Our menus are simple to follow and designed by EatingWell’s nutrition
staff with a variety of healthy, delicious recipes, an abundance of
whole grains to help you feel full, and healthy amounts of fresh fruits
and low-fat dairy foods to make sure you are meeting your basic needs
for calcium, protein and other essential nutrients while you are
dieting. Our menus come in five calorie levels: 1,200, 1,400, 1,600,
1,800 and 2,000, and are rounded out with healthy snacks to keep your
diet interesting and help you to feel satisfied.
You’re likely to lose weight on any of these plans since shedding
pounds is a matter of consuming fewer calories than you expend and most
women eat more than 1,800 calories a day and most men eat more than
2,000 calories a day.
So, how to choose what level is best for you? One option is to take a
simple approach: If you’re a relatively small person or someone who
doesn’t have much weight to lose, shoot for a lower-calorie goal. (The
lower you go, the faster you lose—but there’s no point in setting up
unrealistic expectations if you can’t meet them.) If you’re a tall
person or someone who is carrying quite a few extra pounds or if you’re a
very active person, you’ll probably do quite well on the higher-calorie
plan. If you’re not sure, start in the middle (for women start at 1,600
calories; for men start at 1,800 calories), and adjust up or down based
on how satisfied you’re feeling—both physically and about how quickly
you’re losing weight.
If you want to calculate your goal more precisely, use the following
equation: Multiply your weight (in pounds) by 12 and subtract 1,000.
Then select the calorie level that’s closest to your answer. This will
help you to lose one to two pounds per week. (Note: If you calculate a
number that’s less than 1,200 calories, follow the 1,200-calorie plan.
Eating less than that, it’s hard to meet your daily nutrition
requirements.)
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