“Rarely have I found a plan
      so sound yet so simple.”
          —Cindy Moore, The Plain Dealer,
             www.cleveland.com

The Daily Meal Plans

ou will find three weeks of suggested daily food plans based nutritionally on the USDA 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans combined with key points from healthy traditional diets such as the Mediterranean Diet. Lastly, at the end of the book you will take a tour through California’s various wine growing regions and discover sumptuous recipes and wine pairing suggestions from many of our finest chefs.

By taking pleasure in foods that you truly love, moderation will no longer be a struggle. By moving away from denial and giving your self permission to enjoy food, satisfaction will replace guilty overeating. The California Wine Country Diet’s goal is to help you reach and maintain a healthy weight in the context of an enjoyable life.

So now take a look at a typical day on the California Wine Country Diet. You will be taught how to calculate which calorie plan is best for you: Plan A 1200 calories, Plan B 1600 calories, and Plan C 2000 calories. If family members are on different plans, food preparation is easy since all three plans are listed on the same page. After each food item you will note the equivalent nutritional exchange. Using this information enables you to make substitutions of items or whole meals and still meet your daily nutritional goals. At the bottom of the page you will note the Pleasure Foods category which is where you can choose any food or beverage you wish within your plan’s calorie limit.