Health & Fitness
Weekly Recipe and Success Story
Healthy recipe for Turkey Lettuce Wraps, weight loss program, maintenance success story.
MIKE IS THIS WEEK'S HEALTHY WINNER...
This a re-posting of Mike's story to let you know that he is still maintaining his healthy lifestyle because he learned how to eat for the rest of his life. Over the last nine months he has also reduced one of his medications and eliminated another!
Original post February 2011: He is in his late 60s and has lost 50 pounds between September 2010 and January 2011.
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Using the Habits of Health Program and the guidance of his Health Coach, he has not only lost weight, but has been able to reduce his blood pressure medication by half (after being on it since age 24). He has much more energy and feels great! He states that he will continue to use the program, that is, eating smaller, balanced portions more often; it is easy to do and so beneficial!
3 & 3 PROGRAM
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Low-Glycemic Recipe: Turkey Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients:
6 oz. cooked, lean turkey, cut in strips
3 slices green pepper
3 slices red pepper
1/2 cup mushrooms, diced
3 large lettuce leaves
1 tsp. low-calorie salad dressing spray
Directions:
Place the three large leaves of lettuce onto a cutting board. Put 1/3 of the ingredients onto each lettuce leaf. Spray with dressing. Wrap lettuce around the ingredients and eat like a burrito.
5 & 1 PROGRAM
Special note: Remember to eat a one of your meal replacements within 30 minutes of rising and then continue to eat a PCMR every 2½ to 3 hours throughout the day, along with one Lean & Green meal. Your one Lean & Green meal may be eaten for Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner!
Breakfast
Portion Controlled Meal Replacement (PCMR's) with 8 oz water
Snack
PCMR with 8 oz water
Lunch
PCMR with 8 oz water
Snack
PCMR with 8 oz water
Dinner
Lean & Green Dinner with 8 oz water
(healthy recipe included above)
Snack
PCMR with 8 oz water
4 & 2 PROGRAM
Special note: Remember to eat a one of your meal replacements within 30 minutes of rising and then continue to eat a PCMR every 2 ½ to 3 hours throughout the day, along with two Lean & Green meals. Your Lean & Green meals may be eaten for Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner!
Breakfast
Portion Controlled Meal Replacement (PCMR's) with 8 oz water
Snack
PCMR with 8 oz water
Lunch
Lean & Green Meal with 8 oz water
Snack
PCMR with 8 oz water
Dinner
Lean & Green Meal with 8 oz water
(healthy recipe included above)
Snack
PCMR with 8 oz water
Special note: In order to get off to a great start, remember to cut the portions you've been eating for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. In addition to 3 smaller meals each day, add one of our perfectly balanced portion controlled meal replacements (PCMR's) between each meal. Doing this will stabilize your blood sugar quickly!
Breakfast
Low-Glycemic Breakfast within 30 minutes of rising with 8 oz water
Snack
PCMR with 8 oz water
Yours in health,
Grant Hughes
Certified Health Coach
678-468-2523
