Options for Meals

HOW CAN I TRAIN MYSELF TO EAT SMALLER MEALS MORE FREQUENTLY?

Have you heard that eating 5-6 small meals a day is a good habit of health?   Yeah, me too!

Why don’t we do that?

Chances are, if you’re like most people, you’ll give answers like:

• ·      Life’s too busy!
• ·      I don’t know what I would eat.
• ·      It’s too much work.

      Eating smaller, more frequent meals is an important habit of health that I want to help you master during this 90-Day Transformation.  You should fuel your body every two to three hours to keep it operating efficiently.  You’ll learn more about that throughout the 90-days, but how do you get started?!

You have two options, and both are completely acceptable:

Option 1: Prepare It Yourself

Eating clean, lean & green right from your own kitchen. Prepare your own healthy breakfast, mid-morning snack, lunch, mid-afternoon snack, dinner and evening snack.  I’ll give you a list of recommended foods to choose from, but preparing them will be a discipline you’ll need to do for yourself.  It will require preparation, planning and intentionality.

Keep your own food journal with not only what you ate, but also when you ate it.

Use the recommendations in Dr. A’s Habits of Health to guide you into healthy eating on your own.  See Chapter 8, page 87, for all the information you need!

Option 2: Keep It Super Simple

Consider using the 5 & 1 meal replacement program I used to lose my first 120 pounds*.  5 of your daily fuelings would be conveniently available for you to grab and go.  This is a great option for people with a very busy lifestyle or who know themselves well enough to realize they will find healthy food preparation challenging.  You’ll only be responsible for preparing one meal in your own kitchen (or ordering it from a restaurant) on this plan.  It, honestly, couldn’t be easier! 

No need to keep a food journal, just eat the food every 2-3 hours and you have the training wheels for learning an important habit of health that is currently counter-cultural in our society.

For those who are doing this option, you’ll have weekly phone calls with me or Dan as your health coach, in addition to the support of the 90-Day blog and community.  Our health coaching services are free to you with this program.

The only cost for either Option #1 or Option #2 is the food you eat!

For more information on Option #2 (either now, or during the course of the 90-Day Transformation) just ask!  I’m happy to answer all of your questions and find out if it is a good fit for you.  No pressure either way. This is about giving every person the best opportunity to create health in his/her own life!

*Results vary. Typical results on the 5 & 1 program are 2-5lbs the first 2 wks, 1-2lbs each wk thereafter.