Hi Everyone,

One of your fellow body balance participants had some questions and a great idea to setup this blog for some open dialogue. Many of you may have similar questions and this way you can post whatever you are curious about. I can then respond and hopefully everyone can get benefit from the answers. Everyone can say thank you to Bonnie Martin (smart lady!).

Here are a few of the questions I have received so far:

  1. How many servings are in the Tex Mex dinner? There are 4 servings in that dish total. My calories were off just slightly on the chili powder, so there are actually about 20 more calories per serving. Nothing to stress out over, just wanted ya’ll to be aware.
  2. If you don’t like the pancakes for breakfast, can you have the muffin every day? Definitely you can, the nutrients are fairly similar so feel free to switch out breakfast on the Sun, Tue, Thur, Sat meal plan for the Mon, Wed and Fri breakfast if you want.
  3. Can you replace the salmon, as ya’ll taught me on Saturday… the L is silent :) , with tuna? Yes you can. A better option would be something like Tilapia to still get some of those good Omega Fatty Acids, but tuna is fine.
  4. Can you add mustard or pickles to the Arnolds sandwich? You can, just keep it in moderation. There are not hardly any calories in either one, just a little sodium to consider. Again, not a big deal at all and it can add some flavor to that meal.
  5. Will there be any Meal Replacement Packets from Advocare on next weeks meal plan? Some people are wanting to know if they should order them in advance for next week. There will be those and a bar called Fruit and Fiber on next weeks plan. I will actually have individual packets and bars for purchase on Saturday. You can purchase enough to fill your meal plan for next week instead of an entire box of each one. Packets will be $3.50 each and bars will be $2.50 each. There will be 4 days of the meal replacement packets (with a packet of spark to make a protein and energy smoothie for breakfast) and then 3 days of the fruit and fiber bar for a snack. If you would like one of these either email me or post on the blog. I am suggesting people purchase the vanilla protein and then whatever flavor of spark they want, but Mandarin Orange makes it taste like a Creamsicle. If you decided you wanted 4 packets of spark, 4 meal replacement shakes and 3 fruit and fiber bars it would be $29.50 to get all of these (cash or check please).

Questions from Saturday 1/28/12:

  1. Can you replace the Pistachios on the meal plan for the almonds you might still have from week one? YES you can, the almonds are even better for you. I was just trying to give a little variety is all.
  2. When will we see more fruits and veggies on the meal plan? Next week, but remember you are still eating a couple of each almost every day depending on what you use before your workout and then the dinners have a couple of servings 4 days of the week and one serving the other three. Plus the serving of carrots with lunch. Sun, Tue, Thur and Sat have the three recommended servings each day. BUT… there will be more veggies on next weeks plan. We are really going to dial in those fat grams starting next week and we will use more veggies for this. I know everyone loves Fruit (and so do I) but keep in mind our goal of better balance in the carbohydrate department.
  3. How much fiber is in the meal plan? Someone we mentioning they were having a little trouble with being consistent in the “bathroom”. The mean plans have at least 25 grams of fiber each and every day, but part of that could be the body trying to adjust to the added protein intake (and for many probably a decrease in fruits). When you calculate the 4-day plan there is at least 27 grams of fiber if you eat exactly what is on there and more if you eat the Almonds instead of the pistachios. The 3-day plan actually has over 35 grams of fiber.

If anyone can think of other questions (either ones that were asked or not) post them to the blog here and I will respond for everyone to see.

One last thing for now… I have a quote for you from one of my favorite motivational speakers Zig Ziglar . I think it is perfect for when you are trying to make some changes in your life; “Your attitude determines your altitude”

If your heart and mind are in this 4 week program you are going to fly high and see amazing results.

I hope everyone is having a great week so far and really focusing on good food choices.

 

Your Coach

Jeremy

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