Reflections.
24 June 2010

What have you learnt about your eating habits?

I have learnt that my eating habits ate overall rather healthy as I make sure eat things from most of the food groups regularly. It is also adapted to my constant training (example: the teabreaks). However, I am eating too much unhealthy food (chocolates, biscuits, ice cream)than I should be consuming, hence I must cut down on some of these to become healthier.


Do you consider your diet a healthy one? Why?

Yes, I do consider my diet a healthy one. I usually have the right portions for all the necessary food groups daily and my family has made it a point to take fruits after every meal. I also have been brought up to eat vegetables no matter how gross it looks sometimes. It is also my habit to always eat enough for my training as seen from the teabreaks and extra carbohydrates that I frequently consume.
However, I do not eat a very nourishing breakfast and I tend to eat more unhealthy foods when I cook for myself - frozen foods. This is mostly because it is easier to cook. Also, I do not bother with diets and such because I believe that regular meals are important - if one wants to lose weight, one should exercise more and eat healthier, and not starve oneself. Therefore overall, I think I still eat rather heathily.


Are the suggested nutritional tools useful? How?

No, I honestly do not think that the suggested nutrtional tools are useful.
It takes much too long to type in everything I eat for 3 days or even just for 1 day it takes at least 15-30min for the Food Intake Assement). However, even though the Food Intake Assement as well as the Energy and Nutrient Composition of Foods are quite useful in letting us know what we eat, I do not think that we need to know exactly what our food contains. I prefer to use some of the nutritional tools are not specific (Healthy Diet Pyramid) but they do let us know roughly what we are putting into our bodies.


Why is your suggested one-dish meal healthy?

It has almost all the major food groups: vegetables, carbohydrates, fruits (I always take fruits after a meal) and meat. The only thing it is short of is cheese/yoghurt/milk.
There is also no artifical ingredients in the meal and the only thing that is not fresh is the minestrone soup. Hence I think that my suggested one-dish meal is healthy.


Cheers!
Li Wen.