3 Day Diet Analysis

3-Day Diet Analysis

Steven Montesano

2/1/2013

University of Phoenix

Nutrition is and has never been at the forefront of my mind when I start to prepare or sit down to eat a meal. Everyone knows that vegetables and fruit are healthier than potato chips and cheeseburgers, but I never really looked into why. Once I read and watched the videos for this week’s assignments I understood the reason people pay attention to food labels and how they affect their diet.

My diet usually consists of what tastes good, is readily available, and if need be, what is fast. I work 40-50 hours a week, have 3 children under the age of 3, and go to school here at Phoenix. Time is not on my side when it comes time to plan dinner or even cook it.

Fruits are something I do not eat often enough, even though I love almost all of them. I go through small spurts of eating large amounts of a certain fruit, but soon tire of the same thing every day. I eat some vegetables, such as peas, corn, potatoes, peppers, asparagus, and tomatoes as long as they are not raw. I will eat a salad occasionally, but am not disciplined enough to make it a part of my diet weekly.

The main part of my diet consists of meat, pasta, potatoes, rice, or some other form of carbohydrates. I have eaten this way as long as I can remember. I remember many times sitting at the table for hours refusing to eat green beans or carrots, but to this day they are just not a taste I have acquired yet, despite my wife’s best efforts.

My liquid diet is far healthier than what I eat. I limit myself to 5 soft drinks a week. The rest of the time I drink mainly water, watered down grape juice, or ice tea. Coffee is a daily drink but only 8-10 oz in the morning. An occasional beer or glass of wine is also sprinkled into my weekly diet.

When my 3-day diet was compared to the recommendations of the food pyramid I did not one time meet the vegetable, dairy or fruit goal. The grain and protein goals I almost always exceeded....