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Friday, August 27, 2010 //
Analysis of Day 1 diet!

Rice and Alternatives: 3 servings (2 muffins + spaghetti)
Fruits and Vegetables: 0 (OHNOOOOOOOOOO)
Meat and Alternatives: 2 (egg + chicken)

I consumed just about enough of energy which is good cos I will be able to have a higher metabolism rate and hopefully burn more calories and lose weight! However I didn't exercise much that day so I think I ended up piling on kilos):
My carbo range was also good, not super under or over the RDDA amount.
However my protein overshot the RDDA amount. Thankfully I did not eat red meat a lot if not I would have a higher chance of clotted arteries when I grow up!
OMG I OVERATE TOO MUCH FATTY FOOD!!! We need fats, but when consumed in excess amount, fats contribute to weight gain, heart disease and certain types of cancer :O As much as some fats are good for the body, I had almost twice the amount of RDDA recommended amount for saturated fats. This is not good because they raise blood cholestrol and LDL (bad cholestrol!!!)
NO WONDER ON THIS DAY MY CHOLESTROL WAS 2.5TIMES THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNT. I always had the misconception that seafood had the most cholestrol so since I prefer not eating seafood my cholestrol levels would be low but apparently not. Sigh the one egg I ate for lunch had the amount of cholestrol I was supposed to eat for the entire day. I did not know that chicken had so much cholestrol I will definitely try to eat healthier chicken (breast meat, no skin, boiled, boneless) in the future.
Calcium was okay. At most I will drink low fat milk more! This will prevent the onset of osteoporosis.
Dietary fibre I will eat more fruits daily! I need this to promote bowl functions, reduce blood cholestrol levels and control blood glucose levels.
I eat too much food laden with sodium- this is very bad I might get hypertension. I will cut down on salty food. (I know this is bad for my body but I like it. sighhh)

I think this days diet is not very representative of my daily food intake because in general my food intake on weekends increases much more than weekdays because I have more time to eat. However I will bear in mind all these nutritional facts and think twice before I snack in the future!

9:58:00 PM