Golo Smart Card Pdf (2024)

FAQs

What is the Smart Card in GOLO? ›

If you don't know how to get started on your weight loss journey, GOLO provides you with a solid plan for creating healthy, balanced meals thanks to our GOLO for Life Smart Card. The Smart Card provides you with the basics on how to create simple, balanced meals using all four food groups.

When following the GOLO for Life® Plan, everyone starts with the same base meal structure as laid out on the Smart Card™ that comes with your first order. Each meal should contain: 2 protein servings, 1 carbohydrate serving, 2 vegetable* servings, and 1 fat serving.

GOLO diet foods: What you'll eat on the plan

Carbohydrates: whole-wheat bread, whole-wheat pasta, steel-cut oats, brown rice. Dairy: whole milk, cottage cheese, Greek yogurt. Protein: eggs, lean meat, fish, tofu.

Add your Bonus Serving to any of your daily meals throughout the day or as a snack. GOLO doesn't typically recommend snacking or grazing, but you can use your Bonus Serving as a snack if you are going more than 5-6 hours between meals.

The GOLO Diet can be expensive, confusing, and difficult to follow. Additionally, given the lack of research available, it's unclear whether it has any additional benefits over regular diet and exercise.

The GOLO lawsuit was filed in 2021 and involves allegations of false and misleading advertising by GOLO, LLC, a Delaware-based company. Lead plaintiff Vincenzza Bubak filed a nationwide class action lawsuit alleging the company made false and misleading statements in connection with Release, a dietary supplement.

When you order your pizza, stick to one slice and ensure it has plenty of vegetables. Avoid toppings like ham, bacon, and sausage, and opt for a whole wheat or even cauliflower crust when possible. GOLO is not intended to diagnose, treat, prevent or cure any illness or disease.

Can you eat bacon on GOLO? ›

And while the list of foods to avoid completely is quite short, the diet does provide a much longer list of foods that should be severely limited on a daily basis, including ice cream, crackers, deli meat, bacon, beer, wine and condiments.

Simply put, when your insulin isn't doing its job of distributing energy to your cells, the sugar stays in your blood and your body stores the extra as fat. The idea behind GOLO is that it'll get your insulin and blood sugar levels where they belong, thus helping you use energy efficiently.

SmartCarbs include items like brown rice, whole wheat pasta, beans, fruit and starchy vegetables like potatoes. They are a group of carbohydrates that measure low to medium on the Glycemic Index. The Glycemic Index is a rating system that tells you how quickly a food affects your blood sugar levels after eating it.

Plateaus can also happen if you aren't following your program closely, are not exercising enough, are experiencing an increased amount of stress, or aren't getting an adequate amount of sleep.

Some users of Golo have reported physical side effects, including gastrointestinal discomfort, nausea, and diarrhea. These side effects are typically mild and go away on their own.