Nutrition Report - Has anyone ever had an A or A+?

Here's the deal... I feel like I'm eating better and am making a conscious effort to not eat "crap", but I can't seem to get any better than a "B" on the Calorie Count Nutrition Report. If anyone out there has gotten an A or A+, could you please share your success with the rest of us? What did you eat throughout the day to make it to the top of the class?

don't worry about it, the system isn't perfect.

I'm not necessarily worried about it, just curious :)

in that case, the system looks like they would prefer you to eat salads and drink skim milk all day.  Chicken breast gets a B, and there aren't many meats that top it for health nuttery.

hi- mine always stays at A- here is a list of the sorts of things i eat most days-

toasted oats (cherrios?), soy milk, blueberries, banana, tofu dogs,, low-cal whole wheat bread, english muffin, jam, baby spinach, tomatoes, red bell pepper, 2% cottage cheese, Luna Bar, apple, clementine, almonds, portobello mushroom and onions sauteed in olive oil, salsa, sliced sweet potato (to dip instead of chips), avacado, quinoa, whole grain pasta w/ marinara sauce and chunky veggies, beans and rice, etc.

I don't eat meat and very limited dairy and only eggs if i know the chicken personally. All my protein comes from leafy green veggies and whole grains. The vast majority of what I eat are fruits and veggies so that must be why...

Maybe increasing the variety and volume of veggies would help- hard to say without knowing what you eat though... also avoiding anything processed should help.

Good luck!

 

I get an A almost every day.  (Every once in a while an A-).  You can't get an A+.  The big key is veggies, veggies, veggies.  Even in I have some not-so-great foods in my log, the 7 servings of veggies I eat still pull my grade up to an A.

I have, which is kind of bizarre because my percentage of calories from fat is always very high and I do eat meat and eggs.

I guess it's because I avoid sweets and processed snack foods, so my sugar and sodium intake is low, and the meat I eat is usually plain and not fried. I don't completely avoid red meat but I make an effort to substitute poultry or fish much of the time and leave the small steaks as occasional treats. I use a small amount of olive oil for cooking eggs - not butter. And I include lots of fresh vegetables; when I can't get fresh, I go for frozen/canned without extra ingredients.

I rarely get below an A-

Okay well, I almost always have an A or A-, worst I ever got was a B-. Here are my percentages for today, which I don't think were great. BUT they gave me an A- so who knows.

 Fat - 25.3%

Protein - 15.8% 

Carbs - 59% 

Sodium 3,469 mg (wayyy too much, oops),  Cholesterol 135mg, Sugar 89 grams, Saturated Fat 16 grams, Fiber 32mg.

Hope that helps =0)

There is no A+ grade.  You can bring your grade up by eating larger amounts of A graded foods, like vegetables and fruits.  If you eat mostly packaged, processed foods you most likely will never achieve an A grade.

The next time you look up a food, look for the little ? in a box to the upper right of the Grade.  This is the help key for this particular subject.  It will explain the entire grading system, including its shortcomings.

The grade has nothing to do with the percentages in your analysis.  It's just an average of all the grades of all the foods you logged and is based on the nutritional label of each food.

Nearly every day is an A or A- for me....stick to healthy things.  Stay away from pre-packaged foods and/or processed foods.  They are high in sodium anyway and a person needs to stay away from that as well. I do a lot of poultry and fish also veggies. 

Mine is always at A,Yesterday I had roast pork at dinner and that would have made my daily average  B but I then drank 200lms pure orange juice and ate some fruit which made me end the day at A again.

I eat nimble wholemeal bread,bran flakes,rye crispbread,porridge,skimmed milk,canderel in place of sugar,fruit/herbal teas in place of coffee,low cal cadbury hit chocolate drinks,kit kats,very little meat,tuna,salmon,ham,low cal alternatives for cheddar,garlic and herb cream cheese,mayo.Most of all lots of fruit and veg.

I get an A- or an A most of the time, but the times I get down around a Bmy percentages for protein, carbs and fats are often more well distributed. The grading system is only judging the content of what you eat ie: if you eat an A vegetable all day you would have an A at the end of the day, but you may not have had  a balanced diet. I think the grading system is a good indicator, but it's important to look at other indicators as well.

I almost always get an A... sometimes, the rare time that I have a "free" day, I get a B+.  The grades seem to be based on eating a "balanced" day.  For example, I had an A- last night, and couldn't figure out why... I had some extra calories and felt like a snack, so I put in egg whites - no change in grade.  I put in strawberries and banana, got an A... I was obviously short on my servings of fruit/veggies for the day.

