I had 10 mg. Calcium was under because I had 551 mg and it is recommended to have 1300 mg. I had 922 mg of Phosphorus and it is recommended to have 1250 mg. Potassium is recommended to have 4700 mg and I had 1855 mg. The amount of fiber recommended per day is 26 mg and I had 15 mg. The dietary fiber was received from mainly grain products. I usually have quite a bit of grains but the days I tracked my food I had an unusual diet because of prom events going on. I ate a few different things than I would normally. If needed on a normal diet I would try to incorporate foods with more of the nutrients in …show more content…
I had an average of 93 mg of cholesterol between the two days. The amount of sodium recommended per day is less than 2,300 mg per day. I had an average of 3,140 mg between the two days. On average I eat a variety of different foods in the diet, but the two days I kept track of I ate unusual diets. From the two days of tracking my foods, it shows that I should eat more vegetables, fruits, dairy, proteins, and oils. I ate enough of the grains. I was under on all of the food groups but the grains. There are factors that affect how one eats. Whether not being home and having to eat out or celebrating an event, one usually will eat differently than eating a meal at home. On the days I tracked my food I had prom and a few other events that caused me to eat differently than I will eating at home. The most surprising thing I found from tracking my food was that on both days I was under the recommended amount of calories per day. I thought that I would be over the amounts by quite a bit, but I