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Menu 7: Fueling Fitness
Eat to stay young and healthy. Too pooped to pump iron at the end of your day? Here is the perfect menu--packed with energy-enhancing protein, fat, and carbohydrate--to provide the energy boost you need to exercise. Today's choices are all about feeling fit and cheating the clock so that you radiate health and good looks. (Note: Each pull-down list below allows you to make a personalized menu choice.)



Main Meal #1
1/2 cup grape juice
1 egg and 1 ounce low-fat cheese or soy cheese on whole grain toast


Fitness Fuel
2 biscotti
8 ounces skim milk or soy milk


Main Meal #2
3 ounces tuna salad (made with 1 tsp. light mayo and 1-2 tsp. plain nonfat yogurt, diced apples or finely chopped carrots) served on romaine lettuce
1/2 tomato (sliced)
Tea with sugar substitute or 1 tsp. sugar or water with lemon


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Fitness Fuel
1/4 cup trail mix


Main Meal #3
1 piece Italian bread, toasted and spread with roasted garlic or light spritz of olive oil
1/2 cup steamed baby carrots OR 1 cup Romaine vegetable salad with 1 slice avocado
Bonus: Opt for fat-free dressing and earn one of the following bonus treats (about 80 calories):


Youth-boosting Snack


For Men or for Extra Calories After a Heavy Workout
2000 calories a day can be easily accomplished by:
• Increasing portion of tuna to 6 ounces at meal # 2.
•Adding 6-8 low-fat whole grain crackers such as Triscuits or Wheat Thins to meal # 2.
•Increasing portion of chicken to 4 ounces at meal # 3.
•Adding an additional piece of Italian bread or a small baked potato with salsa at meal # 3.


Daily Reminders
Print your menu choices for today--keep it handy for reference.
Record your food choices in your food diary.
Find out more about the power of foods in the Good Foods Glossary.


Questions? Tips?
To share your YES™ Plan successes, strategies, and questions in the Say YES™ to Food Discussion hosted by nutritionist Susan Mitchell, Ph.D., R.D., simply post your message here:

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