help me help the boyfriend
 

so the boyfriend has been dropping hints lately about starting a diet. And he keeps looking at my books and asking what he should eat when we go out to dinner. He is about 6'1 and about 260 *im guessing*. He would want to lose somewhere between 30-40lbs. Any ideas on what plan he should be on? I have purple, red and blue do you think any of these would work? He said he would sign up for LAWL the only problem is he works nights so by the time he gets up and ready for work the center is closed. And when he get off work he comes home to sleep and the center isnt open. It just isnt convenient for him but I figure if I have access to a plan that might work for him I can try to help him. I was thinking red might be a good one or does he need one with more food? Right now he doesnt work out at all but he says hes going to start lifting weights again. I'll believe that when I see it, he bought the weights 2 months ago and they are still in the package! ;)

I would say to put him on red plus-

4S, 2 1/2P, 4F, 4V, 2D, 1 fat and 2 lites

Good luck!

I agree with Julimarie. Red plus for sure. Don't trust me though, since I put DH on red plus he has gained 6 lbs!

thanks julie!! :)

ha ha thats too funny katie! I will put him on that as soon as I get back from Vacation and I will let you ladies know how it goes!!

katie one last question...you have him on red plus minus the lites correct? and you dont have him sub the lites for anything??

Right, no lites and no subs.

Red plus is the highest the plans go and if you don't do the lites they don't have you sub anything for them. I would suggest having him try it w/o lites but maybe have him start trying different soy protein bars to add if he gets hungry. There's bound to be one he likes that isn't too expensive.

I might have him do that just because he is also quitting smoking right now so he has this huge oral fixation. He always has to have something in his hands or in his mouth. Hopefully this works thanks again ladies for your help!

There is actually 3 red plans, red, red1 and red2. I started on Red 2 with no lites!

how is red 2 different from red 1? I am on red right now bbc of my exercise

Im not sure if I remember the count correctly but I think it was 2 1/2 protien, 5 fruit, 5 veggies, 5 starch and 2 dairy 2 fat

I would have to look it in my old journals the soonest I could get back to you would be Monday. I don't have home access right now.

oh i want to be on red 2 if you get 5 starches!!! I love starches. Thats the one thing I was most excited about when switching from purple to red was the extra starch :)

not a problem. I am leaving on sunday anyways so I wont be back until friday. No rush, he wont even start the plan until sunday or monday (april 2 or 3) thanks again though!!