Caldwell 1

Andy Caldwell
Prof. Julie Morgan
HLAC 1000
Thursday, July 21, 2016

Nutrition E-Portfolio Assignment

The nutrition e-portfolio assignment required the class to document and track all dietary
consumption for seven days, or one week. When I personally found out about this assignment I
thought that the timing couldnt be worse. The week we were scheduled for this assignment is
the week I would be writing all my final papers for all my other courses this semester. What
tends to happen when I start writing final papers is that my diet and budget go out the window. I
tend to stress and take my writing very seriously - seriously enough to trade off my health and
financial well-being for the short term that it takes me to finish under the deadlines. Thats not to
say that I still dont enjoy writing though.
I still kept track and recorded most of everything that I could. I did not record everything
though, I didnt track all the glasses of water and things like ketchup and mustard. For my
workout I run on the treadmill for 30-40 minutes, row for 30 minutes, and cycle for 20-30
minutes. According to the MyFitnessPal app I live a relatively sedentary lifestyle and my
recommended daily calorie intake is 1740 calories. On the days that I workout my calorie intake
increases to 2659. I also make sure that I drink at least 6-8 cups of water per day. Below is my
diet for a week starting on 7/12/16 and ending on 7/18/16:
Diet Tracking
Tuesday, July 12, 2016: beginning calories 1740
Exercise: +919 Calories
8 cups of water 0
Coffee 0
Banana -105
Bowl of chili -298
Wendys. -450
Coffee 0
= 1806 calories
Wednesday, July 13, 2016: beginning calories 1740
8 Cups of Water 0
Candy -148
Tortilla Chips -130
Large Popcorn -300
2 Chicken Sandwiches -740

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Green Tea -140

Nutrigrain Bar -130
= 152 calories
Thursday, July 14, 2016: beginning calories 1740
Exercise +919 calories
8 cups of water 0
Coffee 0
Banana -105
Wendys -1100
Coke -100
= 1354 calories
Friday, July 15, 2016: beginning calories 1740
8 cups of water 0
Panda Express -1360
2x Pepsi -200
Coffee 0
Tortilla Chips -500
La Luna Plater -1200
= -1520 calories
Saturday, July 16, 2016: beginning calories 1740
8 cups of water 0
Doughnuts -600
Coffee 0
Tortilla Chips -130
Bowl of Macaroni and Cheese -600
= 410
Sunday, July 17, 2016: beginning calories 1740
8 cups of water 0
Bowl of Cereal -300
Nutrigrain Bar -130
Taco Bell -1540
Soda -200
= -430
Monday, July 18, 2016: beginning calories 1740
8 cups of water 0

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McDonalds -420
Cheese -80
Taco Bell -1440
Soda -200
Pasta -188
= -588

I would say that I had some mixed results. This isnt my normal diet anyway. It is
interesting now knowing how much I should be eating, before I just kind of guessed. What I
could do to improve is probably eat more fruits and vegetables and re-eliminate soda from my
diet. Also, I would like to exercise more regularly, not just when I have class.