Calorie Log
Beatriz Nicolas
HED 044
phone which allowed me to access the food diary easily and input the foods as I finished eating
them. I found this website after I searched which were the best tools to count calories. This tool
also had a variety of foods to pick from to insert into the dairy. This application also used my
weight, height and age, to customize an ideal calorie intake of 1,270 calories per day. This
number provided a form of measure for me and it allowed me to self-reflect on how many
After recording a whole week of the food I ate I began to visualize how healthy I am
actually eating. On average my daily consumption of calories for me was 1,493 calories. I was
not surprised that I was eating above the ideal calorie intake because I often make unhealthy
choices when it comes to eating snacks or meals. As I logged in my food I sometimes had excess
fat, sugar, and sodium in my daily log. For example on Wednesday and on Saturday I ate a meal
from fast-food restaurant. Most of the foods I consume were homemade which helped me
consume fewer calories than if I were to buy the foods. Homemade foods are hard to log unless
you provide the specific recipe so the calories for those foods are difficult to log.
In order to create an ideal menu for my diet is that I have food with enough vitamins,
proteins, and good carbohydrates. For breakfast I can eat cereal with almond milk and a banana
or fruit. For lunch I can eat brown rice or mixed grain rice instead of white rice with vegetables
and a protein meat. For dinner I can eat something light in calories since it is toward the end of
my day and I am not active in the evening such as, a salad or vegetables and grains. By analyzing
the foods I ate I can make these three nutritional goals that would substitute high calorie foods
with lower ones. Since I eat cereal a lot I will substitute whole milk (160 cal) with almond milk
(120 cal). I will avoid snacks like the Nutterbutter Peanut Butter cookie (250 cal) with mixed
dried nuts (130). Finally another change I can make in my diet is limit myself to eating two corn
tortillas.
Overall this was a good learning experience and I will continue to use the application
until I will be able to consume a stable amount of calories. Also it is not just about the numbers
but of the quality of nutrients we get from our food. I would like to eat foods that provide more