2000-Calorie Meal Plan
Plan Description
Seattle Sutton's Healthy Eating (SSHE) 2,000 calorie meal plan offers comprehensive nutrition through 3 balanced meals per day, 7 days a week. Like all of the SSHE plans, the 2,000-calorie meal plan is available on a weekly basis, with a 5-week rotating menu to bring variety to your diet. This meal plan provides a daily average of 2,000 calories, which includes three glasses of skim milk or low fat dairy per day. The plan has been designed and tested with the latest information on nutrition and weight loss in mind. With more than 32 years of success, your only concern with SSHE is finding the right meal plan for your lifestyle and weight loss goals.
Who Uses The 2000 Calorie Plan?
• For customers with larger, taller builds, the SSHE 2,000-calorie plan is suitable for keeping your body properly fueled while facilitating healthy weight loss.
• Customers who are very active can also lose weight with the SSHE 2,000-calorie plan. If you are physically active several times a week or are actively training to meet fitness goals, this meal plan can provide you with a balance of protein, carbohydrates, and essential nutrients to help your body rebuild and recover while shedding excess weight at a reasonable pace.
• If you are moderately active and are interested in maintaining your current weight, the SSHE 2,000-calorie plan will provide a variety of healthy meals to keep you at your ideal size.
• Recovering from an illness or recent hospital stay?
If your body requires rest and recovery, the SSHE 2,000-calorie plan is a great option for healthy weight gain to rebuild lost muscle tone and strengthen bones.
• Customers with congestive heart failure, heart disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, kidney disease, or high blood pressure can also benefit from the SSHE 2,000-calorie plan. An unhealthy, unbalanced diet has been scientifically proven to contribute to many of these chronic conditions.
The 2,000-calorie plan, in combination with a physician approved fitness and medication regimen, can help control blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugars, and electrolyte levels.
Why Choose the 2,000-Calorie Meal Plan?
The SSHE 2,000-calorie meal plan provides delicious, healthy meals by ascribing to the guidelines set forth by the American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association, National Institutes of Health, Center for Disease Control, and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Choosing a freshly prepared, healthy meal plan takes the guessing and prep work out of making smarter choices. SSHE meal plans set you up for success and fuel your body so you can make more active and healthy choices to support a better you.
2,500 Calories
2,500 Calories in Five Meals
• Breakfast. 40/40/20. 2 whole eggs. 1 cup egg whites. 1 cup oats. ...
• Snack. 40/40/20. 2 scoops whey protein isolate. 1 medium apple. 30/20/50. ...
• Lunch. 40/40/20. 6 oz. chicken breast. ...
• Snack. 40/40/20. 1 bag Quest sour cream and cheddar protein chips. 1 scoop whey protein. ...
• Dinner. 40/40/20. 6 oz. steak.
2500 Calorie Meal Plan
This 2500 calorie meal plan is designed to help you build lean muscle while burning excess body fat.
This diet is especially perfect if you’re weight training (which if you’re not doing resistance training, you should be!).
Each meal is packed with high quality protein to promote lean muscle growth and tissue repair
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Who is this Meal Plan For?
I realize there’s no one-size-fits-all diet but for many, this is the perfect meal plan to gain lean muscle and lose excess body fat.
It’s just enough calories for your body to perform at optimal levels but not excessive. Here’s who this meal plan is for:
Enhance body composition
Get lean and defined
Preserve muscle
Cutting phase
2500 Calorie Diet Meals
There are six meals listed below with the macro-nutrient totals at the bottom of this get ripped meal plan (these numbers are approximations). You can use this 2500 calorie meal plan as a guide to create your own diet.
2500 Calorie Meal 1
2 whole eggs
4 eggs whites
Bagel with cream cheese
*optional: 2 Instant Knockout capsules upon waking, 30 minutes prior to this meal
2500 Calorie Meal 2 (protein shake / smoothie)
1.5 scoops of whey protein powder
8 ounces of unsweetened almond milk (or coconut milk)
1 small banana
1/2 serving of blueberries
*optional: 1 Instant Knockout capsule between meals 2 and 3
2500 Calorie Meal 3
6-8 ounces of lean ground beef or turkey
1/2 serving of whole wheat pasta
1 serving of low sodium pasta sauce
1 serving of green veggies or salad
1 small banan
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1/2 serving of blueberries
*optional: 1 Instant Knockout capsule between meals 3 and 4
2500 Calorie Meal 4
1 serving of cottage cheese
1 apple
1 serving of almonds or cashews
2500 Calorie Meal 5
6-8 ounces grilled chicken or fish
1 sweet potato
1 serving of green veggies or salad
2500
Calorie Meal 2 (protein shake / smoothie)
1.5 scoops of whey protein powder
8 ounces of unsweetened almond milk (or coconut milk)
1 teaspoon of all natural peanut butter
Macro-nutrient Totals
Calories: 2,500+
Protein: 226
Carbs: 230
Fat: 71
2500 Calorie Clean Diet Plan
2500 calories may seem excessive for some.
Of course this really depends on your personal fitness goals, and your current level of fitness and body composition. This meal plan is more for someone that wants to burn body fat while preserving hard-earned muscle.
There’s also complex carbohydrates and healthy fats in each meal to boost your metabolism and ignite the fat burning process. The goal is to help your body burn fat throughout the entire day.
The key point is the quality of meals, each being loaded with essential vitamins and nutrients that your body requires.
You need quality sources of food to recover, grow new muscle tissue, and to help boost your metabolism. Simply put, use nutrition to turn your body into a fat-burning machine.
Clean Food for Lean Muscle & Energy
This 2500 calorie diet plan consists of six smaller meals pread throughout the day.
It’s been proven that eating smaller portions of healthy foods several times a day boosts your metabolism and body’s ability to burn more fat.
With this type of diet plan you’ll be using food for energy.
By eating this way you’re also providing your muscles with a constant supply of protein and nutrients to help recover and rebuild muscle tissue.
The more muscle you have, the more fat you will burn. You can adjust this meal plan accordingly as you make progress. 2500 calories won’t cause you to bulk up so don’t worry about that (if that’s a concern).
You should be able to get lean on this 2500 calorie diet plan.
Obviously there are other factors involved such as your current weight, age, body composition, etc. Some require more calories to build lean muscle and lose fat while others may not require as much.
Try this 2500 calorie meal plan to enhance your physique and health.