Last part of PT to do!

Reflections! Some questions to answer:

What have you learnt about your eating habits?
I eat around 4 to 5 "meals" a day, but I try to have at least 3 full meals. The others are for snack times. Also, I don't really eat during breakfast. I think I might try to eat more during breakfast (?) because it's the first meal of the day.

Do you consider your diet a healthy one? Why?
I think it's average, sloping toawards unhealthy, not healthy but not really unhealthy either. I know I have some things to change about my diet, like the amount of fat I consume and consuming more veggies etc.

Are the suggested nutritional tools useful? How?
Yes, they were useful, because they allow us to see just how exactly we over or undereat in some areas. Thus, weight-conscious people will know how to fix their weight-related problems by adjusting their diet. Also, knowing the recommended values, will allow us to lead a more healthy lifestyle. However, the usefulness can only fo to a certain extent. People must have the intent or resolution to have a healthier diet before, the nutritional tools can be considered useful.

Why is my suggested one-dish meal healthy?
The lean meat will reduce the amount of fat consumed, meaning a healthier diet for those people who consume too much fat to begin with (GUILTY!). Also, more vegetables will mean more dietary fibre in my meal, which will reduce the chances of constipation and improve overall circulation!

Ok...now to suggest a one-dish meal.

And THE CHOSEN ONE is WANTON MEE! Of course, it breaks my heart to say this but our school wanton mee is nowhere, NOWHERE, as hot and as delicious (probably) as this one DX
Anyway, I shall proceed to shoot down some of the faults with the wanton mee.

1. The wanton mee I ate had hardly any vegetables. Two stalks of vegetables is not enough for one meal. Maybe more veggies could be given, preferably without a rise in price.

2. Lean Meat could be used for the char siew instead of fatty meat. This would reduce the amount of fat I take in, obviously.

Yep! That's about it for suggesting a healthy one-dish meal.

PS: Last point: Maybe a canteen stall with a hygiene value of A would be good...

OK. Folks, this is the ENTHRALLING, FASCINATING, MIRACULOUS pyramid that the HPB has so GENEROUSLY, SELFLESSLY drawn up for us to use.

Anyway, we see that the most amount of food to be consumed comes from rice and alternatives, the bottommost layer. Basically, this means that we are supposed to eat lots of that in proportion to other things :D

Next comes the fruits and vegetables. I eat an adequate amount of fruits, but I'm not sure about the vegetables. I think I should try to vary the types of veggies I eat (not just beansprouts, sorry XD). Maybe, I should try some more leafy veggies, to increase the amount of fibre I take?

Then, MEAT! I actually am an extremely carnivorous person, but seeing the amt of fat and protein I take...well...maybe I should cut down the amount of red meat I take. I could consume the healthier meats, like chicken and fish.

Last but not least, the last layer...presenting...OILS AND SUGAR AND SALT! This layer should be taken sparingly. I don't really like super sweet things (like candy), so I don't think my intake of sugar should be too much of a problem. However, I really decrease my intake of salt, because the amt I consume is nearly twice of the recommended...but food doesn't taste good without salt...oh well. To avoid taking too much fats (as mentioned before), I should also ask my maid to use less oil, when cooking, and to use olive oil. Actually, I think she already uses olive oil... (:

Thus, the pyramid has been chopped down, sliced around, investigated and analysed! Yay!
Hahaha...

Ok...I did a check using the Food Intake Assessment thingy found on hpb...
Do I really consume that much fat? T.T *depressed* Noooo...

Ok, here's my chart:
(Percentage as compared to recommended value)

Energy: 101% (RV:2042)
Carbohydrate: 78% (RV:306.3)
Protein: 168% (RV:68.4)
Total Fat: 106% (RV: 68.1)
Saturated Fat: 154% (RV: 22.1)
Cholestrol: 168%(RV:204.2)
Calcium: 64% (RV: 1000)
Dietary Fibre:98% (RV: 20.4)
Sodium: 194% (RV:1362)

Oh my god...I so need to cut down on the amount of fattening food I eat (and blame my legendarily slow metabolism rate...)

Haha... other things I have to note is to maybe drink more milk and consume more diary products to increase my calcium take-in.

Yep! That's all for the Food Intake Assessment!

...Next Post... Well, the next day, of course, July 7th. OMG, History Exam Day!! Diediedie.
Anyway...

6.00am
Milk, 300ml
Nutella bread, 1 slice

9.20am
Samosas, 3 pieces

12.00am
Beansprouts, 1.5 servings
Sweet and Sour Pork, 1 serving
Rice, 2 servings
Pear, 1 whole

7.30pm
Bun, 1 piece (stuffed with)
Chinese Chives, 1 serving
Egg, 0.5 whole
Shitake Mushrooms, 0.5 servings
Rice Vermicelli, 0.5 servings
Grapes, 1.5 servings
Plum, 1 whole

Done with the diet for the second day! Yay! Will post again tomorrow morning for today's meals.

July 6th, Tuesday

6.10am
Milk, 300ml
Nutella bread, 1 slice

11.00am
Wanton Mee, 1 serving
Iced Milo, 200ml

3.40pm
Butter Crackers, 4 pieces
Watermelon, 3 servings

7.30pm
Roti Prata, 1 piece
Baked Salmon, 1.5 servings
Curry Vegetables, 2-3 servings
Watermelon (OMG, my love) 2 servings

My weird diet of the day -.- Haha...Oh well.

Ok, here's the first day...
July 5th, Monday...

6.10am
Milk, 300ml

11.00am
Rice, 1 serving
Tofu, 1 serving
Fishball, 2 pieces
Beef Rendang, 1 serving

5.00pm
Watermelon, 3 servings

7.30pm
Beansprouts, 1.5 servings
Rice, 1 serving
Chicken Drumsticks, 2 pieces

8.00pm
Pineapple, 4 servings
Kit-kat, 1 bar

Yay! Done! ^^