Now, that we have all created our own personal food diary for 3 days, what can we do with this information? You have all this great knowledge at your fingertips, but how can you apply the knowledge you have learned to your own life? Think back to the food guide pyramid website that you explored. (The link is provided for you if you just click the words food guide pyramid.) You should now be able to name each of the food groups and serving sizes. Now, you are going to evaluate your own diet according to the suggestions made by the food guide pyramid.
Your task for today is to evaluate and make improvements to your diet. You will need a new worksheet for this assignement. The next worksheet that we will use can be found on the nutrition explorations website under the activities section listed under the kids portion of the site. You can also print the sheet directly from this blog by clicking on the words nutrition tracker in this sentence. You will need to print one copy of this worksheet. Once you have printed this new worksheet you then need to look back at the food diaries that you have kept and select one day that you will use in this new activity. Using your new worksheet called the nutrition tracker worksheet you are to make changes to your diet and improve the status of what you ate. For example, I may look back at my food diary and notice that for breakfast I consumed a bowl of cereal, a doughnut and a can of soda. I would want to improve the nutritional status of my meal on my new sheet and write that instead of what I was eating I would eat a bowl of cereal, a banana and drink a glass of milk. You want to improve and change what you were eating to something that meets the guidelines of the food guide pyramid. Make sure you follow all directions at the top of the nutrition tracker worksheet. Just remember that you want to improve what you were eating and learn to make wiser food choices. Here is to a healthier you.
