Michi's Ladder Diet Plan
If you are familiar with Tony Horton's Power
90 In-home Bootcamp, P90X
Extreme Home Fitness, and his other at home workout plans,
then you are probably familiar with the diet plan Michi's Ladder.
Aside from Horton's workout plans, Michi's Ladder provides a simply way
to assess and readjust your diet plan for anyone looking for a positive
change in their eating habits.
The diet plan works very simply. Michi's Ladder is composed of five
different tiers of food and food types. The idea is to receive the
majority of your foods from the top tiers, Tier 1, Tier 2, and even
Tier 3 of the plan. As you can imagine, Tier 5 is composed of the
worst foods you can have while on any diet plan, including hamburgers,
fries, pizza - you get the idea.
There is no set serving amount
or specific timeline, Michi's Ladder is designed to give you a better
assessment of food and which foods would be more nutritious for you.
To
start with the diet plan, click
here for a copy. If you can, print out a copy of the diet
plan for own reference. It will be handy when you go grocery shopping
and a copy tacked onto the front of your fridge may help you to become
familiar with the different tiers.
Now you should assess your
current diet. Which Tiers do most of your foods fall into? Are you
gaining most of your foods from Tier 5? Or Tier 4? Be honest with
yourself because that's the only way you are going to be able to use
the diet plan as a way to nourish your body in a positive manner.
Once
you determine which tier most of your foods come from, it is time to
climb Michi's Ladder. Look at tiers above yours and figure out if
there are suitable substitutes for foods that are found in your tier.
For instance, if you find that you eat a lot of hot dogs (Tier 5),
consider switching over to turkey hot dogs (Tier 4). Or if you find
that you enjoy a lot of ice cream (Tier 5) how about switching to
non-fat frozen yogurt (Tier 3)? The point of climbing the ladder of
the diet plan is that you are finding better ways to nourish your body
by aiming to move up in the tiers.
There are a lot of little
items in the tiers that can be easily substituted for better health.
For instance, you can begin using olive oil instead of butter for
cooking. Or switching to hummus as a veggie dip instead of ranch
dressing. These changes may seem minor, but in the long run even the
little changes will be better for your health.
Again, there is
not portion size or timeline for this diet plan. You can quickly climb
up in tiers or you can move gradually over time. It works to give you
the tools to find which foods you should be eating and which foods you
should steer clear of.
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