The 45-day Slim-down is an important partner to a fitness training regimen and is designed to help you lose unwanted pounds while still enjoying many of the foods you are already consuming.

Menu of food choices for Maximum Fat-burn
[Note: all calorie values are approximate]

Select any foods from the following menu totaling approximately 1,200 calories per diet-day.

Dairy

• Milk, 1% Lowfat, 1 Cup, 158 Calories
• Cottage cheese, 1%, ½ cup, 82 Calories
• Yogurt, plain, 1%, 144 Calories
• Cheese, non-fat, 1 slice, 31 Calories

• Whites, Hard-Boiled, 4, 60 Calories
• Yokes, Hard-Boiled, 1, 60 Calories

• Almonds, 24, raw, 164 Calories
• Cashews, raw, 1oz., 163 Calories
• Peanut butter, 1 tablespoon, 95 Calories

• 1 apple, w/skin, 81 Calories
• Raspberries, 1 cup, 60 Calories
• Strawberries, 1 cup, 40 Calories

• Beef, [Round, sirloin, tenderloin], 180 Calories
• Roasted turkey, white meat, 133 Calories
• Chicken breast, no skin, 110 Calories
• Salmon, 184 Calories
• Trout, whitefish, haddock, 120 Calories
• Tuna, albacore in water, 109 Calories
• Canadian bacon, 2 slices, 86 Calories

• Asparagus,50 Calories
• Broccoli, 44 Calories
• Carrots, 70 Calories
• Spinach, chard, lettuce [all], 0 Calories
• Cucumber, celery, radish, 20 Calories

• Water, green/iced tea, coffee 0

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Joe Ranieri is a 30-year veteran of the health and fitness industry, and is owner of Joe Ranieri’s LifeStage Fitness, an individualized fitness and nutrition training facility in suburban Chicago. Joe has helped hundreds of exercise enthusiasts of all ages and ability achieve their fitness goals using his simple, realistic approach to proper nutrition and exercise. Joe can be reached for questions regarding your desire for a healthy lifestyle through his email at joe@lifestagefitness.com.

Understanding that life-changes do not occur overnight, Joe Ranieri provides a real-world approach to making regular exercise and proper nutrition second nature – an easy, sustainable way to gradually, and permanantly, help you help yourself.

• 45 Day Slimdown - Part 1
• 45 Day Slimdown - Part 2
• 45 Day Slimdown - Counting Calories
• Surviving Fad Diets - The "Lose Weight Fast" Scheme
• Get Rid of Excess Fat - Part 1
• Get Rid of Excess Fat - Part 2

• Childhood Obesity - Leading by Example
• Childhood Obesity Step 1- Portion Control
• Eliminating Childhood Obesity - Do's and Don'ts
• Eliminating Childhood Obesity - More Do's and Don'ts

• Manage Holiday Eating - Part 1
• Manage Holiday Eating - Part 2
• Manage Holiday Eating - Part 3