{"id":296,"date":"2024-02-18T12:19:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T18:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personaltrainerfoodblog.com\/?p=296"},"modified":"2026-02-02T22:53:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T04:53:36","slug":"personal-trainer-food-lifestyle-presidents-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/personal-trainer-food-lifestyle-presidents-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Favorite President PTF-Approved?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We all have our favorite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Personal Trainer Food<\/a> meals. &nbsp;What&#8217;s yours?<\/p>\n<p>A quick poll here at Personal Trainer Food Headquarters revealed this: our Accounting Department loves the Angus Burger with Green Beans, Sales likes the Mesquite Grilled Chicken Breast with Broccoli, Weight Loss Coaches give a thumbs-up to the Monterrey Jack Chicken Sticks with Bermuda Blend Veggies &#8230;and our hard-working warehouse crew likes pretty much everything.<\/p>\n<p>Since it&#8217;s President&#8217;s Day, and we were curious to know what each of our President&#8217;s favorite foods have been over the years. Furthermore, which of those would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Personal Trainer Food<\/a>&nbsp;approved?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/your-plan.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5694 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/shutterstock_291062444.jpg?resize=1000%2C210&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Did Presidents Washington, Lincoln, Grant, Hamilton, Franklin, Jackson, and Jefferson eat healthy?\" width=\"1000\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/shutterstock_291062444.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/shutterstock_291062444.jpg?resize=300%2C63&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/shutterstock_291062444.jpg?resize=768%2C161&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out the list below to see if our Presidents ate on-plan!<\/p>\n<p>\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;George Washington&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Cherries<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;John Adams&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..Apple Pan dowdy<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Thomas Jefferson&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Olives<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;James Madison&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Soft gingerbread<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;James Monroe&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..Spoonbread<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;John Quincy Adams&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Fruit<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Andrew Jackson&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Fried apple pies<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Martin Van Buren&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..Apples<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;William Henry Harrison&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Burgoo (squirrel stew)<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;John Tyler&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..Pudding<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;James Polk&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Tomato Omelette<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Zachary Taylor&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..Calas-Tous-Chauds (little fried Creole cakes)<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Millard Fillmore&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Corn pudding<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Franklin pierce&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..Fried pies<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;James Buchanan&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Bread pudding<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Abraham Lincoln&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..Apples and hot coffee<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Andrew Johnson&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..Popcorn<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Ulysses S. Grant&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..Rice pudding<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Rutherford Hayes&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Cornmeal battercakes<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;James Garfield&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Squirrel soup<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Chester Arthur&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..Salmon<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Grover Cleveland&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Corned beef and cabbage<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Benjamin Harrison&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Corn Soup<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;William McKinley&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..Hot Lobster salad<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Theodore Roosevelt&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Chicken with white gravy<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;William Howard Taft&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Salted almonds<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Woodrow Wilson&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..Strawberry ice cream<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Warren G. Harding&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Knockwurst and sauerkraut<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Calvin Coolidge&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Strawberry a la King Pie<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Herbert Hoover&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..Homemade candy<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Franklin D. Roosevelt&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..Welsh rabbits<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Harry Truman&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Sourghum molasses over cornbread<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Dwight D. Eisenhower&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Rice pudding cooked the British way<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;John F. Kennedy&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Boston clam chowder<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Lyndon B. Johnson&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..Steak<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Richard Nixon&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Cottage cheese<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Gerald Ford&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Golden brown waffles with strawberries and sour cream<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Jimmy Carter&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Grits baked with cheese and also his beloved peanuts<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Ronald Reagan&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Roast beef hash , monkey bread and of course jelly beans<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;George Bush Sr&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Pork rinds<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Bill Clinton&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..Cheeseburgers<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;George W. Bush&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Grilled cheese with Kraft singles and white bread<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Barack Obama&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..Trail Mix: Nuts, Seeds and Raisins<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Personal Trainer Food<\/a> gives two thumbs up to James Polk, Chester Authur, Grover&nbsp;Cleveland, William Howard Taft, Lyndon B. Johnson, Bill Clinton (only without the bun), and Barack Obama (minus the raisins).<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your favorite &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Personal Trainer Food<\/a> Approved&#8221; meal? Let us know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all have our favorite Personal Trainer Food meals. &nbsp;What&#8217;s yours? A quick poll here at Personal Trainer Food Headquarters revealed this: our Accounting Department loves the Angus Burger with Green Beans, Sales likes the Mesquite Grilled Chicken Breast with Broccoli, Weight Loss Coaches give a thumbs-up to the Monterrey Jack Chicken Sticks with Bermuda [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[289,740],"class_list":{"0":"post-296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-healthy-living","7":"tag-healthy-holiday","8":"tag-ptf-family","9":"entry","10":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7cwqv-4M","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21661,"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions\/21661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}