REFLECTIONS
What have you learnt about your eating habits?
I have learnt that my sodium intakes are incredibly high! Even though many of my friends have the similar problem, it is still a problem that I can curb, so I will try and remember to eat healthier and not processed food. I find it quite unhealthy that none of my carbohydrates, fat, protein intakes etc., fit the RDDAs for my weight, height and age! It is hence, no wonder that I often feel lethargic and tired in school because unhealthy intakes will inevitably lead to me having less energy D: I have also found out that I rarely eat full meals, such as meals consisting of rice and dishes, except for dinner. This is probably due to the fact that I only eat when I am hungry and do not bother eating a full meal during lunchtime if I do not feel hungry then. This might be a cause of my low nutrient and energy compositions of my diet so I will try to increase my daily food intake, but also maintain a healthy diet!

Do you consider your diet a healthy one? Why?
I don't think it is very healthy! As stated in the previous question, most of my diet contains a lot of sodium. Many times, I could have eaten a healthier alternative such as something which is not processed, but I end up eating something else that is more visually appealing and tastes better ): One example was when I faced the decision between A CHICKEN NUGGET and A HONEYDEW SLICE! (This was before the 3-day diet) I had a hard hard time choosing but I ended up choosing the disgustingly unhealthy nugget over the honeydew just because it's fried! O: I think small things like this contribute to my diet not being ideally healthy :D

Are the suggested nutritional tools useful? How?
Yes, surprisingly! I thought that the HPB website would keep crashing, but it thankfully didn't when I was using my computer and was very easy to use, so this was a plus point to the usefulness of the nutritional tools! Furthermore, they seemed very reliable, especially because it's on the Health Promotion Board website. Hence, there weren't discrepancies such as what I saw on one other food site which stated that a chicken nugget has less calories and fat than an apple. T.T However, some common dishes on the Energy & Nutrient Composition of Foods tool could not be found, such as white bread. The tool offers local dishes but do not have some basic dishes like a bowl of normal white rice.

Why is your suggested one-dish meal healthy?
I already answered this in my post about the modified dish, but here are the reasons again! My chicken macaroni soup contains less salt and fat content, as soup is used in replacement of sauce, only 1/2 a chicken cube is used, and the chicken is also skinned of fat! As written earlier, there are also many vegetables included in the soup, and this increases the dietary fibre and protein content of the dish. Overall, the added and modified ingredients make the dish a healthy meal (:

FEEDBACK ON OTHER FOODIE BLOGS! :D
1. I LIKE QINGYUN'S FOODIE BLOG! (Click on "Qingyun's foodie blog" for the link!) I love the animations at the top and THE DOLL GAME AT THE LEFT SIDE IS SO CUTE TOO! I didn't really know how to play the game at first though ): and I thought I was the one who made the dog go Hi! But anyway, your blog is so organised; you even had a post compiling the links of the different tasks we were supposed to do so that the reader (i.e. me :D) can navigate more easily! I also like how you use many tools to elaborate on certain points you want to bring out, like the difference between your unhealthy dish and the modified dish. Good job qingqing :D

2. OOH OOH OOH LOOK, IT'S JUNE'S BLOG! (Click on "June's blog" for the link!) Ahhh I get cravings from your blog because of all the yummy food pictures mmm. Uh I got very distracted from the actual content with all the nonsense links but I still find your content very substantial! You even provided a before and after picture of your modified dish, and didn't even use a dish that we made in class! O: I also applaud you -clapclapclap- that you managed to trace a diet of A BUFFET. That is very very very hard because I normally eat a lot during buffets but oh well! Your blog provides total comic relief but it is informative too so hoho, well done ngian!

3. NEXT UP IS YANG YIXUAN'S FOODIE BLOG! (click on "Yang Yixuan's foodie blog" for the link!) Why is your blog so organized? I really love the way you classify your different posts because they are super easy to understand! One example is you having different posts for "Comments on Day Three Diet" and "Analysis of Day Three Diet" although they are essentially about the same thing. xD I agree with your reflections! I always thought that I was a very healthy young woman but I realised that my diets didn't even meet the recommended intakes in the end -.- We shall aspire together to become healthy daughters of a better age! ♥