| Whether you want to lose weight, gain weight or | | | | meals will keep your body burning calories |
| maintain your current weight, healthy meal plans | | | | efficiently and give you the reduced calories |
| are essential. Your meal plans should consist of | | | | needed to lose some weight. When gaining weight, |
| eating balanced meals and getting regular exercise. | | | | even though you have many more calories to |
| In order for your body to function properly, it | | | | consume, you should still maintain a healthy meal |
| must have the right amount of nutrients. The | | | | plan so that your body will function properly. |
| FDA constructed the food pyramid to show us | | | | A healthy meal plan is no good if it isn't followed. |
| what we need to eat to stay healthy. Even if you | | | | The biggest reason why we are unsuccessful in |
| want to lose weight, you still have to eat healthy. | | | | weight loss is because the meal plan is so |
| All healthy meal plans should be based on calories | | | | restrictive that we can't follow it for long periods |
| and the proper mix of carbohydrates, fat, | | | | of time. You need to incorporate some of the |
| proteins, and other nutrients that your body | | | | foods that you enjoy eating in your meal plan so |
| needs to run efficiently. A healthy woman burns | | | | that the plan becomes part of your everyday life |
| about 2,000 calories a day doing regular activities. | | | | and not like a chain around your neck. |
| A healthy man burns about 2,500 calories. In | | | | In order for your weight loss journey to be |
| order to lose weight, you must burn more calories | | | | successful, you have to be accountable. The best |
| than you take in. The opposite is true for gaining | | | | way to do this is to have your plan in writing. It's |
| weight; you must take in more calories than you | | | | easy to keep track of your progress and by |
| burn. | | | | writing your plan you can make sure you have |
| A pound of fat contains 3,500 calories. If you | | | | portioned your food out according to the calorie |
| want to lose that pound you must burn off 3,500 | | | | and nutrient requirements. Having your plan in |
| more calories. If you do that over a week, you | | | | writing makes it harder to cheat. You can stay |
| need to burn an extra 500 calories per day or | | | | away from last minute junk food meals. |
| reduce your food intake by 500 calories. A | | | | You can keep track of your healthy meal plans |
| woman should create a plan around 1,500 calories | | | | through an online diet planner. The right planner will |
| to lose one pound a week. To gain a pound a | | | | construct balanced meals for you that contain the |
| week, a healthy man should structure his meal | | | | correct amount of calories and portion sizes to fit |
| plan around 3,000 calories per day. | | | | what you want to do. |
| Dividing those 1,500 calories into 5-300 calorie | | | | |