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BETTER BALANCE Guidelines and Food List

                                                                              

WHO DOES THIS PLAN WORK BEST FOR?


Are you ready to bring your life, and eating, into balance? BETTER BALANCE focuses on helping you learn to control your eating through awareness and not as much weighing and measuring. This is a great choice for someone wanting to prioritize healthy eating and focus on fresh, whole food options. 


Create your meals from a list of over 200+ healthy food items without needing to weigh, measure or track. It is important to note, that whether a food is marked as [0] BITES or not - they are not zero calories. This program helps you to eat more mindfully, to learn to recognize when you’re full, to better understand the portion sizes you should be having and to break the patterns of mindless eating. The key here is to eat only until you are satisfied, not stuffed and make healthier choices.

                   

Followed as intended, this plan can be significantly helpful for:


● Breaking the cycle of mindless binge eating
● Controlling sugar cravings
● Managing Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, Thyroid Issues, PCOS etc




HOW DOES THE PLAN WORK?


Each day you have a range of BITES to use. You have DAILY BITES calculated from your individual profile taking into account your age, gender, height, weight and activity levels. You also have access to a bank of WEEKLY BITES and can earn extra ACTIVITY BITES should you need them. This is in addition to the items on the [0] BITE Food List that you do not need to track but certainly can if you want to follow Calories or your Macros (Protein/Fat/Carbs). Tracking Secondary Metrics is one of the great PRO features available to members. To help you make better meal choices - lean protein and healthy produce choices have lower BITES scores and sugary or fast foods have higher ones. Think of it as a “throttle”. You can still have those items, but they will just cost you more, giving you a chance to stop and consider if it is something you really want.

                   

This plan's calculations focus on:      

  • Calories
  • Sat Fat
  • Sugar
  • Protein


With BETTER BALANCE, you have a moderate number of DAILY & WEEKLY BITES in comparison to other Healthi weight loss programs. The minimum range is 23 DAILY + 14 WEEKLY. Both daily and weekly BITES decrease as you lose weight.

                   

ZERO BITE FOODS    

All foods, as shown on the list, are [0] BITES. While all foods still contain calories, these healthy choices do not need to be counted as long as they do not contain any ADDED SUGAR or OILS on the label. Use these as the base for your meals and then utilize your daily BITES to round your meals out.

                   

CARRY OVER BITES

This is the ability to save up to 4 of your unused daily BITES and have them carry over into your weekly BITES for use later. These reset at the beginning of each new week.

                   

USE YOUR ZERO BITE GUIDE TAB FOR CORRECT VALUES OF ALL TRUE [0] FOODS.

                   


HOW DO I GET THE BEST RESULTS ON THIS PLAN?


1)  [0] BITE FOOD CHOICES - While 0 in BITES, they are not 0 in calories. Serving sizes are not limited with these foods but you do need to learn what a reasonable portion is. Most of us can have trouble with “portion distortion”. Make healthy and fresh whole food options the basis for your meals, aiming to balance your plate with 1⁄2 meal being various non starchy, high fiber vegetables, 1⁄4 meal being whole grains, starchy vegetables or other complex carbohydrates and 1⁄4 meal being a lean protein.                        


2)  LISTEN TO YOUR BODY - EAT ONLY UNTIL SATISFIED - In order to be the most successful on this plan, you need to slow down, tune in to your hunger signals and learn to recognize the difference between mouth hunger (boy, that would taste good) vs actual physical hunger. This plan is based on you learning to eat with more awareness to both your portion sizes and the actual quality of your food choices. Choose less processed sugary items and opt for more fresh whole food options.                        


3)  EAT RESPONSIBLY - You cannot eat 3 full meals of [0] BITE foods, then use all your daily BITES for other items and have great results. If you are eating close to your daily recommended calories in just [0] BITE food meals, eating (or drinking) all your daily BITES as well could potentially double your calorie consumption. This can lead to the scale moving in the wrong direction. Using Calories as a Secondary Metric is a great way to keep an eye on this.

                                   

On Better Balance, it is recommended to use 25-50% of your weekly bites each week. Weeklies are designed to be used to make sure you are meeting your minimum daily calorie requirement (along with the extensive Zero BITES food list on this plan). PRO members can turn on Secondary Metric tracking to see their daily calorie and/or macros intake. 

