Whole Foods Lifestyle - Daily menus - week of 4/16

I know it's Sunday night, but I'm in high gear, so I'll take advantage and start planning for tomorrow now :)

I went through all my custom foods in my Fitday and deleted all items I no longer use on a regular basis. I had things in there from when i first started like spaghetti o's and canned mac n cheese that I wouldn't even dream of eating now :dizzy: I also made a custom meal for my Mexican lunch (as opposed to entering every ingredient separately, as I had been doing for a while). I've decided that for me, that Jillpotle is pretty much the perfect meal. It's a lot of calories (about 600), so I wouldn't necessarily have it every day if I could only have 1200 a day, but for now, it's FANTASTIC! Not only is it super filling and delicious, but it's also got 51g protein and is split up into 20% fat, 36% protein, and 44% carbs, plus 15g fiber! It doesn't get much better than that for me :D

So anyway, I made 10 helpings of Jillpotle today and have them all sorted in the fridge, so no excuses for me of Jeff to not have a healthy lunch this week!

Tomorrow's shaping up as follows:

Kashi granola bar
Kashi instant oatmeal
Lean Cuisine - rosemary chicken
Jillpotle
orange
2 turkey burgers (w/cheese and bacon) on wheat buns
100-calorie ice cream bar (probably won't buy these again since I just noticed they have HFCS)

Hi Jill

Just wondering... what is Jillpotle?

am I slow? never heard of it. :)

Just wondering... what is Jillpotle?
haha, nonono...it's the name for this meal that my boyfriend came up with since it's based on a meal I had at Chipotle (Jill + Chipotle = Jillpotle ;) ). It's brown rice, black beans, chopped chicken breast, fat free shredded cheddar cheese, guacamole (made at home with fresh avocadoes and some added fat free sour cream), choped romaine lettuce, and fresh salsa. It's just easier to write "Jillpotle" in my menus than to write it all out every time :p

Jill,

Thats cute.
I have names for my home cooked foods too.

Do you remember the ground up balony sandwhiches we ate years ago?

my kids call it MONKEY MEAT!
Some real old lady at the grocery store gave us that name. ;)

Last night I broke my week long meatless meals. Part of the problem is I have some frozen prepped meals in the freezer and I need to finish those before I can completely go off meat. I did enjoy my shrimp though :) I also plan to eventually go completely off dairy but for now, I have tons of Whey protein powder so I'm limiting my dairy to that.

So for today -
- Ultimate meal/protein shake
- 3/4 cup of grape tomatoes (from the farmers market, oh so good)
- 1 apple
- Shrimp/artichoke hearts/tomatoes over a bed of mustard greens
- 1 cup of carrot slices
- Broccoli soup

I'm not exactly sure about dinner, I put broccoli soup as tentative but we'll see. I've been less hungry at dinner these days.

B- 1/2 cup Fiber One Cereal mixed with a 1/2 cup Kashi Go Lean Cereal and 1/2 cup skim milk
S- Danon Fit and Lite 60 calorie yogurt with a TBSP Fiber One
L - Cut up chicken breast stir fry with zuchinni, mushrooms, onions, red pepper, broccoli and garlic (my biggest meal of the day today)
S - Baby carrots, cucumber spears and a bit of hummus
D - 1 Morning Star Farms Chick Pattie with 3 cups cooked cauliflower
S - 60 calorie sugar free jello pudding.
Additonal nibbles - some grapes. Hopefully nothing else.

B: eggwhites omelete with spinach
S: banana and almonds
L: porkchop w/ grilled zuchinni, carrots and tomatoes
S: cantaloupe and yogurt
D: blackeyed peas and cornbread

nelie, are you trying to go vegetarian or vegan? I may have missed it somewhere along the line, but I'm just curious as to why you're trying to go meat- and dairy-less.

Jill - I'm just playing with my diet a little. I wanted to see what would happen if I cut out meat and dairy. I've played with this a little over the past couple years. It is more of a thing to see how I would deal with my own diet if I didn't eat meat and/or didn't eat dairy. Its kind of like the opposite of Iron Chef for me. What do you eat/make if meat and dairy isn't an option? :)

Jill, I make a similar Mexican thing, though without the chicken usually. Very good and very filing. :)

B: Cheerios, 1% milk, .5 oz walnuts, 1/2 eng muff, 1 TBSP pb
S: dark chocolate
L: Annie Chun's teryaki bowl -eh, so so prob won't get it again
S: apple
D: ? leftover salmon with some sort of veggie :)

This day has not enough fruits/veggies. . .

Wow, had a bit of a blow out this weekend, so I am going to get it together big time this week!

Tomorrow's plan:

B - 2 Kashi waffles, 1 with natural peanut butter, 1 with strawberry/rhubarb jam

S - mango

L - salad with grilled chicken and whatever else looks good on the salad bar, probably tomatoes, red peppers, carrots, cucumbers, black olives, artichoke hearts

S - tangelo

S - cut up veggies

D - 2 egg omelette with spinach, mushrooms, shallots, garlic and tomatillos. Covered with salsa

I COMPLETELY forgot yesterday while I was planning my menu that it was Jeff's birthday (no, I dodn't forget entirely, just while I was planning in the wee hours of the morning ;) ). So, I stuck to plan all day, but then instead of dinner at home, we went out to one of his favorite restaurants where I had grilled crab cakes and mashed potatoes. I almost ordered an entree salad, but the weather was SO crappy (I cannot BELIEVE the wind!) that I really needed something warm. And, of course, his favorite is ice cream cake, so I got the tiniest one I could get from the Carvel freezer at the grocery store--and actually stuck 25 candles in it :D

And so, I'll be having what I'd originally planned for yesterday today (which makes it easy because I can just copy and paste :p ).

