Over the past couple of weeks in Mrs. Corbally's class, the sophomores have been researching and analyzing our diet in our food journal. Students had to observe a four day's meal in which there are two weekdays and the entire weekend. During the period of time, Students needed jot down everything that they had eaten and described the sensations of eating the food in our composition books. This assignment was a preparation for an essay that we had turn in our final draft yesterday. It was pretty fun and overall, I had learned much from the assignment but it had also frightened me as well.
Over that time period, I had completed twelve pages of work in the composition book. I was staring at my composition book thinking that I had eaten a lot. I panicked for a period of time and then I stopped to think. I said to myself that if I had actually eaten the amount that I had eaten, I would probably be a little bit overweight. I am so skinny that I don't think that I can be fat at all. Nevertheless, I was still shocked to have eaten that much though.
This was my first time that I had ever looked into my diet and it was actually an experience that is rare amongst other people. Many others would have usually eaten what was placed before them on the table. They don't look at the nutrition labels or measure how much intake of certain substances to create a balanced diet. When I looked at the nutrition labels, I was amazed at which substances I would consume the most and the least. I learned about how unhealthy some foods are and healthy foods that are excellent for the nutrition and growth of the body.
In my diet, I learned that I tend to consume my daily value of calcium and iron just in breakfast. I tend to eat a small lunch and a bigger dinner. Between lunch and dinner, I tend to drink and eat junk food. I consume too much fat but that doesn't seem to be affecting much at all. On rare occasions do I not eat rice over the weekends nevertheless constantly consume it everyday if not a special occasion.
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