    

BETTER BALANCE - ZERO BITE FOODS


All foods on this list are [0] BITES - in fresh, frozen or canned (drained) varieties without any ADDED sugars or oils. Naturally occurring sugars as indicated on the nutritional label are fine - they just may not be ADDED to the ingredients list. To find these items listed correctly, search exactly as shown on this list and select the 0 entry from the ZERO BITES TAB results. The items on this list are a true zero BITE food. This means they are 0 BITES in any amount.


Note- all dried fruits are counted. 

  • Apples
  • Applesauce, unsweetened
  • Apricots
  • Arrowroot
  • Artichoke hearts
  • Artichokes
  • Arugula
  • Asparagus


  • Bamboo shoots
  • Banana
  • Beans (all varieties)
  • Beans, canned fat-free refried
  • Beets
  • Berries (all varieties)
  • Broccoli
  • Broccoli rabe
  • Broccoli slaw
  • Broccolini
  • Brussels sprouts


  • Cabbage (all varieties)
  • Calamari
  • Cantaloupe
  • Carrots
  • Cauliflower
  • Caviar
  • Celery
  • Chard (all varieties)
  • Cherries
  • Chicken breast, ground (99% fat-free)
  • Chicken breast or tenderloin (skinless, boneless, with bone)
  • Clementines
  • Coleslaw mix (packaged shredded cabbage and carrots)
  • Collards
  • Corn (baby ears, white, yellow, kernels, on the cob)
  • Cranberries
  • Cucumber


  • Daikon
  • Dates, fresh
  • Dragon fruit


  • Edamame (pods or shelled)
  • Eggs, whole, including yolks
  • Eggplant
  • Egg substitutes
  • Egg whites
  • Endive  
  • Escarole


  • Fennel
  • Figs, fresh
  • Fish (all varieties, including smoked)
  • Fruit cocktail
  • Fruit cup, unsweetened
  • Fruit salad
  • Fruit, unsweetened
  • Garlic
  • Ginger root
  • Grapefruit
  • Grapes
  • Greens (all varieties)
  • Guavas


  • Hearts of palm
  • Honeydew melon


  • Jackfruit
  • Jerk chicken breast
  • Jerusalem artichokes (sunchokes)
  • Jicama  


  • Kiwifruit
  • Kohlrabi
  • Kumquats


  • Leeks
  • Lemon
  • Lemon zest
  • Lentils
  • Lettuce (all varieties)
  • Lime
  • Lime zest
  • Lychees


  • Mangoes
  • Melon balls
  • Mung bean sprouts
  • Mung dal
  • Mushroom caps
  • Mushrooms (all varieties)


  • Nectarines
  • Nori seaweed


  • Okra
  • Onions
  • Oranges (all varieties)


  • Papayas
  • Parsley  
  • Passion fruit
  • Pea shoots
  • Peaches
  • Pears
  • Peas & carrots
  • Peas (all varieties)
  • Peppers (all varieties)
  • Pepperoncini
  • Persimmons
  • Pickles, unsweetened
  • Pico de gallo
  • Pimientos, canned
  • Pineapples
  • Plumcots
  • Plums
  • Pomegranate seeds
  • Pomegranates
  • Pomelo
  • Pumpkin
  • Pumpkin puree, unsweetened
  • Radicchio

  • Radishes

  • Raspberries

  • Rutabagas


  • Salad, mixed greens
  • Salad, three-bean without sugar or oil
  • Salad, tossed without dressing
  • Salsa, fat-free (all varieties)
  • Sashimi (all varieties)
  • Satay chicken without peanut sauce
  • Sauerkraut
  • Scallions
  • Seaweed
  • Shallots
  • Shellfish (all varieties)
  • Spinach
  • Sprouts (all varieties)
  • Squash (all varieties)
  • Starfruit
  • Strawberries
  • Succotash


  • Tangelo
  • Tangerines
  • Taro
  • Tofu (all varieties, including smoked)
  • Tomatillos
  • Tomato puree
  • Tomato sauce
  • Tomatoes (all varieties)
  • Turkey breast, ground (99% fat- free)
  • Turkey breast or tenderloin (skinless, boneless or with bone)
  • Turnips


  • Vegetables, mixed
  • Vegetables, stir fry without sauce


  • Water chestnuts
  • Watercress
  • Watermelon


  • Yogurt, plain, fat- free, unsweetened (all varieties including Greek and soy)