Do you plan ahead meals?

I plan a Menu for 2 weeks, but only for Dinner. Breakfast is usually the same if I'm working, and I don't eat Breakfast generally on my days off. Lunches are left overs from the previous night's dinner or something simple like a sandwich. I don't always go exactly by the Menu. For instance, if I find I am in the mood for chicken, but we have planned beef, I'll make a chicken dinner that I have planned for another time in the week.

I take my lunch and most snacks to work, so those are always planned.

My evening meal is unplanned most of the time. Usually only if I have something in the fridge that needs to be eaten today to prevent spoilage do I know for sure what I'll have for dinner before I leave work in the evening.

Yes, I try to plan two days ahead - then I know what I need to get at the market and makes dinners/lunches easier too. I know what's in the fridge or what I will make for dinner when I am leaving work so that we don't go out to eat as much just because we're hungry. Cooking at home is healthier than eating out. I like to make enough at dinner so that we have leftovers for lunch the next day as well. Better on the wallet too!

I thought about how I lost weight in the past and that included planning ahead what I'd eat for the day. Do you?

YES! And sometimes I enter my food in MFP a day ahead. It is a great tool for that and keeping within your calorie budget or figuring out what to pack for the day the next morning. You can delete and add and adjust amounts, it's so COOL!

I have just started planning out my meals for the whole week, literally, my breakfast, lunch and dinner, and any snacks i think I'll want, and writing a shopping list so I only buy what i need. So far, i've noticed it saves me money and i'm not throwing as much food away which has to be good. I do fill in my food diary in advance, but then i tweak it if i do change anyything. It seems to be working ok so far!!
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I usually plan for a week ahead and also keep a generl idea for the following week. We get a co-op producebasket twice a week, so it helps me to know when I need to cook the veg or fruits so they don't go to waste. Right after we get the basket home, I make a menu based on what's in it, then go to the store for the rest of what I need for the week. We have just a few things we do for lunches, so I buy that stuff then, too. My breakfast is almost always just a cuppa and I have breakfast food for lunch, then a bit of protein for a snack, then a bigger dinner. And an evening snack as well.

Dinner is the most planned and the other meals/snacks are moderately flexible, and subject to chnge based on exercise-if I canmove more, i can eat more!

It helps me to know when my next meal is gonna happen and when I'm aware of what it is, it's much easier NOT to drive through for fast food on the way home from hiking, etc.

Barb

I make a giant pot of soup and a huge grain and vegetable sald (bulgar, quinoa, millet, kasha etc) on the weekend and it helps cover our weekday lunches and the occasional dinner when I do not feel like cooking. This has saved us so much money in our food budget; we have less food waste; we don't eat out (healthier and cheaper) and it provides a wholesome low stress meal alternative. Yesterday I made a jumbo pot of vegan curry split pea soup and a mexican bulgar salad.