There's an article by a couple of doctors who site the "Its a Small World Ride" at Disney theme parks as evidence that we as a society are getting fatter. The short version of the article is that in 1963 when the ride was first built the average adult weighed less than 200 pounds. Today with averages tipping the scale OVER 200 pounds the ride is bottoming out. Literally. Disney had to close the whole ride for a year to reconstruct "A Small World" to accommodate a fatter one. A fatter world that is. http://thenewprogram.com/blog
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"The first steps to rectify this epidemic," the blog reads, "need to be made on an [INDIVIDUAL LEVEL]. People must make positive changes in their lifestyle, [ESPECIALLY EATING HABITS], not just to lose their excess weight, but to avoid becoming overweight in the first place."-emphasis mine. Eating habits. Let that sink in. Eating habits. Habits. HHHAAAAABBBITS. Rhymes with Rabbits. Habits.

The Fit True Nutrition Plan is all about that. Changing habits. Whichever step you are on in the plan remember that you are breaking an unhealthy habit and building a new healthy one. That takes time. That doesn't come easy. There will be set backs. BUT YOU CAN DO IT. You can do it. Remember that it won't happen easily. BUT IT WILL HAPPEN. Anticipate that each step will be tough, with set backs, but you are committed and can do it.

Step 1 is to eat five to six small meals equally portioned and equally spaced throughout the day. You MUST make this a habit. That should take AT LEAST three weeks. Maybe more. You CAN NOT move to the next step until this step is a new good habit.

Step 2 is to incorporate carbohydrates, proteins, and fats in EACH of the five to six small meals equally portioned and equally spaced throughout the day. Don't worry about the quality yet. Just make sure that there is some form of carbohydrate, protein and fat in each meal. Again, this will take AT LEAST three weeks. Maybe more. And again, you CAN NOT move to the next step until this step is a new good habit.
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Step 3 is to have QUALITY carbohydrates, proteins, and fats in five to six equally portioned equally spaced meals throughout the day. If your only source of protein in the morning is consistently bacon then this is the step where you swap it out for eggs or cottage cheese. Trade off some of your high glycemic carbohydrates for lower glycemic carbohydrates. Make sure all of your fat is not saturated. By the way, saturated fat has gotten a bad rap. As Americans we tend to over eat it. But over eating does not equal "DO NOT EAT AT ALL." Your body needs some saturated fat.

Step 4 is to eat a certain percentage of quality carbohydrates, proteins, and fats five to six times equally portioned and equally spaced throughout the day. For most people, the ratio tends to be something like 40% carbohydrates, 30% protein, and 30% fat. The percentages vary depending on activity levels, goals, and metabolism.

This is the overview of the Fit True Nutrition Plan. No one else breaks it down this way, that I know of. Failing to break nutrition into the development of new good eating habits one at a time is the Number 1 reason why people fail in their nutritional goals. Not due to a lack of will power. Try it this way. Look through some older posts for more detail of Steps 1 and 2. There will be more detail on Steps 3 and 4 in the future. Thanks for doing your part to keeping it a smaller world.