Saturday, September 28, 2013

Clean Eating Meal Planning

I've always been the type to make out a grocery list before heading off to the grocery store. My husband and I would even actually make out a list, Monday-Friday x 2 weeks, of the dinners that we were planning on having during the 2 weeks. We pretty much only planned our dinner meals as we were rarely home together for lunch, and we would never have breakfast together.
  
 Now, I plan everything down to how much water I should be drinking in a day (sounds obsessed to most people, I call it dedicated). I make out a meal plan in which I write down everything from breakfast to the snacks that I have in a day. I helps to keep me on track of my healthy clean eating habits and helps to make life more organized and easier. I may sway from time to time, but it's only in regards to maybe I'll have Monday's dinner on Wednesday, etc.

    Eating clean, in theory, is quite easy to do. You pair a lean protein with a complex carb and voila! a meal/snack, nothing processed, everything from it's natural state. I find it to be very easy in practice as well strangely.

    I have always had a great love for food, but planning meals for lunches at work was always such a nuisance. Plus, I have been for the most part, a serial procrastinator when I came to preparing lunches for the next day. Falling asleep on the couch before I got to bed was a common occurrence. The thoughts of getting up to go to bed seemed a bit out of the question, never mind to get up to make a salad! I spent a good portion of my pay cheques in the past going through the drive through on my lunch break.

    I don't even go to the drive through anymore unless it's for coffee. Planning my meals ahead of time has helped me tremendously in staying on track with my healthy eating goals!

Here is a sample of a week of meal planning:



 
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Meal Plan for: Sept 23-29

Workout
P90X Cardio X
P90X Ab ripper X
P90X Chest and Back
P90X Plyometrics
P90X X Shoulders and Arms
P90X Yoga X
P90X Legs and Back
Breakfast
Whole grain flax wrap with almond butter and banana
Steel cut oatmeal with raspberries and blueberries
 Whole grain flax wrap with almond butter and banana
Steel cut oatmeal with blueberries
Whole grain flax wrap with almond butter and banana
Steel cut  oatmeal with strawberries
Whole grain flax wrap with almond butter and banana
Snack
Apple and light baby bel cheese
 
 
Apple and taste of nature organic snack bar
Apple and light baby bel cheese
Apple and taste of nature organic  snack bar
Apple and light baby bel cheese
Apple and taste of nature organic snack bar
Apple and light baby bel cheese
Lunch
Grilled chicken and peppers on a whole grain flax wrap
 Salad with chicken, lettuce, tomato, peppers, balsamic vinaigrette
Organic veggie burger with lettuce and tomato (no bun)
Sandwich made with Ezekiel bread, chicken, lettuce, tomato, peppers and mustard
Chicken salad with lettuce, tomato, peppers, balsamic vinaigrette
Organic veggie burger with lettuce and tomato (no bun)
Chicken wrap with spinach, tomato and mustard
Snack
Shakeology
 
 
 
 
Shakeology
Shakeology
Shakeology
Shakeology
Shakeology
Shakeology
Dinner
Rotisserie chicken, brown rice, green beans
Fish tacos with corn sprouted tortilla, with peppers, lettuce, tomato
Grilled salmon, steamed broccoli, brown rice
Chicken chili
Chicken stirfry
Chicken fajitas with sprouted corn tortillas, lettuce, tomato, peppers, and side salad
Cauliflower crust pizza with side salad
Snack
Protein bar (post workout)
Protein bar (post workout)
Protein bar (post workout)
Protein bar (post workout)
Protein bar (post workout)
Protein bar (post workout)
Protein bar (post workout)

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