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CALORIE TETRIS!!

6/10/2019

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Find out your Calorie Budget with Body Smart
 In a previous post, I shared with you how to make your divide up your Calorie Budget by meal groups.  This may have left you thinking great!!, but how do figure out what foods fit my budget?  Let’s take a look at some Calorie Tetris to figure this out!

1. First, start with your calorie budget by testing with Body Smart.  For example, if your budget is for 1800 calories then you might break it down to calorie budget meal groups like these:

                Breakfast - 400
                Snack - 100
                Lunch - 500
                Snack - 100
                Dinner - 700

There’s no perfect way to break it up. It’s a process of trial and learning to find out what works for you!

2. Write down a list of all of the foods that you like to eat (or that you will eat) for each meal. By writing down a list, it eliminates the problem of staring into the pantry with a blank look wondering what you should do.  Instead, you’ll just refer to the list and pick out some items. 
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                 Breakfast                                         Lunch                                                        Snacks
                    Egg, Boiled                                      2 Slices bread                                            20 Almonds         
                    Toast                                               1 slice cheese                                             13 Cashews          
                    Milk, 8oz                                          Deli turkey 3oz                                           Hummus 2 oz      
                    Cheesestick                                     1 Cucumber                                                Tortilla Chips      
                    Banana                                            Carrots 3 oz                                                Pita Chips             
                    Apple                                               Hummus, 2 oz                                            Beef Jerky             
                    Peanut Butter                                  Greek Yogurt Dip      
                    Nutella                                             1/2 Avocado               

3. Take your lists and put some calorie amounts to them. There are great apps that can help you calculate how many calories and what a serving size is for each item.  Some of these you can round up just to make the math easy.
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                Breakfast                                           Lunch                                                        Snacks
                    Egg, Boiled          100                      2 Slices bread              225                        20 Almonds          150
                    Toast                   100                      1 slice cheese               100                        13 Cashews          150
                    Milk, 8oz              100                      Deli turkey 3oz             100                        Hummus 2 oz       100
                    Cheesestick         100                      1 Cucumber                  50                         Tortilla Chips         100
                    Banana                100                      Carrots 3 oz                 50                          Pita Chips             100
                    Apple                   100                      Hummus, 2 oz             100                         Beef Jerky           100
                    Peanut Butter      200                     Greek Yogurt Dip          100
                    Nutella                 200                     1/2 Avocado                 1504  

4. Stop staring blankly into the pantry, look at your list and add up a few items that sound good in the moment.  Instead of wondering, you can pick from a list of food you LIKE, that tastes GOOD to you, and that works for your LIFESTYLE!

5. Watch for dinner time tips coming in the next few weeks.  Dinner time tends to a bit more tricky for calorie budget management due to social eating. It has its own set of challenges that we’ll address though up-coming posts.

The key to Calorie Budget Tetris is the METABOLIC TESTING with Body Smart.  When you know your true Calorie Budget it empowers you to make DECISIONS about your food choices instead of REACTIONS!  You won’t just get frustrated and go for the microwave meals.  Instead you’ll be able to have a workable plan in place.

If you wanna be a Calorie Budget Tetris Champ call 801-479-4471 and learn about YOUR metabolism TODAY!!


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Alan link
7/7/2021 03:49:43 am

Nice article! Thanks for sharing this informative post. Keep posting!

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Owen Ferguson link
9/28/2023 11:50:17 pm

Hi nice reading yyour blog

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