plan meals in advance

of Doing this until i move house.. on thurs.. then i need to unpack everything. but i’m looking forward to it.

my sis gave birth a few months ago and obviously now is watching her budget – planning meals etc.. and has lost a lot of weight as well.

i am going to take her leads!

Over the last few months I’ve managed to do this for a week or two. My living situation over that period hasn’t allowed me to do it regularly so far, but now that I’m living full time back at my own house I plan to do it every week.

The few times I managed to plan out meals worked out great! It was so much easier, cheaper and more efficient to buy a weeks worth of groceries all at once. I could come home from work and just start cooking dinner without having to go out for the one or two ingredients I was missing. Such a time saver, and you can plan to use up ingredients more efficiently as well. I love it! It results in eating more regularly, healthfully and always having easy leftovers for a good lunch.

last night was burger
tonight is chicken stroganoff
chilli dogs
stir fry
meatloaf and mashed potatoes
sloppy joes
fried rice and egg rolls
chowmein
soup and grilled cheese
swiss steaks
roast
tuna helper
chicken and stuffing
potato soup
chicken nacho bake
meatball subs
tacos

and so does my ever expanding waistline thanks to a diet of takeaway foods and rubbish.

I am looking at meals.com right now where they have hundreds and hundreds of meal plans and I’m writing down notes. It’s very inspiring : )

Other good sites? I suppose the weight watchers site is good for recipes and ideas and also for the weight part of things.

Any other suggestions from folks? I guess this very goal and ppl’s entries is fab too, of course :)

Boy is this a necessity

and it has helped me feel more relaxed during the week, particularly because I have lunches ready to go.

All the planning and grocery shopping completed!

So besides the salmon the week will be meatless for me. Trying quite a few new vegetarian stuff I havent tried yet (satay and fake beef strips). Hopefully they will come out good….

M- bowling ally food followed by brocoli at home
T- something quick and easy, maybe a lean cuisine
W- Brussels sprouts, turkey burger, baked potato
Th- happy hour food
F- ?
S- ?
S- ?

But it makes them seem more expensive; like, I only spent $20 for the remainder of the week, but for two meals . . . I suppose my breakfast and lunch stuff was in there, too, so it’s not really that much. But it makes it feel like $10 per meal.

Though it would be nice to be able to plan meals in advance, this goal is currently unattainable due to monetary, organization, and health reasons, all of which are necessary to help plan meals in advance.