Supertracker Assignment Analysis

Before I started the supertracker assignment I knew that I had some problems with my eating habits, I knew that I wasn’t eating enough vegetables and I was eating a lot of grains. However I knew that I was eating a fair amount of fruits. After completing the supertracker assignment I realized that I should be switching out some of my refined grains for whole grains because I was getting very little whole grains. I also realized that I was eating very little vegetables in my diet and I should incorporate more vegetables and a little more dairy in my diet to reach a proper amount of dairy and vegetables for my age, height, and weight. In my report the average grains that I ate were one ounce more than what the USDA recommends. However I ate …show more content…
I am eating an okay amount of fruit, however I could eat a little bit less. In the dairy group I ate half a cup less of dairy than the USDA recommends I eat. The recommendation of dairy I should eat a day is three cups, on average I ate about two and a half cups a day. There is no specific amount of milk, yogurt, or cheese, so I ate about one and three fourths cups of milk and yogurt a day, and about three fourths of a cup of cheese a day. I should be eating more dairy in my diet. In the protein group I ate a pretty well in the protein category. I ate an average of five ounces of protein a day and the USDA recommends that I eat five ounces of protein a day. There was no specific target for the amount of meat, poultry, and eggs or nuts, seeds, and soy, however the USDA does recommend that I eat eight ounces a week of seafood. I ate about four and a half ounces of seafood in the week and about two ounces of meat, poultry, and eggs in a day and about two ounces of nuts, seeds, and soy in a day. I am eating very well in the protein group and should stay with my protein habits. I eat about two less teaspoons of oils in a day than the USDA …show more content…
I eat one fourth of a cup of fruit more than the USDA recommends I eat in a day, which means that the USDA recommends I eat about one and a half cups of fruit in a day and on average I ate about one and three fourths of a cup of fruit a day. I also am doing well in eating an appropriate amount of protein in a day. The USDA recommends that I eat about five ounces of protein a day and on average I ate about five ounces of protein in a day. Lastly, I am eating a good amount of calories in a day. The USDA recommends that I eat 1800 calories a day and I ate about 1785 calories a day. However their are some aspects of my diet that could use improvement including grains, vegetables, dairy, oils, and saturated fat. I am eating too many grains in a day, I eat about seven ounces of grains in a day when the USDA recommends that I eat six ounces of grains in a day. I am also eating much less vegetables than I should be eating. I eat about one and one fourths of a cup of vegetables a day, however the USDA recommends that I eat about two and a half cups a day of vegetables. I also should be getting about half of a cup more of dairy in a day because my recommendation of dairy I should consume in a day is three cups and I ate about two and a half cups of dairy in a day. I should also be getting a little more oils, it’s recommended that I consume five teaspoons