Helen Typical Daily Intake – Before BL
Often skipped bkft When she did have breakfast, she might have
2 eggs
4 - 5 pieces bacon
2 slices toast
Bkft 640 calories
If bkft skipped;
Lunch out or large lunch; such as a large salad with soup, dinner rolls and butter
Or a steak and cheese sandwich with cheese – large 12 inch sandwich
1050 calories 86 grams fat
Dinner –
fried breaded pork chops (2)
large helping potatoes with butter
regular cola
slice cheesecake
1350 calories
Before - Two meals per day no snacks this particular day had; no veg or fruit
Lunch and dinner total 2400 (prob twice what she needs plus overall very low quality calories;
Helen Typical Daily Intake - After BL
Breakfast
Cup of oatmeal
3 egg whites
if power workout in the morning - add 2 strips of turkey bacon
440 calories
Snack
Half a cup of nonfat Greek yogurt with berries
90 calories
Lunch
3 to 5 oz grilled chicken breast 4 oz
2 cups salad
1 cup steamed asparagus
Med apple or piece of fruit
salad dressing = balsamic vinegar
350 calories
Snack
Carrot sticks 5 medium baby carrots with hummus, 5 T 160 calories
or
3 tablespoons avocado guacamole with 18 baked tortilla chips 190 calories
Dinner
Salmon 5 ounces
Portobello mushroom cap steamed 2 ounces
Steam the cap in Teflon pan with lid that fits; steam about 5 min.
Sauteed peppers and onions, add to top of mushroom with little bit of non-fat mozzarella
Grill salmon with slice of orange and fresh dill
260 calories
1330 daily total (which is roughly Helen's current calorie budget)


Cheryl Forberg, RD, is a James Beard award-winning chef, a bestselling author and the former nutritionist for NBC's "The Biggest Loser." 