What did you learn about your diet when comparing it with this government standard?

Action Items: (40 points)
Each student will record all food and liquid consumption for 3 days (72 hours). Details of everything eaten are needed. For example: 1 whole wheat pita, ¾ cup lettuce, 1 tablespoon mayo, 3 oz. sliced turkey, ½ oz. mild cheddar cheese, ¼ small tomato, and ¼ small pickle.
Upload food and liquid consumption into a nutritional tracking site or an android/iphone application. Examples may include and are not limited to: myplate.gov, livestrong.com, nutrient tracker, or myfitnesspal. Ensure that you will be able to download a nutritional report that has (a) food log and (b) percent consumption of carbohydrates, protein, and fat. Upload this and make sure the dates are included.
Determine if your consumption of protein, carbohydrate, and fat are within recommended guidelines for the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
Compare your results to the guidelines and describe what adjustment should be made to improve body composition.
Submit a 500 word written analysis of what you learned.
Here are questions you should consider when analyzing and be sure to write in paragraph form: (60 points)
What did you learn about your diet when comparing it with this government standard?
If your intake did not meet the minimum number of servings from a USDA Food Group, then list some of the reasons why.
What nutrients are you getting from your food choices?
Did your diet provide an adequate variety of foods or were your choice monotonous?
What could you do to improve the variety in your diet?
What were the strengths of this 3 day diet?