Question

Case Study 1: Meagan

Meagan is 35 years old, married with 2 children and works part time as a waitress. She does 3 gym classes per week including weights and strength training, and walks for ½ hour most days.

Although not overweight, she decided, with her gym advisor to complete a 12 week challenge to change her diet to lower her body fat percentage and become fitter and healthier.

She was given a diet by her gym advisor:

Breakfast	¼ cup oats with water, 1 scoop protein powder & tspn chia seeds, 5-6 berries Or 2 egg omelette, 1 medium fruit Or Vegetable scramble with 2 eggs, 1 medium fruit Or Protein pancakes (1 egg), ¼ cup berries, 1 tbspn yoghurt with 5-6 berries
Snack	1 medium fruit (apple or pear), 6 almonds Or 1 cup Veggie sticks & 1 tbspn hummus dip
Lunch	Tuna salad (95g Tuna) & ½ cup cooked rice or quinoa Or Turkey Burger (bread free) with 1-2 cup fibrous veggies, 100g sweet potato Or 100g lean pork, steak or chicken breast, 1-2 cup fibrous vegies or salad, 100g sweet potato or ½ cup cooked rice or quinoa Or Turkey chilli and beans
Post Workout	Protein shake
Dinner	Stuffed capsicums Or 150g lean pork, steak, white fish or chicken breast, 1-2 cups of fibrous vegies or salad, ½ cup of berries Or Pork and lettuce wraps
Fluids	3L water total daily, limit 1-2 cups tea/ coffee

Her measurements:

Prior challenge (cm):

Chest: 85         

Arms:    24

Legs:     52

Waist:   74

Hips:     97.5

Weight: 63.8

Height: 171

Energy level: 5/10

Post challenge (cm):

Chest: 81         

Arms:    24

Legs:     49

Waist:   69

Hips:     90.5

Weight: 58.3

Height: 171

Energy Level: 9/10

Meagans comments about the 12 week challenge:

My exercise regime didn't change much, it was mainly the food and water intake that was the game changer for me. I ate pretty healthy before, but ate carbs more & later in the day as well. Portion sizes were also a problem for me prior to diet- I usually ate too much and only drank max 2ltrs water daily. I saw results in week 1 & I loved every week of this diet. Delicious, healthy meals & knowing what & when to eat helped a lot too.

Calculate her BMI; prior and post challenge

Analyse the diet by completing a food group analysis and then looking at total daily kJ, macronutrient levels and the micronutrients; B9(folate) and calcium, comparing energy, macronutrients and micronutrients to their respective RDIs. (Refer to the information sheets located below the workshop heading in this Topic (8)).

Answer the following questions:

1. What type of diet is this and what is the premise this diet is based on?

2. How much energy is supplied daily by this diet and how does this compare to the RDI for this person?

3. Which nutrients, if any are outside the RDIs in this diet and are there consequences (negative or positive) if this diet was used long term? If there are negative consequences, what health problems could result?

4. How would you rate this diet and exercise routine?

Answer 1

The following given diet is a low carbohydrate low fat protein which is been recommanded to thefollowing person based on the body requirement of the respective person. the wieght loss is not that is a lot recomdaded but it is to maintaine the body proportion the the required and the balanced body type.

the given diet is a compresive elimination diet programmed and designed to clear the body toxins and control the fat and carb present in the body.it is a goodtype of diet that help to check food intolerence. the amount of energy that this diet gives is 1006 to 1020 calories

this type of diet if used for a long tem it can reduce lots of toxins from the body but it can lead to few after effectbased on the condition of the person who is undergoing the diet. it is a well control diet .according to the RDI normal women requires about 2000 calories and about 1500 calories to lose one pound of weight .the amount of energy obtained from this diet is a proper deit..so the type of diet given is a good type of diet to control the body weight and understaand the food intolerence and to del with it with proper method.