Reflective Essay: Five-Day Diet

After tracking my food for five days straight, it is safe to say that I consumed way too much sodium, added sugars, saturated fats, and total fats. However, on the other hand, I did not consume enough dietary fiber, calcium, potassium, copper, iron, magnesium, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, and choline. Although according to the report than basically all of my vitamin levels are under, I do take 2 gummy multivitamins to make up for those loses. My weekend day diet actually did not change, compared to the other weekdays. The only thing that changed was that I did not eat breakfast since I woke up late and grabbed lunch before I had to be at work that afternoon. However, the majority of the weekend days, I get up at a decent time to eat breakfast, …show more content…
Although I do not typically go over my calorie count, I still go over in the sodium and fat area. It makes me realize that eating all of this fast food and junk foods will catch up to me eventually, and as a dance instructor, I should be more aware of what I eat and how to maintain a healthy body. I also learned that I should eat a better or more healthy breakfast in the mornings as that is the most important meal of the day since it energizes you for the day to come. I do not think that powdered doughnuts have any nutritional values that will keep me on my feet for the day. This is just showing me that I need to get up earlier in the mornings to give me time to sit down and enjoy a healthy breakfast rather than grabbing something to eat, running out of the door, and eating it on the go.
Although this diet analysis shows that I eat fast food every part of the day, I typically eat at home a lot during the week, but my family has been busy with different things. Overall, my diet needs to change for the better or I will face the consequences in the future as I get older and my metabolism begins to