Nutrition And Exercise Analysis

When it comes to dieting, or watching my food and exercise intake, I know that I have always struggled with maintaining a healthy balance. I have been aware of this since starting high school at 12 years old and rigorously being involved with Judo and Wrestling. While most people will not believe me, I had to cut quite a bit of weight to continue playing at the 98lb weight class. I wasn’t mindful of what I was eating, how much I was eating, and when I was eating off season that I was cutting about 5-9 lbs during the preseason. It was at the end of my Junior year that I made it my goal to place in states in my weight class, and began training and exercising more frequently to better prepare. While doing that, I did not quite understand how to
However, like any poor graduate student, I did not have the funds to eat the healthiest, but I always tried. Keeping up with exercising was not the issue, but eating enough and healthy has become harder. With that being said, I was not surprised with my food journal. On my first journal entry, it revealed that I was not eating enough carbs, fat, protein, sodium, sugar, thus a low-calorie intake. Again, not a lot of funds. During my second day, I had too much sodium and fat intake, but still had 205 calories left. On the weekends, I love eating eggs and turkey bacon whether it is for breakfast or dinner, because it is cheap and easy to make. For my third journal entry, I had a high fat and protein intake, but I knew that was expected because I had 2 bowls of Korean Beef and Turnip soup for dinner (for some reason, I was super hungry – it may be due to studying too much?). Anyways, my nutrition diet journal is of no surprise to me. I knew I either ate too little or did not have the most balanced diet. However, I continue to keep up with exercising, which has become my new outlet. I know I still need to find that right balance, but I am hoping that once I graduate and I have a steady paycheck it will make it easier to afford a healthier diet! This program may have reiterated what I have already known, but it helped me see how much macronutrients I was lacking and consuming. I think this would be a great tool for my patients to use, because it holds them accountable and keeps them on track so that they do not go over in certain macronutrients and they can come up with a plan that will allow them to lose weight at the same time. It tracks their progress and is a positive reinforcement. Plus, it is convenient and they can do this where ever they