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Fitness Tracker Reflection

1) The author had a positive experience tracking their diet using MyFitnessPal, which made them more aware of what they were eating and how to improve their diet. 2) They noticed they often hovered around the recommended daily calorie goal but would like to hit or go under the target more consistently. 3) Carbohydrates, especially from rice and ramen noodles, and sodium intake were areas they wanted to reduce, while increasing protein from foods like eggs and chicken. 4) They were happy with their lower sugar and fat intakes compared to recommendations and goals. Tracking their diet motivated the author to continue the practice to work towards health goals like weight loss and muscle building.

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Fitness Tracker Reflection

1) The author had a positive experience tracking their diet using MyFitnessPal, which made them more aware of what they were eating and how to improve their diet. 2) They noticed they often hovered around the recommended daily calorie goal but would like to hit or go under the target more consistently. 3) Carbohydrates, especially from rice and ramen noodles, and sodium intake were areas they wanted to reduce, while increasing protein from foods like eggs and chicken. 4) They were happy with their lower sugar and fat intakes compared to recommendations and goals. Tracking their diet motivated the author to continue the practice to work towards health goals like weight loss and muscle building.

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Justin Oseo

Professor Knott-Silva

Fitness for Living

15 July 2023

Fitness Tracker Reflection

I had an overall positive experience with this assignment. When I used to work out, I

made sure to keep note of what I ate in my head but I didn't keep track of every single thing I ate.

I have noticed that the thought of needing to write down every single thing that I ate made me

second guess some of the things I wanted to eat. For example, I wanted to eat a rice crispy treat

but because I knew I needed to put it on paper, it made me not want to eat it. Tracking my diet

made me realize that I could fix some things with my diet.

I noticed that I would hover around the target calories that myfitnesspal would set. My

overall goal with eating healthy is to lose weight. Thus, the caloric goal that myfitnesspal

recommended was 1,980 based on my height, age, and weight. Some days I would go over a

couple hundred calories and some days I would go under a couple hundred calories. I would like

to aim to reach that calorie target or go slightly under it.

Based on my upbringing, rice has been a huge part of my diet. As a child, my Filipino

parents would feed me rice during breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Thus, carbohydrates were one of

the hardest things to maintain both when I used to workout and while logging everything that I

ate for this assignment. Looking at the carbohydrates that are inside of ramen, will make me

second guess eating it from now on. It also contained an alarming amount of sodium. 1 pack of

ramen noodles contained 1,930mg of sodium. That is about 83% of the daily goal that

myfitnesspal recommends. One goal that is very important to me is making sure that I can keep
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my sodium intake as low as possible knowing that my family has a history of high blood

pressure.

Another goal that I would like to achieve is to intake more protein. Based on

myfitnesspal, I was under in my protein intake. In the near future, I am going to start weight

lifting. Protein will be very important for my muscles in order to recover as fast as possible. I

would like to increase my protein by ingesting more eggs, chicken, and tofu.

One thing that I was fairly happy about was my sugar intake. Two out of the three days

were under the recommended sugar intake that myfitnesspal recommended. To be completely

honest, I have a sweet tooth. Candies and chocolates are one of my guilty pleasures. When

watching my diet, the sugar cravings were probably the second hardest thing to control other

than my carbohydrate intake. In order to satisfy my sweet tooth, I would look for things that

were sweet but did not have a lot of sugar. That was when I found Coke Zero. Normal Coke was

something that I drank regularly. So when I discovered Coke Zero, it made me feel happy that I

was able to find a substitute. Another goal that I have for myself is that I would like to keep my

sugar intake as low as possible.

One thing that I was very happy about was my fat intake. During all three days of

tracking my diet, I was under myfitnesspal’s recommended fat intake. The recommended fat

intake was 66g of fat. Friday, I was 31 grams of fat under the recommended fat intake. Saturday I

was 11g of fat under the recommended fat intake. And Sunday I was 13g under the

recommended fat intake.

I really liked my experience tracking my diet. I have heard of people tracking their diet

before but I thought it was hard to try and find exactly how many calories or exactly how many

oz of something you ate. This assignment showed me that it was not as hard as I thought it was.
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This tool will be especially helpful for my health goals. My goals for the semester and the near

future are to keep my sodium intake low, increase my protein intake, keep my sugar intake low,

and finally workout for at least 5 days in the week to aid my new eating habits in order to

accomplish my goals of losing fat, building muscle, and overall becoming healthier. Tracking my

diet is something that I will implement into my everyday routine now.

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