TJ Nethery (626 words)

TJ Nethery
Nutrition
Coach Lang
2/28/17
Nutritional Analysis Paper
After looking at my nutritional analysis there were a few things that really stood out to me. This paper is meant for me to find strengths and weaknesses in my daily diet and discuss how these willaffect mein the long run.

My analysis showed that one of my strengths and I believe the most important strength is that I had the conscious knowledge that I should be eating healthy, when given the opportunity and the choice between unhealthy junk food and something substantial and something that gives the body nourish the body, I would more than likely pick the healthier of the two. I believe that I have gotten so much better at this, I had a problem before were I would always tell myself that I would work harder or that one more piece of junk foodwon’thurt. I now am at the pointwhereI have my own house and that I do my own shopping, so even though the healthy food is more expensive I have the conscious knowing that I need to get the healthier option. I also found something that surprised me a little bit. I really was shocked that my caloric intake was so low. Yes, I have been slowing down on eating all day,I’vebeen watching my portion sizes and making a constant effort to always pick something healthy over picking something easy to find, or sometimes better tasting. Without this dailytracker,I can see the actual nutrients in the food that I eat instead of just guessing and hoping that I have been eating a balanced diet. I was also surprised that the calorie intakewas directly correlatedto the amount of carbohydrates that I had eaten throughout the day. One more strength that that I have noticed that I eat a lot of vegetables that are very low, or have no cholesterol in them.
On the negative side of things, I had noticed a few things in my diet that concern me. While eating healthy, watching my portion sizes, and making sure that I do not continue to eat throughout the day, I noticed that my calorie intake is not where It needs to be for gaining muscle, yes, I am in a cutting phase and the calories being low is good right now, but when I need to start gaining weight and putting on muscle I’m afraid that I must change my diet to accommodate this. With the changing of the diet I hope that it is not hard for me to begin not to eat healthy still. The biggest problem for me when eating healthy is that the diet begins to become boring and redundant. I realize that if I start to expand my diet and flavors that I can use while remaining healthy that the meals I eat will have a lot more variation in them. This difference in food and flavors will help me continue to eat healthy and make sure that I don’t burn out on eating a healthy diet and maintaining the healthy lifestyle.

The last negative I will discuss is the fact that I rely mainly on running everyday to burn off those calories that I have consumed throughout the day. With my schedule being so hectic and not having a lot of time in the day I fear that if I miss running sessions that I will come dependent on not running and tell myself that only a balanced diet will keep me healthy. I need to find more ways to keep my heart rate up and participate in more anaerobic activities to help burn the rest of the calories I have left over from the days food.