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slynne
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Nutrition Tool
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Mar 14 19:23 UTC 2007 |
I came across a pretty useful tool for anyone interested in diet and
nutrition. I had to do a diet analysis for school but I was also curious
about how bad my diet really is, especially since I have been trying to
eat intuitively.
The link is:
http://mypyramidtracker.gov/default.htm
This is a site where you can enter everything you eat in a day and get
nutritional information not just for one item but for one's entire day
of eating. If one does enough days, one can track trends. I kept a food
diary for a month. I wrote down every thing I ate, even if it was just
2-3 M&M's from the gumball machine at work.
What I found is that I eat about 80% of the calories that should
maintain my weight. Not surprising to me really. I have always known
that weight is more than just how many calories one eats. I still eat a
lot of calories though (an average of 2320 per day). My worst day had
almost 4000 calories and I had skipped breakfast! That's what eating
almost a whole large pepperoni pizza will do. go figure.
My total caloric percentages from carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are
as follows: Carbohydrates 56%; Proteins 13%; Fat 31%. These values do
not differ more than 2% from any of the USDA recommended percentages of
55% of calories from Carbohydrates, 15% of calories from proteins, and
30% of calories from fat.
Honestly, that kind of surprised me because I would have thought that I
eat way more fat than that. I am going to continue with the food diary
and see if I keep getting the same results.
Anyhow, I just wanted to share that tool for folks who are curious about
exactly what they eat.
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furs
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response 1 of 41:
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Mar 15 00:02 UTC 2007 |
I use www.fitday.com to track mine. I average around 1800-2000 a day,
which I know is not enough, especially since I'm training to be in a
triathlon. But it's hard for me to eat more.
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slynne
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Mar 15 00:52 UTC 2007 |
Jeanne? Do you find yourself feeling hungry a lot? If not, you are
probably eating enough.
A triathalon? That is sooooo awesome! When is it?
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furs
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response 3 of 41:
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Mar 15 10:35 UTC 2007 |
well, the main one I've been training for is July 22. It's a 1/2 mile
swim, 12 mile bike and 3 mile run. But I'm doing a small indoor one
this weekend for training (it's 20 minutes swim, bike & run each
indoors) And my crazy cousin who talked me into this in the first place
has another one in mind in June that we might do. This one is a 1/4
mile swim, 10 mile bike and 3 mile run, so we might do it as practice.
Well, my rule is if I'm hungry I eat. So really the only time I get
super hungry is in the mornings when i wake up. So do feel like I'm
eating all the time, I eat about 6 meals a day. I'm sure I have days
that I eat more than 2000, but I think I had a couple this week where I
only had 1600. So it just depends on how I feel from day to day. But
I'm eating a lot of fruits and veggies so I feel like I"m eating a ton
of quantity.
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mary
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Mar 15 12:32 UTC 2007 |
I too like fitday. All of these programs are a nice way to keep
portion-creep in check. I tend to fall into the pattern of
thinking I'm eating mostly healthy stuff, so I can eat all I want.
Wrong. It doesn't matter if it's ice cream or apples if
I'm eating more than what I'm burning, I'll be carrying
it around for a while.
I'll check out the link. Thanks, Lynne.
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