How To Prepare The Right Nutrition Program For Yourself

We all know training is a big part of getting into shape and gaining better health, but even more important is nutrition. This is usually the missing link that keeps individuals from reaching their goal. It takes both training and nutrition to effectively reach your goals, but by fine tuning your nutrition program, you will reach your goals more quickly.

Dr. Chris Mohr of Meal Plans 101 to let him explain just how easy it is to reach your nutritional goals.

He and Jayson Hunter, RD, CSCS have designed a piece of nutritional software along with that makes it absolutely simple to create simple, yet effective meal plans.

How important is having a meal plan to follow in regards to nutrition compliance?

It’s just as important as having driving directions if you don’t know where you’re going. Having a nutrition plan is the map to get you where you want to go. Or, for the more technologically sounds folks, the meal plan is the GPS system for improving compliance. I don’t know how to get to Fargo North Dakota—but if I had to drive there, I would pull out a map and write my directions. The same is true for nutrition—most folks know what they need to do to lose fat or gain muscle, but they don’t have the specific directions to get there.

What do you think are the biggest barriers to following a good nutrition program?

First is not planning. Like I described above, you need to plan the best way to reach your destination—in this case, the destination may be fat loss or gaining lean body mass. Meal Plans 101 does the planning for you. If you fail to plan, plan to fail. Why struggle any longer; use the properly designed tools to help you reach your goals.

Second, is watching your portions. Oatmeal is fantastic for you, but sitting down every day to 2-3 cups of oatmeal per meal might be a bit much. Wouldn’t it be nice, though, to know just how much a portion size should actually be? We did that research for you, and it’s all in the software.

Do you have to be a nutrition expert to know how to eat healthy? How hard is it to create an effective meal plan that will allow someone to lose fat or gain muscle?

Nutrition experts are of course beneficial—I’d be knocking myself and Jayson down if I didn’t think they were. But we can’t be there with every single person who wants a simple meal plan put together for them and, quite frankly, it isn’t cheap to work with us individually. This software isn’t meant to replace the advice of a qualified nutrition professional, what it’s meant to do is provide you with science based tools, such as specific formulas (they are behind the scenes, so you don’t have to get involved with them) to tell you how many calories to eat for your goals, along with providing you the ability to choose your food preferences, so you don’t have a cookie cutter program, but instead a unique, proprietary meal plan that fits YOU!

You have mentioned your software. What is it exactly and how can it make the lives of my readers easier?

Simply put—it allows folks to plug in specific values they get from clients or from themselves and it will spit out your specific nutritional needs to achieve those goals. It will then give you the breakdown of just how much of each food group you should be eating, but you are able to customize it to your food choices!! It’s takes just a few minutes to get the grasp of this and then it’s just another tool to help you reach your health and physical goals,

One last question. How important is it to adjust your carbohydrates when it comes to weight loss?

This is the million dollar question. Some research supports a modified carbohydrate diet for successful weight loss, while others suggest a lower fat nutrition plan. The key is nutrient quality and the answer is probably somewhere in the middle. The right types of carbohydrates are excellent. Similarly, healthy fats are crucial, so drastically restricting one or another is not the best way to go about it, in my opinion. And that’s why you have the ability to choose both in the food options under each category.

Thank you for your time today. If you feel your nutrition is the missing link, then check out Meal Plans 101 to find out just how easy it is to get your nutrition on track. Don’t leave your nutrition to chance or else you may very well be wasting all that hard work you put in at the gym.

Exclusive Meal Plans 101 Teleseminar

Jayson Hunter interviews Dr. Chris Mohr on the barriers and solutions to meal planning. Meal planning can be overwhelming to most people when they don't know the best starting point for themselves. This teleseminar clears the cloud to bring you starter information so you can follow through and meet with success just by doing and avoiding all the good and bad little things that count. At the end of the teleseminar you will appreciate that the 'little' things are the ones that will make or break your health in the long run.

Through this session, you find answers for these topics:

* What are the stumbling blogs that people have when it comes to meal planning?

* The necessary tools and guidelines to get equipped with for meal planning, and how to get started.

* How to measure results and progress of your meal planning program and body statistics.

* How to resist temptation in the form of mindless eating and "a few more 'harmless' bites".

* The general confusion or lack of understanding about 'calories'.

* How to relate calories with the amount of what you are eating through a simplified "exchange system" method.

* What type of food should you exclude and include in your meal plans?

* How to make smarter choices when nutrition books out there are giving conflicting information?

* Top 3 steps to start off successfully in meal planning.



Hope you enjoy what Dr. Mohr is going to reveal and there's a lot more information coming within the next few weeks for your benefit. In the audio, Dr. Mohr mentioned a nutrition software he created for counting calories so you can plan your meals the right way. Find out how Meal Plans 101 can get your nutrition on track.

