How the Plan Works

the plan is fairly simple. it consists of a 15/6 ratio.


15 grams of sugar per day

  6 servings of carbs per day


i know 15 grams of sugar seems nearly impossible (especially when one can of coke has nearly quadruple that amount) and i was wondering this myself, but i realized with a few subtle changes this can be quite simple.

and for the carbs:

    0-4 grams = 0 serving
  5-20 grams = 1 serving
21-40 grams = 2 servings
41-60 grams = 3 servings

this allows each food you eat to have a specific value. so, lets look at cereal for example. one recommended is uncle sam which for one serving has 38 carbs and less than 1g of sugar. so the S/C value for this would be 0/2.

you want to try to keep each meal at an S/C value of 5/2.

it seems very limiting until you realize some of your FAVORITE foods are 0/0!! one of my favorites has been an egg omelette with cheese and spinach or my favorite parrano cheese (yummmmy) is 0/0 S/C value!!

so that's the gist of the plan... oh, and a couple VERY important things i just learned today on my day five of the plan that i did not know.

1. aim for 25 grams of fiber per day though i'm sure a little more would be beneficial

2. add together all the carb grams for each meal to count your servings. for example if you have one item that contains 2 carbs and another item that contains 3 carbs you would add these together to equal 5. this would count as 1 serving as opposed to 0 if you count them separately.