Daily Menus - Week of 4/23

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  • Ahh, bright and early on a new week...don't we all just LOVE Monday mornings?

    I have been on a mini vacation the past few days--spent Wednesday night through Friday night at my sister's in Va Beach, then had a birthday celebration for my fiance and his cousin at Dave and Buster's on Saturday, then has a PartyLite party to attend yesterday, plus our air conditioning broke, and even with 3 fans going, it was freakishly hot in our apartment, so we extended Jeff's birthday celebration to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner last night. So now, back down to business...

    As I sit here trying to keep my eyes propped open, I'm thinking here's my plan for the day:
    • pbj sandwich (natural peanut butter, strawberry spread, and whole-grain sugar-free bread)
    • glass of skim milk
    • orange and/or tangerine (someone at work gave me a tangerine on Wednesday--I'll have it if it's still good)
    • Cheesecake Factory leftovers
    • turkey burgers w/bacon and Swiss on wheat buns
    • 100-calorie ice cream bar
    Right now, all I want to do is go back to bed, but I will try to at least get in a quick walk at lunchtime or something. I need to get my butt up and moving again.
  • Day starting out good
    I have as always started my day out well, and am planning for success for the rest of day.

    Food plan for today
    * Protein shake(chocolate) before gym
    * hard boiled egg, oatmeal with br. sugar
    * turkey touredo(basically turkey with bacon wrapped around it),and green salad/ with balsalmic dressing
    * granny smith apple with peanut butter
    * roast beef with cooked veggie, maybe some brown rice
    * maybe an almonds and orange or fruit before 7pm.
    Did only a partial workout(cardio only) and hope to get back to gym later fro LBW.
    Have a great day!
  • B - Organic Buck wheat cereal, lactose free milk, flax seeds, raisins
    L - Thai veggie soup. One piece of bread with butter
    D - Spelt spaghetti, locally produced sausage. Zucchini and cucumber. Ketchup.

    I have a hard time getting in my fruit everyday, I have to work on that.
  • Monday

    B - 2 Kashi waffles, 1 with natural peanut butter, 1 with cherry butter

    S - 1/2 package of strawberries

    L - comfort food - grilled cheese/tomato sandwich on whole grain and 8 oz tomato soup

    S - tangelo

    S - cut up veggies

    D - stir fry - ginger, onions, garlic, carrots, sh.itake mushrooms, orange peppers, broccoli, spinach with black bean sauce, over brown rice
  • Glory - have to tell you I made that leek/chickpea/spinach soup on Sat and it was soooo good! I used fresh spinach, and while I put in a leek, I think an onion would do just as well. We had it for dinner Sat night, and I had it for lunch today, and will for a couple other days this week. I let it cook for several hours so it's almost stew thickness. Oh ya, had a few left over green beans, so they went in too.

    B: oatmeal w/1% milk, .5 oz raisins, 1 oz walnuts, ww toast
    S: scone - whoops....
    L: Glory's soup, 1/2 turkey wrap (ww tortilla), small apple
    S: Cottage cheese w/raspberries
    D: salmon patty, brown rice, veggie
  • Breakfast~ 2 ww sourdough pancakes (leftover from weekend), 1T maple syrup (maybe not so good, but yummy), 1/2 cup low-fat plain yogurt, & 1 sm mandarin orange
    Lunch~ 2 black bean enchiladas (made with ww tortillas and homemade sauce)
    Snack~ Dark chocolate (TOM coming...)
    Dinner~ The plan is lentil-barley stew, but I'm so tired today so I'm not sure (it takes 90 mins to make)

    I'm looking at this thinking, "wow I'm eating bad today." Yikes! I'll make sure I do better tomorrow.
  • Breakfast~ Uncle Sam cereal with blueberries and soymilk
    Snack~ ww tortilla with pb and banana
    Lunch~ Smoke salmon sandwhich on whole rye bread with avocado and sprouts, plus 2 small mandarin oranges
    Snack~ Apple and light cheddar cheese
    Dinner~ Lentil-Barley Stew and low-fat coleslaw (I didn't make the stew last night, but I'm going to make it tonight regardless of how tired I am!)
  • Well, we ended up hitting Dairy Queen last night, but other than that, it was a good day for me. Today's plan:
    • pbj sandwich
    • glass of skim milk
    • oatmeal
    • burrito bowl
    • chicken breast tenderloins in honey dijon marinade w/bacon and Swiss cheese, served over rice (or maybe on wheat buns as sandwiches...we shall see)
    • brownies (I baked a pan of brownies for the office and have been pretty good so far--only had 2. I made sure to put them FAR from my desk since last time I kept a treat at my desk for everyone, I ended up eating half, if not more )
  • Tuesday

    B - 2 Kashi waffles, 1 with apriocot jam, 1 with cherry butter

    S - 1/2 package of strawberries, 1 low fat string cheese

    L - big salad - dark greens, turkey, dried cranberries, walnuts, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, beets, red pepper strips, whatever else looks good on the salad bar, low fat ginger vinaigrette dressing

    S - tangelo

    S - tall non fat sugar free latte

    S - cut up veggies

    D - stir fry - ginger, onions, garlic, carrots, sh.itake mushrooms, orange peppers, broccoli, spinach, tomato with black bean sauce, over brown rice

    Hey WaterRat, glad you liked the soup! it is definitely one of my favorites
  • B - 1/2 cup Kashi Go lean mixed with 1/2 cup Fiber one and 1/2 cup skim milk
    S- baby carrots and some grapes
    L - 3 cups cooked cauliflower and 1 Morning Star Farms Chick Pattie
    S- sliced apple sprinkled with cinnamon
    D - Spaghetti squash with sauteed onions, red pepper, portabello mushrooms and some marinara sauce.
    S - if need be and lately it IS needed - 60 calorie fat free/sugar free ice cream. I just found these and they're pretty good.
  • RR - I just watch your ticker with amazement, down to 165 already. I still want to see pics!!!!
  • Breakfast~ 3/4c Uncle Sam Cereal, 1 cup sliced strawberries, 1/2c soy milk
    Snack~ 1c sugar snap peas & 3/4oz of light cheddar
    Lunch~ leftover Lentil-Barley stew
    Snack~ large banana
    Dinner~ TBD
  • Wednesday

    B - 2 Kashi waffles, 1 with natural peanut butter, 1 with cherry butter

    S - package of blackberries

    L - *edit* I was going to get a salad but everything on the bar looked blah blah blah. I ended up getting a cup of lentil soup and half a turkey sandwich on whole grain with spicy mustard, lettuce, tomato and onion

    S - tangelo

    S - tall non fat sugar free latte

    S - cut up veggies

    D - the last of the stir fry - ginger, onions, garlic, carrots, sh.itake mushrooms, orange peppers, broccoli, spinach, tomato with black bean sauce, over brown rice
  • Wednesday
    B-1egg, 1pc ww toast, 2 slices turkey ham
    S-banana, tea
    L-refried beans, sprinkle of cheese, salsa, 1 corn tortilla
    S-yogurt, strawberries, sprinkle of Kashi 'grapenuts'
    D-ww pasta e/ peas, carrots, onion, garlic and sparing parm cheese
    S-baked apple
  • Oh, golly, can I keep it together today. It's been a hard week so far.

    B: 1.5 scrambled eggs (3 total - split with DH) with asparagus; 1/2 ww eng muffin, lf cream cheese

    S: ff latte

    L: large spinach salad (tomato, avocado, black beans, ff dressing) apple

    S: cottage cheese with raspberries

    D: Out with GFs to Mexican - chicken enchilada salad