The system doesn't like "full fat" stuff. So if you like milk/milk products, as long as you choose the low fat ones, it gives you a good grade. I don't eat low fat stuff but eat lots of veggies, fruits, healthy starches and usually get A- at the end of the day. It doesn't like virgin olive oil too. I added 1.5 tablespoon oil in my salad today, though everything else in it is A, olive oil and a little sunflower seed decreased the grade to B+

Nutrition Report

  Fat - 54.5% (126 grams)
Protein - 24.3% (126 grams)
Carbohydrates - 21.2% (110 grams)
Alcohol - 0.0%
Other - 0.0%

Daily Sodium Intake - 3,143 mg
Daily Sugar Intake - 16 grams
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 250 mg
Daily Saturated Fat Intake - 34 grams
Daily Fiber Intake - 26 grams
Nutrition Grade

 

Date Calories Grams Fat Carbs Protein Grade 2009-01-28 1,984 821 126 110 126 A-

 

Wed, Jan 28 2009 Grade Grams Cals   Breakfast Ghirardelli 72% Dark Chocolate C+ 11 55 Nature's Promise Organic Peanut Butter C- 30 180 Organic Milled Flax Seed 6 45 Maple & Brown Sugar, Weight Control - Instant Quaker Oatmeal A 45 160 Light cream 15 30 Light cream 15 30 Thomas Wheat English Muffins B+ 57 120   Lunch Giant Medium Cheddar Cheese D+ 21 80 Center Cut Bacon 15 60 Ghirardelli 72% Dark Chocolate C+ 11 55 Laura's Lean Beef Patty 112 160   Dinner Hormel Natural Chicken 168 180 Lettuce, Cos Or Romaine - Raw A 168 29 Ceasar Dressing 29 140 Kraft Shredded Parm Cheese C- 28 110   Snacks Honey Almond Flax Kashi B 35 140 Emerald Smoked Almonds C+ 28 170 Natural Peanut Butter 1/2 90 Cocoa Roasted Almonds B- 28

This "menu" rates me at a A-. Honestly, I was very surprised. I didn't think the "program" would care for the way I eat.

There is a sample for A-

Original Post by sherea:

Nutrition Report

 

  Fat - 54.5% (126 grams)
Protein - 24.3% (126 grams)
Carbohydrates - 21.2% (110 grams)
Alcohol - 0.0%
Other - 0.0%

Daily Sodium Intake - 3,143 mg
Daily Sugar Intake - 16 grams
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 250 mg
Daily Saturated Fat Intake - 34 grams
Daily Fiber Intake - 26 grams
Nutrition Grade

 

Date Calories Grams Fat Carbs Protein Grade 2009-01-28 1,984 821 126 110 126 A-

 

 Hey, how does that nutrition split work out for you?  I was always scared to go high fat and even a small amount of carbs.  How do you feel?

I'm also one of those people who gets an A or A- nearly every day.  I stick with the USDA guidelines for eating so I stick with lots of fresh fruit, veggies, lean protein, fiber, etc.  I've pretty much cut out most over-processed foods from my diet.

The Nutrition Report isn't always right, but it's still a good tool to check to see what kind of grade your selections have before you actually eat them.  That is, if you're going for healthy as opposed to just low calorie.  There IS a difference!

i've had plenty of As, but since i only logged on my best days (and not at all anymore), you shouldn't read too much into that.

Original Post by lostwaveitb:

Okay well, I almost always have an A or A-, worst I ever got was a B-. Here are my percentages for today,

 {snip}

Sugar 89 grams, Saturated Fat 16 grams, Fiber 32mg.

Re. 89 grams sugar, is this more than your daily requirement?

I am similar with a lot of folks here, usually A or A-, average so far for Jan is an A-. However, I'm new on here and have a question re. daily sugar levels and whether you think I shoud be concerned. Even though I got an A-, my sugar levels the other day (just as an example) were 159.2g = 398% daily required! And I don't even use sugar or eat candy etc..  All of these sugars came from mostly fruits (banana, apple, pear, strawberries, grapefruit), but also skim milk, yogurt and others < 3 cals each.

So what do you think about daily sugar intake from these sources? I'm not too concerned as I'm losing pounds like crazy so I know I'm on the right track, but it could be an issue as I get closer to my target weight.

Thanks,

Scott