What is the Pre-plan?
During the Nutrition Pre-Plan, you are taking the first steps toward changing your diet for the better. During the first week, ease yourself into eating regularly and preparing most of your meals. Give up fast food and begin to take time to cook and brownbag your lunch. You should also give up soda and fruit juice, including diet varieties. Instead switch to herbal or green tea or club soda with lemon. Finally, get in the habit of eating three main meals and two small snacks each day. If you are a breakfast skipper, get into the habit of eating breakfast before you start the main program. In the second week, start to transition your diet away from processed foods (anything that comes in a box, can, bag or shrink wrap) and toward whole foods. You should be eating clean and green. Eat as many vegetables as you can. Switch from fatty sources of protein to lean sources of protein. For example, instead of having T-bone steak, opt for skinless chicken breast or turkey. For grains, choose who
