How to Eat
(Structure Your Meals)

How to Structure a Meal: Your meals should be composed of three major parts.

1. A Good source of Protein
2. A Good Grain/Carbohydrate
3. A Good Vegetable (Fibrous)

If you think in terms of a plate of food, your plate (regardless of whether you are actually using a plate or eating a sandwich) should be divided into the above 3 catagories. Serving sizes for these three catagories are about the size of your fist or able to fit within your "cupped" hand, for quick reference. Balanced meals are key.

Make sure that the when you are making your food choices you are regularly choosing foods high in Fiber and containing Good Fats and Oils.

Focus on having 4-6 meals per day. This is a great way to regulate your blood sugar. It's not as hard as you may think. If you are only eating two or three meals a day, you can easily bump that up to four or five meals just by adding two snacks.

When it comes to meal preparation, failing to plan is planning to fail. Preparing meals that can be eaten several times is a great way to always have a healthy option to warm up later. Quick choices, unless planned ahead for, are usually not good choices when it comes to meal planning i.e. fast food.

here's a few options for eating on the run...