Healthy Eating Plan Comparison

Healthy Eating Plan Comparison

Healthy Eating Plan Comparison
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    In my first plan, I was not eating well; as a matter of fact I was not really eating at all. I was so busy working, going to school, trying to participate in an internship to earn a degree in substance abuse counseling. All this and still attend my 12-step recovery groups, in order to take care of my spiritual well-being. I was so busy taking care of all of these things, not to mention my fiancée who has Liver Cancer, yet I was forgetting about taking care of myself on the inside, with healthy eating, exercise, and getting enough sleep. Now that I am able to look back, just seven short weeks ago, I was losing balance in my life and living in insanity by not caring for myself. I often felt sick, I was always tired and stressed out, and I could barely handle my everyday tasks. I am so grateful that I began this class and was able to see how detrimental eating healthy is to my life. Seven weeks ago, my diet was very poor because I would go days with no food, only coffee and when I would eat it would always be fast food or quick TV dinners. Today, while my diet is not perfect, I feel that I am eating a better diet and I am more aware of the nutritional content of the foods I am eating. I pay attention to food labels and I try to balance between the food groups suggested by the USDA food pyramid. I have been paying more attention to how I am cooking my foods also, if it is too late to grill, I will broil or bake my food, no more frying or microwaving. My saturated and hydrogenated fats and my cholesterol intake have certainly taken a turn for the better, simply by paying attention to food labels. Finally, I am paying more attention to the quantity and types of carbohydrates that I have been consuming. While the carbohydrate categories can get confusing for me, now I will take the time to research what I am about to put into my body before I eat it and this alone is a big step for me because in the past I would not care, I...