Day 132: All About the Meal Planning

So yesterday afternoon I was all pumped to do good things including go to the gym, go to t-mobile, go to Kroger, go to Plato’s Closet and plan meals/cook several… I was 3 for 5 – skipped out on the gym and Plato’s Closet. Sigh. I just couldn’t find the motivation to drag my but to a treadmill! I finally got out of bed at 4:30 (not kidding!) – I was just doing house stuff and watching bad TV. I made myself plan the meals and a grocery list and we set off for Kroger/Publix/Trader Joe’s (turned into 3 trips) and T-mobile. When I got home I did well with the Meal Plan:

• I made 2 servings of Greek Feta Chicken for Monday’s lunch
• I made the sauce/breading for chicken parmesan; prepped the 4 tenders and measured out noodles for Monday’s dinner
• I made 2 servings of Sweet & Sour Chicken for Tuesday’s lunch
• I made a new recipe – curried chicken salad for Wednesday & Friday’s lunch. I’ll post the recipe later (after I decide if I like it of course!)

So I still need to get ready for Tuesday’s & Wednesday’s dinners tonight – not too bad! Here is the plan:

Monday: Greek Feta Chicken/Chicken Parmesan
Tuesday: Sweet & Sour Chicken/Chicken Fajitas
Wednesday: Curried Chicken Sandwiches/Lemon pepper tilapia & broccoli & rice
Thursday: Turkey/roast beef sandwiches & chips/Lime Chicken & rice
Friday: Curried Chicken Salad Sandwich/Blackened Chicken Pasta
Saturday: Egg, Bacon & Cheese Wrap/Chicken & White Bean Chili/Tin Foil Chicken
Sunday: Southbeach Eggsadilla – make list/plan and go back to store! :)

Other than the back-to-back cooking – I was able to squeeze in more Queen of Babble and Desperate Housewives – SO good! I just love this season. Mostly Gabby & Carlos’s new dynamic – very cool. At the end of the day, I was at 1,395 calories, 204 carbs and 24 fat grams – not bad! I actually was under 1,200 after dinner so I ate a small bowl of cereal to take me into the right range. Here’s what I ate.

Today is going well so far- yummy breakfast sandwich (no more Jimmy Dean’s unless it’s an emergency – ha!), the greek feta chicken heated up nicely (not as good as fresh – but pretty dang close), I walked 3.5 miles with Stacy at lunch (she just bought a house so she has lots of great advice!) and am looking forward to knocking out more miles and abs/back/biceps. Figure I’ll do back machines (since I have no spotter) and alternate with different kinds of curls. We’ll see. I may even post my work out – would anyone be interested in that?

K – I’m out – happy Monday! (blah) Looking forward to seeing what you guys were up to this weekend!!