Personalizing Eat Smart
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“It is in your moments of decision,
that your destiny is shaped.” ~Tony Robbins |
Personalizing Eat Smart for YOU
While the MARI Method Low Glycemic Diet will work for any body type, you still need to “fine-tune” it to YOUR body to get the absolute best results! Some foods will need to be modified and adjusted to fit each specific person’s own, unique genetic requirements.
There are two things we need to talk about here –
- Making adjustments based on the way foods make you FEEL.
- Adjusting carbohydrates if you are not seeing weight loss results as quickly as you’d like.
You see, we are all unique individuals. So your final eating plan will have to be tweaked to fit YOU.
If you’ve not already done so, start by taking our MetaClass Quiz. This will help you determine your metabolism classification (MetaClass).
Then, you’ll continue to make tweaks based on your journaling. This is where you begin to recognize how different foods affect you.
Take the time to do this. When you do, you’ll end up with a personalized food plan that enables you to lose weight. Plus, even more importantly, it will be foods you like so you can stick with it the rest of your life!
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Not able to locate yellow food chart either. I did follow the direction but it brings me back to the same page
Laura, you must be logged in to see those charts. (You were not logged in when you entered this commend).
Click on the red drop-down at the very top of the page, or go to http://www.marimethod.com/login
After logging in, things should work correctly for you.
I keep clicking links but I still don’t see the food charts by color.
The color food charts are not on this page.
You can get to the color food charts 2 ways.
1) Click the Eat Smart menu at the top of this page. Then click Color Food Charts (Eat Smart –> Color Food Charts)
or 2) Click the Color Food Charts button on the Launch Pad page
Nevermind my last post…LOL. I found setting for MFP where I could track just what I needed (sugars, protein, fats, carbs) and figured out I was WAYYYYY over on sugars and re-did my meal plan accordingly. Figured out the grams on everything and figured out the percentages. I was good other than the sugars.
Thanks!
Hey Joy, I am on my fitness pal too..what setting did you find cuz i’d love to figure that out too?
Hi Melanie! If you go to “Settings” near the upper right hand corner of your home page on MFP, then on the next page, click on “Diary Settings” there you can customize what you want to see as well as the name and number of meals you want to track.
I’m “joymarino” if you’d like to be friends on there as well. Blessings ~Joy~
Thanks Joy…I use my iPad more than the computer so I didn’t see that setting! Thanks! I sent an invite – my I’m Aravine on there…but I think it also says my real name :0)
I couldn’t get a free account on Daily Burn…only had 2 paid options. I used to use MyFitnessPal for all my tracking…now I am just trying to figure out how to go from grams, to percentages. Advice? Thanks!
I didn’t see a carb number for a balanced type. I know it’s 30% but a target number would help my anal mind
Take the number right in the middle – 140 as your starting point. Keep in mind that you may have to adjust this number up or down, depending upon your own body’s sensitivity to carbs. You can judge this by paying attention to things such as:
– mood swings
– irritability
– hunger between meals
– how fast/slow your weight loss
I am having an endoscopy done and testing for Celiac Disease on teh 24th. I am not sure that I have been avoiding gluten COMPLETELY! There is SO much to learn about it! I appreciate your website and all the information you put out Mari Ann! I have lost between 6 and 10 pounds in 3 weeks of TRYING to be gluten free! I can’t imagine what I could lose if I did it correctly!
From things you’ve said, looks like you’re staying off all grains – which is very smart when going “gluten free”, and can also contribute to the weight loss. Keep in mind that Celiac is just one manifestation of gluten sensitivity. Hopefully, you’re test will come up negative… but that doesn’t mean you can go back to eating gluten. Many more doctors are becoming aware that gluten sensitivity is it’s own animal. You may find this recent Wall Street Journal article helpful: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704893604576200393522456636.html
Ok, so I need to eliminate Gluten for at least 3 weeks!!! Now….what does that leave me that I CAN eat?!
Congratulations, Charity, on taking steps to improve your overall health! Almost all of the MARI Method recipes are gluten-free. Just click on the “Recipes” section, then on the “Gluten Free” category.
Thank you SO very much for this phenomenal information. I am most definitely a High Protein Type and everything you advised is what satisfies me the most!
Is there a minimum amount of protein we need to be striving for each day?
It’s more a function of percentages.
High Protein types… 70% Proteins/fats, 30% Carbs with protein focusing on the high purine proteins such as red (or dark) meats
Balanced types … 65% Proteins/fats, 30% Carbs
High Veggie types… 40% Proteins/fats, 60% Carbs, with protein focusing on the lighter, leaner proteins.