10 Changes To Your Diet That Will Instantly Make It 90% Better

Most individuals do not eat like they are supposed to. Out of those individuals 95% of them don't realize that by making 10 simple changes to their eating lifestyle they can improve their diet by 90% along with improving their health and overall well-being.

Apply these changes to your diet today and you too will be experiencing an increased benefit to your health, probable weight loss, a leaner body, and likely improvements to your blood profile. This all equals a longer healthier life.

Now let's get started so you can benefit from these 10 simple changes that everyone can make immediately.

1. Hydration: Is there a difference?

Consume Green Tea or Water instead of calorie filled drinks such as soft drinks. Green Tea has many health benefits and is a powerful antioxidant. You should be drinking 1ml of non-caffeinated fluid for every calorie that you consume. This works out between (8-12) 8oz glasses of Green Tea or Water a day.

2. Benefits of Fiber

Recommend consuming 25-35 grams of fiber per day. Since the average diet contains only 14 grams we could all use more fiber. Fiber will help satisfy hunger pangs as well as control insulin and blood sugar levels which tend to promote fat storage when they are elevated. By simply eating at least 1 serving of fruit and vegetables at every meal should get you to the goal of 25-35 grams of fiber per day.

3. The Importance of Protein

Eat lean protein sources which include; lean beef, chicken breasts, turkey breasts, salmon, low-fat cottage cheese and other low-fat dairy products, and whey protein powders, at every meal. This will also help control insulin levels and satisfy hunger pangs which tend to promote fat storage. You will find yourself naturally eating less food throughout the day if you eat some type of lean protein at every meal.

4. Frequent Meals: Why?

Eat 4-6 small meals day a day instead of the usual 2-3 large meals. Eating frequently will help regulate and boost your metabolism to burn more calories. By also including your protein and vegetables at these meals you will tend to eat less overall thereby reducing your calorie intake.

5. What are Whole Foods?

Consume whole foods that are high in fiber and low in sugar such as lean protein (lean beef, chicken, fish, and whey protein), fruits & vegetables (oranges, apples, strawberries, blueberries, broccoli, peppers, asparagus, carrots, nuts (almonds, cashews, & walnuts), and whole grains.

Try to minimize processed foods that come in a box or a bag. Instead choose whole grain choices such as whole wheat foods, oatmeals, and vegetables.

6. Healthy Fats: Yes, there are healthy fats

Consume adequate amounts of healthy fat foods such as olive oil, walnuts, almonds, or other Omega-3 products. Healthy fats are great antioxidants as well as help with brain function and many other essentials processes that take place in the body on a daily basis. Essential Fatty acids also help prevent certain diseases.

7. Superfoods

Include what I call "Superfoods" into your meal plan on a daily basis. These include but not entirely lean meat, salmon, low fat plain yogurt, tomatoes, spinach, mixed berries, whole oats, mixed nuts, olive oil, flax seeds(or flax meal), green tea, and various beans. These are just some of the "Superfoods" you should be incorporating into your daily meal plans.

8. Fat

Keep total fat intake under 30% for the day. This can be accomplished by not adding too many extra fats such as butter, sour cream, mayonnaise, etc. This doesn't mean you have to completely eliminate these items, but do not eat them as a regular food item every day.

9. Food Log: Yes, this is the most important step.

Record what you eat and drink. You will be amazed at what you consume and not even realize you did it until you right it down and reflect back on the day. Keeping a food log is critical to your success because if modifications need to be made you need something to be able to evaluate and analyze. If changes aren't happening like you had hoped the answer can usually be found in your food and or exercise journal.

10. Food Labels

Review food labels. Avoid foods packed with excess sugar, calories, or foods that contain any trans-fats. You should be looking for more natural foods and not overly-processed foods. Ingredients to look for and avoid or minimize if they are one of the top ingredients listed in the ingredients list: Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup and Hydrogenated or Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil. If you see these ingredients listed at the top then that means the product is made up of that ingredient as it's largest source.

Now I don't expect you to make every change in one day. What I do expect is that if you are serious about living a better life and a healthier life then you need to make these changes over the next 4 weeks. The best way to accomplish this task is to map out your plan. Create meal plans and have a plan of attack in place in regards to what you are eating and when. You will start to see just how easy it is to live a healthier life and achieve the goals that you desire.

Jayson Hunter, RD, CSCS, is a registered dietitian and fitness professional with more than 10 years of experience. He has worked with 1000's of individuals in achieving their ideal body and has been published in numerous magazines. He is also co-creator of Meal Plans 101 nutrition software.