Cheryl Forberg, RD. Biggest Loser Nutritionist

 
 

Biggest Loser Nutritionist Shares Mike's Food Journals

22 May 2009 Cheryl Forberg 0 Comment

Mike before

I am constantly receiving emails requesting more recipes, more nutrition information and more food journals.

This week, Dave wrote: 

I am a big fan of your books and your work on the Biggest Loser. I noticed you recently posted a sample daily intake of Hellen and Tara and I was wondering if you would be able to post a sample daily intake for one of the male Biggest Loser contestants like Mike, Ron, or Felipe? I would really appreciate it.

Thanks,
Dave

Sure, Dave!  Here are the before and after food journals of Mike, one of the Biggest Loser Season Seven finalists.Last fall, I met with Mike before the season started.  He shared with me her typical daily intake at that time, which contributed to his starting weight of 390 pounds.


Mike's Typical Daily Intake Before

8 ounce glass apple juice

8 ounce glass orange juice2 cup bowl of sweetened cereal

1 cup fat free milk

Comments:  all juice; no whole fruit; very little protein with breakfast

Snack - no

Lunch

Cheeseburger, large fries; 2 diet soft drinks

 

Snack

4pm   slice pizza and soft drink; maybe frozen yogurt cone

 

Snack

7 or 8pm  burger, large fries and 1 diet soft drink and 1 water

 

Snack

11pm  slice pizza, frozen yogurt, glass fat free milk

 

Total daily calories - approx 3950   

Mostly simple carbs; high fat; very low fruit and vegetable intake; overall very low quality calories

 

Mike after

 

Mike Typical Daily Intake After

 

Breakfast
1 cup of whole grain cereal   + 1 cup skim milk
1 cup sliced strawberries
½ cup non fat greek style yogurt
 340 calories

 

 

Lunch
Chicken tacos
Corn tortillas no sodium  3 each
Shredded chicken  8 ounces
Add spices
fat free Greek-style yogurt with hot sauce  ½ cup
Fat-free cheddar cheese   ½ cup
8 oz. Chicken (264)
spray pam in skillet. Cube it and cook it
side salad  2 cups mixed baby greens
700
 
Dinner
Big salad    3 cups mixed baby greens
Giant bowl
Cup of mixed berries
Red onion
Toasted walnuts, ¼ c
Raspberry vinaigrette, 3 T 60 cal.
Shredded chicken, 4 to 6 oz. 6 ounces
790
 
Snacks
Fruit plus 20 raw almonds      170


2000 calories total

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Cheryl Forberg

Cheryl Forberg

biggest_loser_logoCheryl Forberg, R.D., is one of the few professional chefs in the country who is also a registered dietitian. As nutritionist for NBC's "The Biggest Loser" for 12 seasons, she developed delicious, healthy recipes that help contestants make fundamental lifestyle changes.

A James Beard award-winning recipe developer, Cheryl has contributed to titles in the "Biggest Loser" book series, as well as authored Positively Ageless: A 28-Day Plan for a Younger, Slimmer, Sexier You (Rodale 2008), which showcases her expertise in weight loss and anti-aging nutrition. A graduate of UC Berkeley and a former research dietitian at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Cheryl is in demand as a lecturer and teacher, and travels throughout the United States giving nutrition classes and demonstrations.

Her latest book is Flavor First.

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