After reviewing my daily food intake, I found that I am not meeting the recommended allowance made by the MyPyramid Plan for the amount of calories I should be consuming on a daily basis. My calorie intake was below what was recommended I should be getting according to my height and weight. My calorie intake should be 2000 daily but I was almost at 1280. As of the first of the year, I have joined Weight Watchers and I track what I eat on a daily basis in order to not go over a certain amount of points that is assigned to me. I used to skip breakfast but found that breakfast is the most important meal and it helps you to reduce overeating at the next meal. Beginning the Weight Watcher plan, I learned how important breakfast is and how it gets you through to the next meal without feeling like you are starved. Recording what you eat helps to see what you are consuming and writing down a candy bar is something that I do not want to look back on so I don’t eat it. I do try to get in plenty of fruits and vegetables and cook low fat dinners for my daughters and myself. I did find that my fruits and vegetables were high, as well as my grains and protein but not at the recommended daily amounts. I did notice that I was low on dairy but I try to avoid drinking milk due to the high points that it accumulates with Weight Watchers. I really do need to incorporate more dairy in my diet and I now realize that there is a broad selection of dairy to choose from. I find that the evenings are hard for me and I want to snack more often. The MyPyramid Plan was very easy to interpret and understand. The plan suggests that I eat six ounces of grains a day, 2 ½ cups of vegetables, 2 cups of fruit, 3 cups of dairy, 5 ½ ounces of protein and 6 teaspoons of oils each day. I was low on all of these by not meeting the recommended servings, but close. The lowest group was milk and yogurt, being that I only consumed ½ cup in a day, 19%. Grains were the highest at 76% of the 100% target. As I was doing this food plan, I was not really familiar with refined grains and I felt I knew a little more about whole grains. Refined grains have more starch and do not have natural fiber. They also may have bleaching chemicals and artificial colors or flavors. A refined grain is made by processing a natural, whole grain so that some or most of the nutrients are lost. It was interesting to learn that almost all grain products have been refined in some way or another. Cookies, white rice, cream of wheat, and some cereals are considered refined grain products. Whole grain products would be brown rice, oatmeal, or whole wheat flour. Looking at my plan, I had consumed more of the refined grains than the whole wheat grains. I now know the difference and can pay more attention to what I consume now.