[Home]  [GFCF Recipes]  [Frugal Weight-Loss]  [Food Storage]  [Christian Womanhood]  [Archives]  [Links]   [Contact Maggie]  [Maggie's Blog]  [Old Fashioned Education]  [Prairie Homemaker] Various Food Plans  Based on Diabetic Exchanges High Carbohydrate | Middle of the Road | High Protein | Customize Your Own High Carbohydrate Food Plans Calories 1200 1400 1500 1800 Bread 5 7 7 9 Protein 4 4 5 6 Vegetable 3 4 4 4 Fruit 3 3 3 3 Milk 2 2 2 2 Fat 3 3 3 4 Free 2 or 3 2 or 3 3 or 4 3 or 4 Middle of the Road Food Plans Calories 1200 1400 1500 1800 Bread 4 4 5 7 Protein 5 7 8 10 Vegetable 4 4 4 4 Fruit 3 3 3 3 Milk 2 2 2 2 Fat 3 3 3 4 Free 2 or 3 3 or 4 3 or 4 3 or 4 High Protein Food Plans Calories 1200 1400 1500 1800 Bread 2 3 3 4 Protein 8 9 11 13 Vegetable 3 4 4 4 Fruit 2 3 3 3 Milk 2 2 2 2 Fat 3 3 3 4 Free 2 or 3 2 or 3 3 or 4 3 or 4   The Following information may be helpful in creating your own customized food plan. Bread Group:  80 calories, 15g carbohydrate and 3g protein Vegetable Group:  25 calories, 5g carbohydrate and 2g protein Fruit Group:  60 calories and 15g carbohydrate. Protein:  55 calories, 7g protein and 3g fat. Milk:  90 calories, 12g carbohydrate, 8g protein and less than 3g fat. Fat:  45 calories and 5g fat Free: Less than 20 calories and less than 5g carbohydrate Other Carbohydrate:  80 calories, 15g carbohydrate and 3g protein.  This category is used to replace a bread exchange. My Custom Food Plans Calories 1000 1370 Bread 2 4 Protein 4 6 Vegetable 4 or more 4 or more Fruit 2 3 Milk 2 2 Fat 2 4 Free 2 or 3 3 or 4 After looking over the available plans and assessing my priorities I designed the above plans for myself. The 1370 calorie plan is for the beginning of the program. As my weight drops, the 1000 calorie plan allows for help during plateaus and makes it possible to take off those last few pounds. [Home]  [GFCF Recipes]  [Frugal Weight-Loss]  [Food Storage]  [Christian Womanhood]  [Archives]  [Links]   [Contact Maggie]  [Maggie's Blog]  [Old Fashioned Education]  [Prairie Homemaker] GFCF = Gluten Free & Casein Free The Christian Counter © FrugalAbundance 2007-2008  :-)  And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.  Use hospitality one to another without grudging.  As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.--1 Peter 4:8-10