Supertracker Response Paper

I think the SuperTracker program is a very useful tool. The program allows you to keep track of your daily diet and to add in your activity level daily and you can see how many calories you are taking in and how many calories you are burning through physical activity. I think a program such as this can help a person be more accountable for what they eat. Personally, I have a problem with taking a bite of food here and there during the day. I do not always realize how many calories add up by doing that. I made an account with SuperTracker, and it gave me options for a personalized health diary. According to the program, I have to stay below 2,000 calories a day and exercise 150 minutes a week. If I do this, I will lose two pounds a week. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2015), for long-term weight loss success, a person should lose 1-2 pounds a week. I know that I want immediate results, but I have heard many times that a rushed weightloss can eventually be detrimental to a person's health and many times a person will put the weight back on if they lost weight too quickly. I think a program like the SuperTracker is excellent because it will show you the food …show more content…
As you log in your meals, the program will put each food you have eaten into the different food groups. You can save the foods you eat the most, so logging the foods is easy. You are also able to put in your recipes, and it will break down the recipe into the individual food groups, and you can see the total calories for that meal. For example, I had two hard boiled eggs for breakfast. I logged the eggs in for my breakfast, and the eggs were put into the protein lists for the day. It also allows me to add whether I put salt on the eggs (which I did) and it logged my sodium content for breakfast. So, not only does the program keep track of all my foods. It will also break down all the sodium and fats I