Wrap-Up

When I first started this project, I originally wrote this on my expectations:

"Overall, I like to think of myself as a relatively healthy person, and hope that my project will reflect that. However, I think that an area that could improve would definitely be my eating habits at indian springs. The food that is cooked in the dining hall is delicious, and while a large number of healthy choices are offered, it is hard to choose a salad over an ice cream sandwich. I think that my physical activity/exercise levels are moderate, but I would like to improve them so that my food choices do not have to be so strict. That said, I love the idea of using technology in order to improve my nutrition and activity levels, and thoroughly look forward to using MyFitnessPal, and looking at how it stacks up to other software products I have used.
I also think I am going to have a hard time not cheating on what I eat and what I record, but hopefully, that won't happen."

I was definitely not counting on a week-long stomach bug, but I did learn a lot from this project. Up until the time of writing this post, I had never once looked at how much sodium I was consuming, especially on days 7-10 as my diet started to return to normal. In addition, there were a few days where I defaulted on sugar as well on days 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 9. If you'd like to see the specific numbers, scroll down to any of the previously mentioned days and select on the link to my food logs.


In terms of my behavior when it comes to recording my food and exercise, I found myself trying to eat healthier and exercise more, though that wasn't always possible. I think that this project has really showed me some areas of my diet I could definitely improve.