Nutritional plan

When it comes to nutrition, the world has completely lost its act. In fact, the total number of overweight or obese people stood at 2.1 billion in 2013. With no changing trends in nutritional health, the numbers will definitely continue to escalate. In today’s contemporary life, it is increasingly becoming impossible to lead a healthy life. With strenuous work schedules, internet, smartphones and cable television, one need’s to apply a tremendous amount of effort to keep fit.

Unfortunately, as a person, I have not been immune to the effects of spending a tremendous amount of surfing on my phone and watching television. That’s is not even the worst part of it. Since television is addictive, I sat on the couch the whole day snacking on junk food. Within a few month, this detrimental practice took a toll on my body’s general fitness. Walking to the shopping soon started to make me tired. In the past, I could make a number of trips to the shopping center without feeling tired. Obviously, my inactiveness and unhealthy eating habits had affected me.

However, the extent to which it was important for me to make changes on my lifestyle was not apparent until I moved to the US. Completely on my own, I was entirely responsible for what I fed myself. Despite the fact that I used to eat an unhealthy amount of junk food while at home, I still ate a great percentage of healthy food made by mum. In America, I was almost completely dependent on food from restaurants. 

With relatively demanding classwork, cooking healthy meals became a little too much of a bargain for me. It is not only me who is affected by this predicament. The greater US population suffers from the same problem. Work schedules that surpass 12 hours can leave you with no time to cook.

Nevertheless, excuses can only go too far before you succumb to the chronic diseases that come with unhealthy eating habits. Following that line of thought, I decided to make a nutrition plan. On the first day of my plan, I cooked toast, feta omelet and broccoli. This breakfast not only made me feel energized, but also made feel fuller for a long period of time. Additionally, it only took me 15 minutes to make this meal. According to my little research, broccoli contains healthy filling fiber. The eggs contain carbs and proteins that kept me full and kept me away from snacking on junk foods. I added some snacks to make up 3 meals for the day. At the end of the day, I had consumed 1,200 calories-320g of carbs, 52g of fat, 102g of protein, 1,800mg of sodium, 48g of sugar and 26g of fiber.

On the second, I pushed myself hard and I made meal containing turkey, rice and vegetables. On this day, I consumed 1,115 calories. That is, 170g of carbs, 64g of protein, 26 g of fat, 1,500mg of sodium, 76g of sugars and 17g of fiber.

On the third day, I ate banana bites dipped in chocolate, green tea smoothie and other two meals in small quantities. Averagely, the two small meals contained 75 calories-3g of carbs, 1g of fat, 15g of protein, 90 mg cholesterol, 166mg of sodium, 0g of fiber and 0g of sugar. On this day, a consumed approximately 450 calories. That is, 65g of carbs, 7g of fat, 625mg of sodium, 40g of protein, 100mg of cholesterol, 16g of sugar and 10g of fiber.

On the fourth day, I still managed to cook and consumed a total of 1, 908 calories. That is, 148g of carbs, 9g of fat, 59g of proteins, 21mg of cholesterol, 798mg of sodium, 14g of sugar and 5g of fiber.