fitness essay
Life Time Fitness & Wellness
Nutrition Plan
The amount of food that I intake throughout the day the amount or portions of vitamins and minerals that I intake is not sufficient enough for my weight and height. Furthermore, being an athlete I do intense and vigorous workouts for more than 60 minutes daily. In result, the amount of time that it takes for my body to burn all of them, is much quicker than normal time due to the vigorous activity. The amount of vitamins and minerals that I intake needs to be increased in order for me to gain beneficial and necessary nutrition. I feel like I am slightly exceeding food intake recommendations, I feel this way because of all of the physical activity I participate in. I attempt to eat fairly healthy, but being a busy college student/ athlete it is sometimes difficult to eat healthy due to budget and healthy food availability in the cafeteria. In addition my vitamin and mineral intake, I have also researched different ways to try to eat healthier and meet my nutritional recommendations. Moreover, I have set goals for myself in order to attempt to change my eating habits and make healthier food choices. For example, first, I could eat the healthiest foods in the cafeteria, such as choose a salad instead of the tacos or hamburgers that are being served. Second, I could write out a grocery shopping list, so that when I go to the store, I purchase fresh fruits and or vegetables, low fat yogurt, milk or cheese, and healthy grains instead of purchasing packaged and processed fattening and unhealthy foods. Lastly, I could better organize and dictate the amount of food that I intake during each meal and make sure that I try my best to follow most of the healthy and nutritional values that I have learned about and researched.
1. Healthy
Cheese
Fruits
Yogurts
Salad
Whole grain pasta, bread, etc.
Water
Unhealthy
Chips
Pizza
Fries
Hamburgers
Gatorade
Processed/ Frozen foods
2. In order to make healthier food
Nutrition Plan
The amount of food that I intake throughout the day the amount or portions of vitamins and minerals that I intake is not sufficient enough for my weight and height. Furthermore, being an athlete I do intense and vigorous workouts for more than 60 minutes daily. In result, the amount of time that it takes for my body to burn all of them, is much quicker than normal time due to the vigorous activity. The amount of vitamins and minerals that I intake needs to be increased in order for me to gain beneficial and necessary nutrition. I feel like I am slightly exceeding food intake recommendations, I feel this way because of all of the physical activity I participate in. I attempt to eat fairly healthy, but being a busy college student/ athlete it is sometimes difficult to eat healthy due to budget and healthy food availability in the cafeteria. In addition my vitamin and mineral intake, I have also researched different ways to try to eat healthier and meet my nutritional recommendations. Moreover, I have set goals for myself in order to attempt to change my eating habits and make healthier food choices. For example, first, I could eat the healthiest foods in the cafeteria, such as choose a salad instead of the tacos or hamburgers that are being served. Second, I could write out a grocery shopping list, so that when I go to the store, I purchase fresh fruits and or vegetables, low fat yogurt, milk or cheese, and healthy grains instead of purchasing packaged and processed fattening and unhealthy foods. Lastly, I could better organize and dictate the amount of food that I intake during each meal and make sure that I try my best to follow most of the healthy and nutritional values that I have learned about and researched.
1. Healthy
Cheese
Fruits
Yogurts
Salad
Whole grain pasta, bread, etc.
Water
Unhealthy
Chips
Pizza
Fries
Hamburgers
Gatorade
Processed/ Frozen foods
2. In order to make healthier food