At our website, we have told you all about the Fantasy Healthball Food Formation. It borrows the same logic as the food pyramid that you are probably already familiar with, but gives it a decidedly Fantasy Healthball spin! Our Food Formation will help you keep track of the foods you eat by thinking of them tied to a standard defensive football formation! For example, the “fruits and veggies” group are the Linebackers – the foundation of your defense and packed with power and energy you need to be successful.
Using our Food Formation as the structure or framework, we have written advice in this blog about breakfast, lunch, dinner, and plenty of other food topics. What we haven’t written about so far is a daily eating plan. We are huge advocates of planning ahead as you can see here, so we love the idea of checking out a sample weekly menu to give yourself some ideas of what the Food Formation might look like in practice for an average person.
The USDA puts out a great sample weekly menu (or click here is that link doesn’t work for you) based on a 2,000 calorie a day diet. Read our series of posts about calories and check out a daily calorie need calculator to see if you are a 2,000 calorie a day person, higher, or lower. It is easy to adjust the weekly menu if you want to take in a few more or less calories. You can also get a personalized plan at their site.
One thing we really like about the sample menu is that it gives you 7 days of healthy and diverse choices. It shows there are a ton of easily attainable foods that taste great and can help you get into the shape you want to be in. Here are a few examples of some of our favorites: breakfast burrito, taco salad, roasted chicken breast, stuffed broiled salmon, rigatoni with meat sauce (substitute veggies sautéed in a little olive oil for you vegetarians), vegetarian chili on baked potato, Hawaiian pizza (go easy on the cheese), and all sorts of fruits. In fact, under “Snacks” we think you could add even more fruits throughout the day when you are hungry and you will curb your hunger until your next meal, get a great energy boost, and lots of happy vitamins and minerals.
So try this meal plan for a week, or just use it as a template and use the Food Formation to plan out healthy foods that fit your taste buds. It is a great way to stay on track diet and nutrition-wise by planning a little ahead and not waiting until you are starving and driving past fast food row to think about what you are going to eat. — Jim Ballard
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