Total

Day Breakfast Lunch Dinner Snacks (calories)

Juice (30) Costco Hot Bowls of rice (260) seaweed (100)

Sunday Banana (105) Dogs (310) Vegetables(100) milk(100) 1005
Noodles (221)
milk(100) Spinach(50) chips (160)
slices of bread Mixed Asian pears (51)
Monday (237) N/A vegetables(120) milk(100) 1039
Spicy Beef
milk(100) Noodles (500)
slices of bread Mixed vegetables
Tuesday (237) N/A (98) Asian pears (51) 986

Fried rice with Leftover fried rice

milk(100) meat and (228) cups of
Wednesday Cookies (360) vegetables(400) Cauliflower (146) watermelon (92) 1326
Wonton Noodle
soup(221)
Thai tea (320)
Salt and Pepper
Thursday milk(100) N/A Tofu (268) seaweed (100) 1009
milk(100) seaweed (100)
Dark chocolate Shabu Shabu hot Honeydew melon
Friday (170) Chow mein(475) pot (600) (128) 1573
Beef noodle
soup(570)
milk(100) mixed Chinese
Saturday Omelet (94) N/A vegetables(120) seaweed (100) 984

I’ve never put in the time and effort to calculate my calories, macronutrients,

micronutrients, and whatnot. I’ve tried using apps like MyFitnessPal in the past, but

every time I do, I just feel like it’s an entire hassle inputting every little thing in my

phone. For optimal results in weight loss and muscle building, I know it’s a good idea in

figuring out what you normally eat, but for everyday use, I just lack the commitment to

do so. In working on this project and other similar ones in other classes this semester, I

have learnt that I should eat just a little more to get a few hundred calories higher.
Since online classes have taken over, I’ve skipped over some meals while being a bit

late for others. In addition to adding a few hundred calories, I should take notice of

things that I should increase.

Taking a closer look, I should eat just a little bit more for breakfast. Just filling

breakfast with different fruits would be extremely healthy. A cup of milk is just normal for

me. As for lunch, I’ve noticed that I’ve been skipping out on it recently, and a cause of

that can be attributed to waking up a bit late. Sometimes, I count breakfast as lunch

and continue on with my day.

I do consume a lot of carbohydrates with rice and noodles. I think this won’t stop

because it’s almost in every Asian cuisine that I like to eat, but I can try to tone it down a bit.

That would be my first goal. Reducing the amount of carbs that I eat will benefit me in the long

run. But I wouldn’t want to completely cut it out from the picture. My second goal would be to

reduce the amount of times that I eat out in restaurants. A big portion of my dinner meals were

outside in a restaurant. Making simple homemade meals will be much healthier, and I can

control how much of each ingredient I put into the food. If I want more protein, I can do that. If I

want less carbs, I can do that too. As for my third goal, I would like to eat more fruits and drink

more water. A bigger variety of fruits would allow my body to absorb different kinds of nutrients

and minerals found in different fruits. It would also bring in new flavors such that I don’t get tired

of eating the same thing over and over again.

A menu for a day could probably look like:

Breakfast Lunch Dinner Snacks Total (calories)

Milk (100) Chicken noodle soup,
Banana (105) Chinese (293)
Watermelon (46) Bowl of rice (130) Mixed seaweed (100)
Bread (79) Vegetables(100) vegetables(120) milk(100)
Omelet (94) Eggs (78) Eggs (78) Asian pears (51) 1474