If you’re being mindful of your other carbs (sticking to the top of the yellow list) I’d count beans as a red – but keep in mind that you need to really track your progress doing it this way, and you also have to be strict with what you’re eating. Eating pickles as greens and bread as yellow won’t get you the results you want if you’re following a hybrid plan, it takes a lot of testing, recording, and focus!

I’m happy to help when you need it :)

So would I count beans as a red or a yellow? Sorry for the questions. I go back and forth with my eating but would prefer to eat no meat. I like my Greek yogurt for breakfast though and fish and eggs at times so I just wasn’t sure how to follow it with containers

Either list. Whichever one makes the most sense based on what type of food you eat :)

Hi Charlene! I’m sorry about the delay–we have been out of town.

No, I’m sorry that wasn’t super clear. There are two ways that I can write meal plans. The first is to say “if you are in calorie bracket A for the FIX, eat this Monday, eat this Tuesday, etc.” The second way is to say, “These are all recipes that are fit into the FIX plan and have container counts calculated. Use a blank meal planning spreadsheet and pick out the ones that you’d like to eat and fill it in,”

I’ve found that the first way is a lot more work for me, and results in a significant amount of requests to “swap out this meal” and “remove this ingredient from the plan.” Pulling together recipes for you to choose from (the 2nd way) allows you to pick the recipes that you will eat and I have created an editable spreadsheet where you can easily pop them in and make your own plan (that is found in my printable library).

You can find your bracket on this page: https://mycrazygoodlife.com/find-your-bracket/

And I think Sara has gotten you all fixed up with the printables, as well, so please let me know if you need anything else. My email is a better way to contact me for a quicker response :)

Hi Becca: Im not sure how recent or old this post if but thank you for sharing your knowledge on this! Can you expound on your response to Elizabeth please. Are you saying that as opposed to following a calorie bracket (which by the way I would love the link you offered her if possible) that we can just use these recipes by proportionately following the guidelines using the colored portion cups?

OH and do you have printable of the recipes/meal plan?

Sorry Im new to this and am at a wee bit of a loss here. :)

Thank you again.

Charlene

This meal plan is intended to be used with all calorie brackets–you choose which recipes to use and how many servings to eat. I’ve found that my readers use these plans more than the ones that are created for specific calorie brackets. I have several of the calorie bracket plans too, if you’d like I can pull a link for you–which calorie bracket are you in?

Thanks so much!