My Pyramid Assignment

Choose My Plate(10 Points)

The purpose of this assignment is to track your food and beverage intake in order to determine how much you eat per food group compared to what you should have eaten per food group. This will let you know what diet changes you need to make.1.Go to the website: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/supertracker-tools/supertracker.html2.Click on Daily Food Plans (see below)

3. Once you select Daily Food Plans, the screen below will appear. Select Daily Food Plans next to the red arrow.

Once Daily Food Plan is selected, the screen below will appear.4. Enter the required personal data to obtain your personalized Daily Food Plan. The personalized plan consists of how much you need to consume from each food group every day based on the personal data you entered.

Note: If you are overweight based on BMI, you will get a note asking you:

Would you like a food plan:

For your current weight? (Choose this option if you don't want to lose weight)

To gradually move toward a healthier weight? (Choose this option if you want to lose weight.)

The difference is the number of calories recommended.

See below for a screen print

See below for a sample Daily Food Plan generated from the personal information entered.

These amounts of foods in each food group are the amounts needed of each food group to obtain the 2,000 calories recommended for this sample person.

5. Click on the "Meal Tracking Worksheet" PDF option on the right hand side of the page. (See above) This worksheet will be used to compare what is recommended for you versus what you actually consumed for one day. Your job is to evaluate the difference between what you eat for one day and what you should have eaten. See screen shot below.6. Keep track of everything you eat and drink for one day (from the time you get up until the time you go to bed). You must measure everything you eat in order to get accurate information! Beverages must be included.7. Follow the directions on the page and complete all sections.

8. Print the PDF file of the Meal Tracking Worksheet (My Daily Food Plan Worksheet) and write the information on the PDF file.

Online students only: Scan the written on PDF document and attach in Moodle.

If you find the Meal Tracking Worksheet confusing (or if you are an online student and dont have access to a scanner), you may use the Word version I created of the Meal Tracking Worksheet (last page of this document) and copy the food group amounts from the PDF Daily Food Plan to the Word version of the PDF file.

Choose My Plate Worksheet

Food Eaten(Use this to record foods as you eat them)Food GroupGoal

(ounces, cups or minutes)List each food choice from column 1 in its food groupEstimate your total per food groupDifference between goal and what was eaten

Grains

Vegetables

Fruits

Milk

Meat

Physical Activity

How did you do today? Great So-So Not so Great

My food goal for tomorrow is?

My activity goal for tomorrow is?

Don't forget to answer these questions.

List foods / beverages and amounts eaten in the order they were eaten.

List AMOUNTS

Transfer foods & amounts from the 1st column to the food group they belong to

List total servings of each food group.

Subtract goal amounts from each food group from the actual amounts consumed of each food group to get the total to get the difference. List differences under the dividing lines under totals.

Fill in your personal info here.

Note: You can select a food plan for moms or kids here.