They say that research shows when you plan out your meals in advance and write them down you're more likely to stick to them and in the long haul more likely to be successful at weight loss. So I thought this would be a good thread to get going. Also it could provide others with some new ideas for meals or snacks. What are you eating today?



Breakfast - 2 egg whites w/ 1 slice 2% american cheese and some deli ham on top
Snack - 1 slice whole wheat toast with 1 tablespoon natural peanut butter
Lunch - protein shake
Dinner - big salad made with spring mix greens, shredded broccoli and carrots, onion, green pepper, grape tomatoes, feta cheese, roasted turkey and light greek vinaigrette

B - Orange, Smoothie w/ greek yogurt, berries, almond milk
S - Apple w/ Laughing Cow
L - Leftovers: Grilled chicken breast skewer, butternut squash soup, asparagus
S - WW Tortilla wrap w/ turkey, hummus, Almond milk/SF Chai latte
S - Muscle Milk Lite, Veggies and Hummus
D - Shrimp and veggie spicy ginger stirfry, brown and wild rice
S - NSA Ice Cream Bar

Cream of wheat and banana

crackers

Peanut butter and jelly

peanuts

chicken, coos coos, and green beans


yuuuuuuum

Just out of curiosity, why do people only eat egg whites and not the yolk? Is it because they don't like the yolk? The yolk contains essential fatty acids and are loaded with vitamins that the white doesn't contain. I never understand why people don't eat them as they are jam packed with nutrition.

Lori, when I eat egg whites (and I do, sometimes) it's generally to get the biggest protein bang for my calorie buck because I'm low that day. So egg whites are the best way I know to do that, and the yolks mess with the equation.

I dont know what im going to eat.
Prolly not too much tho . im sick..
plus my friend is mad at me so my tummy is in knots from that too

On the menu for today (1700 calories)

B- whole wheat weight watchers bagel, 2 Laughing cow wedges, medium banana
L- 2 3 oz salmon fillets, 2 cups brussells sprouts, yogurt cup
snack- medium pear, 22 almonds
D- 2 cups organic heirloom grains cereal, 1 cup skim milk, applesauce cup
snack- 1 slice sprouted grains bread, 1 T natural Peanut butter, clementine

I normally have much more protein for dinner BUT it's dance festival week and we need a super quick dinner.

I vote for Mandalinn's day! Yummo!
B- Egg, fried in an extremely well-seasoned iron skillet - no fat reqd, w slice of whole wheat toast, and 8 oz OJ, a very rare treat.
S- Banana
L - Leftover "skinny sirloin stroganoff" w/broccoli and a blood orange
S - Cocoa Cassava bar (filling yet extremely naughty-tasting concoction of dark chocolate and unsweetened coconut)
D - Turkey Rex from Paul Prudhomme's "Fork in the Road" - spicy, peppery stir fry over brown rice, with 4oz of good cabernet.
Expect to bring it in around 1500 cals today.

B- 3/4 cup of yogurt burst cheerios w/ 1% milk & a slice of whole wheat toast with peanut butter
S- Fiber one PB bar
L- Whole Wheat Pita stuffed with chicken strips, spinach and salad mix w/ low fat dressing
S- low fat yogurt & string cheese
D- Grilled Chicken & lots of veggies & pasta in Roasted Garlic Sauce w/ a side of cottage cheese
S- might split a half a serving of this brownie dessert thing with the DH

B- grilled catfish and Kimchi
S- small salad w/ an apple
L- Rotisserie Chicken thigh, green beans and small salad
S- orange and yogurt smoothie
D- Chicken breast cooked in my new George Forman grill I LOVE that thing!
baby peas and homemade tomato and veg. soup
S- 2 Sugar Free popcicles

I have been a planner for almost 5 years now (I changed my life in July 2004). I am a maintainer who has been working to lose 3 lbs to get back to my goal weight.

B - Trader Joe's fat free Greek yogurt with honey, 1/2 16 oz package of strawberries, sliced (about 200 calories)

L - big salad with mixed greens, shredded carrots, a scant handful of orange dried cranberries, about 5 candied walnut halves - crushed, a little bit of Trader Joe's Cranberry walnut gorgonzola vinaigrette (70 calories -I took a measuring spoon in my lunch bag and measured 2 tbs) some red onion, grilled chicken, a few crunchy fried onions (I just love crunch on a salad) I'm going to say 500 calories for everything. This salad is AMAZING, I want to lick the bowl.

S - tangelo (100 calories)

S - string cheese (80 calories)

S - cocoa - (60 calories)

D - curried vegetables (I made a huge pan: 1 sweet potato, red onion, big red pepper, zucchini, brussel sprouts, carrots, broccoli, green beans, 2 cans of tomatoes; it should be enough for 4 days) over brown rice (400 calories).

*edit* After dinner, I had 1/5 of a Dark Chocolate sea salt candy bar, about 90 calories.

Mini Goal by March 31st, 2009


B: 3/4 c lowfat soy milk with 1 1/2 c fiber one cereal
coffee with one tbs hot cocoa mix
Snack: apple
granola bar 180 cal
Lunch: 1 can water tuna with mustard and 1 pickle
4 C lettuce with 1 serving carrots
2 TBS lowfat blue cheese dressing
Dinner: 400 calorie meal

B- vanilla protein powder with ff soy milk, a handful of frozen fruit and psyllium powder

snack- soy cheese and crunchy vegetables

snack-imitation crab meat and crunchy vegetables

supper-chicken breast and salad

evenings are a problem for me ... maybe a bowl of cereal? maybe another piece of that soy cheese with veggies

beverages? water, black coffee and a diet coke

I don't like the flavor of cooked egg yolk. I eat the yolk when I'm having eggs over easy with the yolk runny. Today I was making sort of an omelet and didn't want that cooked yolk flavor tainting it

Breakfast- 1 whole egg, 2 egg whites scrambled with homemade turkey sausage

Snack-1/8 C toasted raw almonds

Lunch-about 4 cups of salad (romaine, green peppers, green onions, carrots...not as big of a variety as I would have liked, but it's what I had on hand) w/2 tsp of lemon chive dressing and a baked chicken leg quarter

Snack-1/8 C toasted raw almonds

Dinner-still debating, but leaning toward an omelette with leftover roasted chicken, green peppers, spinach, green onions, tomatoes, and broccoli, bottle of seltzer water (which I've been wanting all day)

Snack-1/2 C black beans with cumin