A Balanced Plate

Last week in Chair Yoga, somehow we got on the subject of balanced meals.  We were trying to remember the current design that depicts the balanced meal.  So I have displayed it here.  We have gone from pyramid to steps to a plate.  The plate makes a lot of sense.  However I do not see chocolate listed on the plate!! It is interesting that fruits and vegies take up half the plate!  Let me know what you think!
The myplate.gov website has a "Super Tracker" which is a personalized interactive program to help us eat.  You can set goals for weight or exercise or eating.  The program gives you guidelines and gives you a place to enter your information so you can watch as you move toward your goals.  I have started entering my info.  When I entered my weight goal, the program gave me a calorie limit of 2000.  It also set up a display of how much of each food group I should be consuming.
Tracker: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/supertracker-tools/supertracker.html
Give it a try!
The website also has handouts that can be printed for yourself or to distribute to others.
Connection to good handouts: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/healthy-eating-tips/ten-tips.html

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