Kashi granola bar
Kashi instant oatmeal
Lean Cuisine - rosemary chicken
Jillpotle
orange
2 turkey burgers (w/cheese and bacon) on wheat buns
100-calorie ice cream bar (probably won't buy these again since I just noticed they have HFCS)

Breakie-
1 fresh egg
1 slice WW bread
spinach
1% milk

snack-
1/4 cup Cheerios

Lunch-
Hummus
carrots
cucumber
2 teenie WW pita
chicken
olives

Dinner-
Salad
teriyaki chicken
rice

Today is the following:

Ultimate meal/protein shake
Apple with some cereal flakes
Broccoli/bean soup
2 pickles
1 cup of carrot sticks
3/4 cup of grape tomatoes
Bean burger patty over a bed of spinach with broccoli (kind of undecided here)
An orange

Speaking of birthdays... my birthday is in a month which also coincides (a few days apart) with our 6 month wedding anniversary. I made reservations yesterday for Morton's just so we have something planned :devil: Although today I was daydreaming about the desserts at Buca... I did give DH a few options and let him choose.

Breakfast~ 3/4c Uncle Sam High Fiber Cereal, 1/2c soymilk, 2T raisins
Snack~ Apple
Lunch~ Leftovers from Cheesecake Factory (1/2 of one of their weight management salads), 1T Sesame-Ginger dressing
Snack~ 1/2 oat bran/flax muffin, 2 small mandarin oranges
Dinner~ Tuna Noodle Casserole (I have a craving~I'm going to use ww noodles and a "faux" condensed soup made with dry milk and flour), roasted broccoli

Wednesday Menu - TBD

Ultimate meal/protein shake
3/4 cup of grape tomatoes
Vegetarian chili with green beans (lunch)
1 cup of carrot sticks
1 apple
Vegetarian chili with green beans (dinner)
1 orange

Wednesday

B - 2 Kashi waffles, 1 with strawberry/rhubarb jam, 1 with natural peanut butter

S - 1/2 package of strawberries

L - salad from salad bar downstairs - dark greens, grilled chicken, whatever else looks good (tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, artichoke hearts, red peppers, onions, mushrooms, beets, dried cranberries), low fat ginger vinaigrette

S - mango

S - tall non fat sugar free latte

S - cut up vegetables (baby carrots, grape tomatoes, sugar snap peas, orange pepper strips)

D - 2 egg omelette - zucchini, spinach, mushrooms, tomatillos, onions, garlic, topped with salsa

Breakfast~ 3/4c Uncle Sam Cereal, 2T raisins, & 1/2c soy milk
Snack~ 2 small blood oranges
Lunch~ Leftover Tuna/Whole Wheat Noodle Casserole
Snack~ 2 rye crisp crackers & .75oz of light cheddar
Dinner~ Whole wheat gnocchi with marinara & zucchini or possibly homemade minestrone (from frozen leftovers.) I haven't decided yet.
Snack~ Dark chocolate (usually approx 100 cals worth)

What is whole wheat gnocchi? I've only had gnocchi made from potatoes! I love gnocchi though, is there a whole wheat version of it somehow?

What is whole wheat gnocchi? I've only had gnocchi made from potatoes! I love gnocchi though, is there a whole wheat version of it somehow?

There is usually flour added to the potatoes (at least in commercial brands and I think one of the recipes I use.) I buy an Italian brand at Trader Joe's that uses whole wheat flour instead of white. They do have potatoes in them too. They're really good and they have more fiber than the other kind.

Breakfast~ Uncle Sam Cereal w/ blueberries & soymilk
Snack~ apple, 2 mandarin oranges, & sugar snap peas (I was hungry)
Lunch~ Homemade Minestrone & ww tortilla
Snack~ plain popcorn (yes, I like it plain)
Dinner~ "Fried" brown rice w/ veggies & tofu, potsticker, & miso soup

B - Organic buck wheat cereal, raisins, lactose free milk
L - Home-made pizza with kidney beans and turkey
S - Fresh pine apple and lime smoothie
D - 8 piece sushi

B - Organic Buck wheat cereal, lactose free milk
L - Potatoe sallad, turkey, kidney beans and lots of cucumber
S - Pro-biotic drink
D - Sallad with shrimps and eggs. Home-made dressing with garlic

Might have a fruitsallad as I haven't had any fruit today and I think I might have eaten not enough calories (I don't calorie count).

Saturday

B - 2 Kashi waffles, 1 with natural peanut butter, 1 with strawberry/rhubarb jam

S - 1/2 package of strawberries

L - salmon salad (low fat mayo, canned salmon, onion, pickle) on a whole wheat pita with sliced heirloom tomatoes.

S - handful of cashews

S - string cheese

S - tangelo

D - salmon with glaze (red wine, honey, lemon, garlic), steamed broccoli, small sweet potato

I absolutely LOVE gnocchi. I used to eat it all the time in my old life, at this great restaurant that served it with a pesto cream sauce. And a huge serving of it at that. I can't even begin to think how many calories of that stuff I have eaten.

B - Organic buck wheat cereal, lactose free milk, raisins, flax seeds

L - Meat, potatoes, parmesan cheese. Sallad with avocado. Tomatoes with organic sunflower seeds and fresh herbs. Bread with cheese, turkey and butter. Vanilla oat milk ice cream with berries (strawberries, blueberries)

D - Smaller portion of what I had for breakfast.

The family lunch today was my main meal today. I knew it would be a lot of food but I think ate pretty good and I didn't eat a lot for dinner later.