Unit 2 Lab 1.2

I plan to change my behavior by resolving to eat significantly less sugar than I currently do. On Lab 1.2, my nutrition score was two out of ten (2/10). I eat few fruits and vegetables, I never consider how many saturated or trans fats I consume and I eat copious amounts of sugar on a daily basis. The only reason I achieved a score of two is because I rarely skip meals, preferring to eat continuously. Despite these bad habits, I am not overweight. I weigh one hundred and twenty-one pounds (121 lbs.) and I have a BMI of 19.2 which puts me in the 27th percentile for my age. Making this change to my diet will give me a greater, more sustainable energy level and will help me to develop positive nutritional habits from a young age that will benefit me throughout my life. To help me accomplish this change, I …show more content…
On a normal weekday, I have quite a few random appointments that keep me from quickly accessing sugary foods. However, on weekends, I have far fewer responsibilities, watch significantly more television and it will be harder not to eat sugary snacks. On Mondays I am gone all day and have to pack a lunch for myself. It’s far easier to throw a bunch of sugary pre-packaged snacks into a lunch-bag than to put together a healthy lunch. Finally, when I get together with friends, we tend to eat large quantities of sugar throughout our time together, so it will be difficult to only choose one item to eat with them. However, all of these issues are simply matters of will power and perseverance. I know that if I truly want to make this change I will be able to overcome these difficulties. I can make sure we have good fruits and other snacks in the house on the weekends, wake up a few minutes early on Mondays so that I have enough time to make a healthy lunch, and I can bring extra snacks with me when I go to see my friends so that I will have something to eat if they get something