How to Create Your Own Diet Plan

   
How to Create Your Own Diet Plan

Having your own diet plan on your home table can help you learn how to keep your calorie intake correct. Instead of asking someone else to provide you with a sample of diet plan, you can start to learn how to create your personal diet plan by reading this article. Do you crave for a diet that perfectly caters your specific needs? Here are steps on how to plan your own diet that will help you shed weight and keep yourself good.

      

But before we start to learn how to create a personal diet plan, it is important that you know who you are first. Knowing what you need is one most essential thing when it comes to personalizing your diet plan. Information about losing weight, eating healthy and changing your lifestyle plays a big role in planning your diet plan.

Steps for creating a diet plan

 First, you have to get familiar with the portion sizes of the different foods found on each food group that would make up your diet plan.

ü  Learn the types of foods to take at each meal time

To make it simple for you, we shall breakdown each meal into small units –fruits, vegetables, protein, leafy greens, protein snacks, and starch/grain as well as taste enhancers. Each diet plan should have a different structure that is based on these small units. A diet plan that follows such a basic structure is easy to remember, you are able to know what you should eat at each meal. Below are some basic structures for the different calorie levels:

Daily Diet

2200 Calorie Diet Plan

Breakfast: 2 Protein +1 Fruit (+ vegetables if desired) + 1 Starch/Grain
Snack: 1 Protein Snack
Lunch: 2 Protein + 2 Vegetable + Leafy Greens +1 Starch/Grain + 1 Taste Enhancer + 1 Fruit
Snack: 1 Protein Snack + 1 Fruit or Vegetable
Dinner: 2 Protein + 2 Starch/Grain + 2 Vegetable + Leafy Greens + 2 Taste Enhancer
Snack: 1 Fruit

1800 Calorie Diet Plan

Breakfast: 1 Protein +1 Fruit (+ vegetables if desired)
Snack: 1 Protein Snack
Lunch: 2 Protein + 2 Vegetable + Leafy Greens +1 Starch/Grain + 1 Taste Enhancer + 1 Fruit
Snack: 1 Protein Snack + 1 Fruit or Vegetable
Dinner: 2 Protein + 1 Starch/Grain + 2 Vegetable + Leafy Greens + 1 Taste Enhancer
Snack: 1 Fruit

1200 Calorie Diet Plan

Breakfast: 1 Protein + 1 Fruit (+ vegetables if desired)
Lunch: 1 Protein + 1 Vegetable + Leafy Greens + 1 Taste Enhancer
Snack: 1 Protein Snack + 1 Fruit or Vegetable
Dinner: 1 Protein + 1 Starch/Grain + 2 Vegetables + Leafy Greens + 1 Taste Enhancer
Snack: 1 Fruit

ü  Learn your portion sizes

The moment you have mastered the basic breakdown of your meal plan, the next thing is to become familiar with the appropriate portion sizes within each of the food groups.This is one important factor in ensuring you maintain your calories.

ü  Create your menu

Once you are familiar with the portion sizes for the different food groups, then you can complete your diet plan by putting your meal plans together. By using the basic structure for the calorie level you selected, you can now combine foods from each of the food groups to now create your diet plan.

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