I don't use a "food" plan per se...just try to make healthy choices while grocery shopping. I've never tried or would even consider "diet plans" of any kind either. It would be interesting to see what others do as a "food" plan.

My food plan is to be low carb, gluten free (no wheat, rice (brown included), soy, corn) & low salt & lower salt product's. I'm trying to heal my guts so I try to eat foods that don't cause inflammation to my intestine's. I've come to understand that I have digestive issues & by this being a consequences to what I'm eating I have high blod pressure. My meal plan consist mostly of low sodium meats/protein (organic & grass fed/free roaming non grain fed, when I can afford it), cooked or raw veggies, full fat dairy & low carb forming fruit. I also am new to learning to use alternative flours for baked goods like coconut & almond flours. I am learning to incorporate healthy fats such as (organic) first pressed olive oil, coconut oils for sauteeing, grass fred butter or ghee when I can afford it. I also use So Delicious brand coconut milk products (mainly unsweetend) & unsweetend almond milk. For supplement's I take Alive multi-vitamin & Inner-Eco coconut water probiotic & Aloe Vera 80 detoxifying formula aloe juice. For sweetners I like NuNaturals brand liquid Stevia & coconut crystals like Madahva brand. Truvia is ok but I use it sparingly depending on the recipe. I like Jay Robbs egg white protein powder because they use stevia & (organic & grass fed/free roaming non grain fed eggs/whey). I plan to add fermented cod liver oil & organic grass fed butter oil as another source of a supplement. All of this is to improve the way my digestive system works. I try to work out 3-5 days a week 30-120 min per day depending on my schedule. I'm still a work in progress but want to make this a 100% of my lifestyle. I am also a chocoholic & occasionally will have a glass of wine. Other than water I've found stevia/erythritol (like Truvia) sweetend beverages such as Zevia & R.W. Knudsen zero calorie spritzer's. All of this is to improve the way my digestive system works which in turn will help me with my weight loss goals.

I like this thread!

I did add "potassium" on my food tracker because I have been diagnosed with hypertension and that is an important mineral to help lower or keep it in a normal range. Through exercise (loss a lot of weight...203 to 165) the doctor lowered my already low does med to 1/2 tab daily or nothing at all back during my wellness woman checkup in October 2012. I monitor it at home and it is "normal". I sooo come up short daily with potassium, tho.

For those that have hypertension, what foods do you use to help increase potassium?

I like MFP because it helps one monitor so many aspects of our food intake.