KES NEWS SY 2013-2014: Have you wondered how to monitor your food as well as your health?

Have you wondered how to monitor your food as well as your health? Well if you said no, then you haven't heard of “Slow, Go, and, Whoa”. “Go, Slow, and Whoa” is a way to help you eat better so that you can visually see what you eat.

So you’re probably thinking, “What is Go?” “Go” foods are healthy foods that are good for you. Like your fruits, veggies, lean meats, milk, oat cereal, and canned fruit with real juice. “Go” foods are good and healthy foods that help you get stronger. It’s not fatty foods like a Twinkie. It’s healthy like an apple.

“Slow” foods are “ok” foods but it’s not too good to eat too much. It may even be foods that you think are good for you such as canned fruits with light syrup, canned tuna with oil, and veggies in a can.
“Whoa” foods are very unhealthy foods that you only eat on special occasions. For example there are Twinkies, Oreos, pizza, cookies, ice cream, cake, and fried chicken. You should know which foods are good for you and bad! “Whoa” foods are mostly fatty meats and sweets. “Whoa” foods is the total opposite of “Go” foods. You can probably can gain a couple of pounds from it.

In the “Go” food category, I mentioned there were lean meats. Lean meats are meats that has all the fat cut off so then its good. It can be chicken, turkey, steak, and ham. So other than the fat, the meat is healthy and good for you!

Our class uses this by separating four columns using AVID note-taking. In the first column, you write the date then breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The second one is for your “Go” foods you eat. The third is for your “Slows”. And the last is “Whoa” foods. So for example, if I ate an apple for lunch, I would write the date in the first column and put lunch under it and since an apple is a “Go” food, I would put it in the “Go” food column by lunch. Also log down your drinks!

This blog relates to the IB Learner Profile Balanced because when we log down our food, we look at it and think, “Oh, I need to eat more “Go” foods instead of “Slows”. It makes your eating balanced and healthy. Our class logs it down and it helps us get more balanced. Hopefully it will help us lose a couple of pounds (because I know I have to lose some weight!).
This also shows the IB Learner Profile Reflective. Why? Well because when we look at our four column notes, we look back and reflect and see what we can do better in! This also helps us get more healthy and balanced too. We reflect every day when we log down our foods!

GO foods are the lowest in fat, sugar and calories, and can be eaten almost anytime. SLOW foods are higher in fat, added sugar and calories and should be eaten sometimes or less often. WHOA foods should only be eaten occasionally.

GO: fruits, vegetables, whole grains without added fats, lean cuts of meat, water, fat-free or 1 percent low-fat milk, baked chips or pretzels.

SLOW: pasta, fruits in light syrup, peanut butter, avocado, white rice, 2 percent low-fat milk.

WHOA: fried foods, cakes and doughnuts, whole milk and regular soda.

Posted by Mrs. Aimee Matsuura's Class

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