Monday planning thread
 

Okay, just got back from the grocery store, so I'm ready to plan for Monday.

B - 2 pieces of whole grain toast, natural peanut butter

S - organic fat free plain yogurt, peach

L - salmon salad (canned salmon, a little low fat mayo, pickles, onions), whole wheat pita, tomato, spinach leaves

S - cherries

S - organic low fat string cheese, 1/4 cup almond/dried cranberry mix

S - cut up veggies - grape tomatoes, baby carrots, edamame, red pepper strips

D - home made pasta sauce (tomatoes, basil, sun dried tomato, red cooking wine, olive oil), 4 chicken/turkey/sun dried tomato meatballs, served over polenta

30 minutes run

Brekky
puffed wheat with raspberries and soya milk light

Snack
apple, avocado, strawberries and cottage cheese

gym - back and bis

Lunch
chicken stir fry with brown rice

Snack
quorn sausages with cucumber and carrots

Snack
quorn sausages with cucumber and carrots

Kickboxing

Dinner
salmon with stringy beans :T

B - 1/2 cup milk + 1 banana (milkshake)

L - sandwich, 2 slices whole wheat bread and roasted veggies

S - 1 serving spaghetti, no meat sauce, added veggies

D - 1/4 cup rice and curries.

Here I am again! Fell completely off the wagon last week, no gym, ate like crap, lost half a lb. I'm not ever going to understand my body. Anyway!

Breakfast - steel cut oats w/1% milk, 1/2 cup blueberries, 1/2 cup walnuts

Snack - 2% milk cheddar cheese stick, 6 triscuits

Lunch - broccoli and lima bean soup, peach

Snack - peanut butter and honey muffin I made yesterday

Dinner - baked salmon, broccoli, oven fried sweet potatoes

Water - 2 liters+

Exercise - 45 mins on elliptical this morning before work

B-Toast, eggs whites, Canadain Bacon...

S-100cal snack, Pairs

L-Soup, Triscuits, Pairs...

s- snacks bits

Workouts

40mins core

40mins walking

No loss for me!!! I am still trying to get this right.

Monday Planning:

B - Cereal w LF Milk
S - Orange
L - Tomato Soup with LF Milk, Grilled LF Cheese on WW Bread
S - Banana
D - Spaghetti (gotta eat my leftovers I am broke as a joke)

WO: Stretching and my yoga/pilates DVD. Really sore from yesterday so need to take it a little easy.

This weekend was my birthday - didn't count calories but back on it today!

S- beef jerkey
B- strawberries; chips ahoy thinsations; coffee with vanilla toffee carmel cream
L- whole wheat hamburger bun with a bit of hot sauce some low fat hot dogs and a tiny bit of low fat cheese; cottage cheese
S- green grapes
D- not even the slightest idea

Didn't exercise this morning, far too tired for camping. Got it lots of swimming and walking down the river (ouchies) yesterday. So I slept in (a bit).

Revision to today's plan: the broccoli and lima bean soup I had planned for lunch was vile :barf: . I managed to force half of it down and got a baked chicken breast without skin from the store for the rest of my lunch. The plus side is, the extra protein from the chicken has filled me up good.

Not sure what I'll be doing for lunch the rest of the week though, that soup is going in the bin soon as I get home :lol:.

Sorry, I had to laugh - I can't imagine broccoli and LIMA BEAN soup being good! That sucks though that your lunch option isn't going to work for the week!! Good work getting the healthy chicken breast and not going for a less healthy, easier option! Flexibility when things go offplan is so important :)

yah me either, that just sounds soooo gross. I havent have lima beans in ages, but when I was little I remember hating them so much I swolled them whole.

You know, the recipe in the book just sounded so yummy! I love broccoli and lima beans and wasn't at all worried about how they would taste together. The problem, I believe, lay in the broth. The recipe called for 2 tbls of soy sauce in 4 liters of chicken broth with some seasoning and that was about it for the soup base. My god, I've not tasted anything that awful in a long time :lol:. Still, got to try new things!

I've got backup for the rest of the week: tuna salad. My pepper plants in the garden went nuts this week and I got 5 big green bell peppers off them and I've got a bag of romaine that I didn't use this weekend in the fridge.

Ugh, broccoli and lima beans, never again!

Live and learn...lol

Hi guys,
Glory directed me here because I'm a silly bear and posted for last week's monday. Do you guys eat the same thing every day all week???

Hi Holyteror! Nope, we eat all kinds of good things. In fact we look at each others foods for inspiration.
Usually someone starts the next days thread in the evening before or early that day. Is there a Tuesday thread yet?

Well, I can't speak for everyone, but I tend to eat a lot of the same food because I live alone and it's hard to make single portions. If I buy a loaf of bread, I'll probably eat a lot of toast since I don't want it to go bad. For example, this week, I bought a big bag of cherries, so I'm going to eat cherries every day until they're gone. I made pasta sauce on Monday night, I'll have it for 2 nights and then freeze the rest. I made salmon salad on Monday, I'll have it for 2 days, etc etc. I do tend to eat a lot of the same stuff in a week!

Lots of my days are similar, like glory said - if I buy some fruit I eat it everyday till its gone. I don't usually have a lot of left overs, my boyfriend and I usually cook just enough but if I buy some sandwitch meat or smoked salmon or something, it usually takes me a few days to finish it up.

as much as i try I still have a hard time cooking for 2. been married 7 years. so used to cooking for more than that. Hubby's not always home due to his job....i get bored on meals after a days worth of them....love soups and meatloaf but dang, more than 3 servings of beef stew or homemade chicken soup and i'm done! What I should do, when i fix yummy stuff, is to freeze half of it right away, in portion sizes. I started doing that with my salad dressings...portioned them out into little sauce cups from smart n final. works out ok but i get tired of what i've got. I need to go ahead and do it to the rest of my dressings, and mark the calories on the top.

if it weren't so hot i'd make soup or stew. Right now the devil's at the door asking to be let in cuz it's too hot outside LOLOL

When we buy our meat, like a big thing of chicken, my bf takes it apart and puts two in a zip lock bag and we just freeze that. And its all stacked in the frezers and ready to go. We buy big packs of ground beef and cup it up into 4 smaller ones. We do eat a lot of processed foods as well, so lots of it is just the right amount for us.