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Use
the IAFF Menu Planner
for Your Fire Station
Meals
The IAFF Fit to Survive
Menu Planner
continues to be updated
and features simple,
healthy meals that you
can prepare on the job.
The menu planner also
helps you plan ahead for
each day, week and
month, and includes
recipes with complete
nutrition information.
Each day's meals add up
to approximately 2,200
calories.
Additionally, a “Portion
Distortion” feature
helps you control
portions and avoid
unnecessary calories.
In addition to the Menu
Planner, the Fit to
Survive web site offers
expert advice and
practical information on
staying fit and healthy,
with special emphasis on
how to follow a healthy
diet to help reduce the
risk of heart disease
and other chronic
diseases.
Kevin Rose,
Engineer/Paramedic from
Marin County, CA Fire
Department and member of Local 1775,
uses the menu planner
both at the station and
at home. He
explains, “For fire
fighters, heart disease
is our-number one
killer. This menu
planner provides a way
to eat wholesome,
delicious meals on and
off the job.”
At the station it can be
somewhat of a challenge
to find something to eat
that will please
everyone.
“We have six people
trying to agree on one
thing to eat,” explains
Rose. “We have to
consider likes and
dislikes, food allergies
and the ‘I just had that
last night at home’
issues. It’s very
difficult to prepare a
meal we will all eat.
That is why we use the
Fit to Survive Menu
Planner.”
The Menu Planner has
also helped Rose and the
fire fighters on the
same shift to choose
easy to prepare,
nutritious meals that
they can all eat.
“Before you know it, our
meals are planned for
the day,” continues
Rose. “The food
tastes great and the
directions are so easy
that even the rookies
can follow them,” Rose
quips.
Rose’s family has
benefited from the Menu
Planner as well.
“Because the Menu
Planner is online and
available at home, it
helps my family plan our
weekly shopping list.
We don't follow it day
to day, but it does help
stir up ideas for what
to eat that the whole
family can enjoy," he
says. “The kids
especially like the ice
cream nights.”
Rose encourages other
IAFF members to use the
Menu Planner. “The
next time you are stuck
trying to decide what to
eat, go to the Menu
Planner. It helps
our shift and it could
help plan your next
healthy meal.”
He adds, “The best part
is that it gives you the
portion sizes to eat
while supplying you with
a 2,000+ calorie a day
meal plan.”
The Menu Planner is
available on the Fit to
Survive web site at
www.iaff.org/HS/FTS/ftsdefault.asp.
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