Summary: What is the best meal plan? We've received that question a lot recently. Joanne emailed to ask this exact question. People are looking for that one food, or foods, that will help them lose weight. We don't recommend any certain meal plans, mostly because what we like, may not be what you like. Plus, if you're a vegetarian or vegan, our advice on what to eat would do you no good. What we do have is our recommendations of what foods, in general, that you should eat. Barb wrote in about the sizing decisions of the Chico chain of stores. Instead of putting the true size of the clothing on their garments, they use an equivalency chart and lower the size. For example, if you are a woman that wears a 16 normally, at Chico's you'll wear a size 3. You read that right. Not a typo. Our last email for this week comes in from listener Amanda. She's following our advice and eating more calories...during the week. On the weekend she is eating a few more calories while participating in family activities with her children. Oh, and you'll pry her weekend beer from her cold, dead hand. She's concerned that the extra calories on the weekend will put her over for the week. She's right to be worried, but we have a solution. On The Web Report, Jeff runs down the list of ingredients on an A&W Root Beer Milkshake. It's a behemoth that pack a whopping 1720 calories. All these calories and very few actual ingredients that you or I would consider real food. Russ examines the new MyPlate put out by the USDA and Michelle Obama. While the thing was expensive, it will probably help a large number of people. Listen to find out why. Links Mentioned in the Show: Chico's has weird sizes Food Ladder My Plate replaces My Pyramid Anatomy of a milkshake Find your perfect weight for optimal health Fat 2 Fit Facebook page Recipe of the Week: Chicken Schwarma Motivational Quotes: "RESPONSIBILITY: If you define a problem as out of your control you put yourself in a position of being powerless to solve it." - Gerald Musante "You must have long term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short term failures." - Charles C. Noble
