Rate Your Plate
2 watchers
Dec 2011
1:33am, 20 Dec 2011
3,289 posts
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Kieren
I shamlessly ripped this from another forum when doing some carb research: Rate your plate to see what your nutrition habits are now. Complete this test to see what you’re doing right and where you need to make changes. Give yourself 2 points if the statement describes what you do every day. Give yourself 1 point if the statement describes what you do sometimes. Give yourself 0 points if the statement never applies to you. 1. I eat a variety of foods from the different food groups at EVERY meal. 2. I drink at least 8 cups of fluids (water, juice, milk, soup, etc) throughout my day and never lose more than 1% of my body weight in a training session. 3. I eat the most colourful vegetables and fruits. 4. I eat good sources of fibre such as whole grain products, fruit, vegetables and legumes. 5. I include low-fat sources of calcium and vitamin D such as milk or fortified soy beverages in most of my meals and snacks. 6. I have a protein rich food at least twice a day (i.e. cheese, meat, fish, poultry, eggs, legumes, soy protein, nuts/seeds). 7. eat a plant protein at least once a day (i.e. legumes, nut butters, miso, tempeh, tofu, soy protein, nuts/seeds). 8. I have a vegetable or fruit with each meal and snack. 9. I use highly unsaturated liquid oils (e.g. canola oil, soy oil, olive oil, safflower oil, sunflower oil, corn oil, flax oil, hemp oil, pumpkin oil, walnut oil). 10. I make sure the foods I eat are safe (cold foods cold and hot foods hot). 11. Throughout the day I never go more than 3-4 hours without feeding my body. 12. I wait until I am hungry to eat. 13. At mealtimes I stop eating as soon as I feel full. 14. I always rehydrate and refuel within 1 hour of working out. Total your score and see how your eating habits rate. Score results: 0 - 12 You need to make some changes…the sooner the better! 13 - 19 Not bad, but you could be making better choices…. 20+ You have pretty good eating habits – keep up the good work! The long-term goal is to change your eating habits so that you get a score of “2” on every question. |
Dec 2011
8:29am, 20 Dec 2011
10,741 posts
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DeeGee
Is it me, or are 11 and 12 somewhat contradictory?
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Dec 2011
11:58am, 20 Dec 2011
2,782 posts
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RichHYule
It's not just you. I'm not entirely sure what the most colourful fruit and veg are. Is beetroot better for you than apples or bananas? I know that you can't get beetroot stains out of a tablecloth. God alone knows what it's doing to your duodenum. Things could get unpleasantly purple down there. I suppose it's a reasonable check for the hard of thinking but it doesn't mention anything about portion size, for example. You could end up eating a lot of cheese by mistake or nowhere near enough fruit. To be fair, maybe these things are covered in the original article. It's a good idea to keep a food diary for a week just to see how much crap you consume, even if you think you're being good. I was shocked when I did mine. I'm off to live dangerously and lick some raw chicken (point 10). See you at A&E. |
Dec 2011
12:12pm, 20 Dec 2011
5,953 posts
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Son of a Pronator Man
Can you get stoned if you consume enough Hemp Oil ?
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Dec 2011
12:17pm, 20 Dec 2011
2,784 posts
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RichHYule
Probably not but somebody is going to give it a damn good try.
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Dec 2011
12:30pm, 20 Dec 2011
18,660 posts
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Raptors Claws are coming to town
If I did all of the other things recommended every day, I'd be unable to stick to points 12 and 13 and I'd be the size of Buckingham Palace. Especially as there's nothing in the list to say it's not OK to graze freely on confectionery and takeaways in addition to eating a prodigious quantity of foods with alleged health properties. It's a spoof, innit? GOT to be a piss-take. |
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Dec 2011
12:45pm, 20 Dec 2011
2,787 posts
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RichHYule
Maybe chocolate doesn't count if you have it with a glass of water. For the hydration, you know.
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Dec 2011
12:48pm, 20 Dec 2011
13,462 posts
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Johnny Sleighs
What's a food group? The Smashing Pumpkins? Red Hot Chilli Peppers? |
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Dec 2011
12:48pm, 20 Dec 2011
13,463 posts
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Johnny Sleighs
And what is nut butter?
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Dec 2011
12:49pm, 20 Dec 2011
13,464 posts
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Johnny Sleighs
On second thoughts, don't fill in the details...
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