Failure to plan....

kascott4691
kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
in Food and Nutrition
means you plan to fail!!!! Just finish my lunches and dinner for the week. All cooked meals are 300 calories or less. Snacks are 140 calories or less. I keep them just in case I get hungry in my car. NO fast foods for me! For breakfast I usually have cereal, oatmeal, or a protein shake. All quick five minute fixes.

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  • Tubbs216
    Tubbs216 Posts: 6,597 Member
    Impressive! You're definitely not planning to fail :)
  • soccerkon26
    soccerkon26 Posts: 596 Member
    Do you meal prep for the entire week? If I cook some chicken or beef on Sunday will it still be okay to eat on Friday? :)
  • katiegrounds9
    katiegrounds9 Posts: 1 Member
    Wow! Great job! I plan all my meals for the week, but I don't cook them all out ahead of time. I have two toddlers, and I'm not sure if this would be easier or not. Dinner time is so hard because they want to play and have my attention but I am busy cooking... however, this may take too much of one day. How long did it take you to prepare it all?
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,939 Member
    And you didn't pay $99 for colored tupperware either. Kudos.

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  • soccerkon26
    soccerkon26 Posts: 596 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    And you didn't pay $99 for colored tupperware either. Kudos.

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    Are you talking about that 21-day plan people keep buying? I still don't understand that. Seems like people are paying a ton of money for Tupperware. LOL
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,939 Member
    soccerkon26 wrote: »
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    And you didn't pay $99 for colored tupperware either. Kudos.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
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    Are you talking about that 21-day plan people keep buying? I still don't understand that. Seems like people are paying a ton of money for Tupperware. LOL
    Yep.

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  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Nice, OP!
  • usernameenvy
    usernameenvy Posts: 140 Member
    But Tupperware is awesome !!! <3o:)

    Great work !
  • teagirlmedium
    teagirlmedium Posts: 679 Member
    Looks good.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    usernameenvy wrote: »
    But Tupperware is awesome !!! <3o:)

    Of course it is.

    I think the point is that if you buy it in the normal way (not the 21 day fix thing) it's not $99.
  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    Yea so far everything I cook has lasted in the refrigerator.i have not had anything to spoil on me.

    I paid $1.99 for 5 set of plastic containers I have enough for m-Sunday for lunch and dinner and 14 for other snacks. I paid maybe 20 bucks for all my plastic containers.

    I cook everything every Sunday except breakfast but that easy to do!

    Thanks everyone!
  • daniebanks
    daniebanks Posts: 179 Member
    looks awesome~~
  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    It took me about 2 hours to prepare everything and 10 minutes to put in plastic containers.
  • suruda
    suruda Posts: 1,233 Member
    Nice work! You are ready to have an awesome week!
  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    katiegrounds9 wrote: »
    Wow! Great job! I plan all my meals for the week, but I don't cook them all out ahead of time. I have two toddlers, and I'm not sure if this would be easier or not. Dinner time is so hard because they want to play and have my attention but I am busy cooking... however, this may take too much of one day. How long did it take you to prepare it all?

    About 2 hours. If you know what your going to cook it will go by fast.
  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    daniebanks wrote: »
    looks awesome~~

    Thanks
  • teagirlmedium
    teagirlmedium Posts: 679 Member
    kascott4691 wrote: »
    It took me about 2 hours to prepare everything and 10 minutes to put in plastic containers.

    That sounds about right for a few days prep in comparison to what I have seen videos on. The longest one I can remember seeing was about 8 hours and was for a full week.
  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    soccerkon26 wrote: »
    Do you meal prep for the entire week? If I cook some chicken or beef on Sunday will it still be okay to eat on Friday? :)

    It will not spoil. I have 4oz steak for two days this week with some parmesan green beans. My ground turkey and steak and chicken usually last.

  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    teagirlmedium wrote: »
    kascott4691 wrote: »
    It took me about 2 hours to prepare everything and 10 minutes to put in plastic containers.

    That sounds about right for a few days prep in comparison to what I have seen videos on. The longest one I can remember seeing was about 8 hours and was for a full week.

    I did prep for Monday-Saturday and I will do it all again on Sunday after church.

  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    suruda wrote: »
    Nice work! You are ready to have an awesome week!
    Yes mam! I have too or I will stop at a restaurant and I need my calories to be filling through the out the day.
  • akgeenaminto
    akgeenaminto Posts: 113 Member
    Impressed!!
  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    akgeenaminto wrote: »
    Impressed!!

    Thanks!!!
  • history_grrrl
    history_grrrl Posts: 216 Member
    Can you tell us some of your menus for different days?
  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    history_grrrl wrote: »
    Can you tell us some of your menus for different days?


    Monday: Lunch- Sounthwestern chicken casserole
    Dinner- Talipia, 1/4 retried beans with cheese, and mixed veggies(quiche,asparagus,red bell pepper)
    Tuesday:Lunch- 4oz steak and parmesean green beans
    Dinner- Sounthwestern chicken casserole
    Wednesday: Lunch- Flounder, 1/4 retried beans with cheese, and mixed veggies(quiche,asparagus,red bell pepper)
    Dinner- Talipia , 1/4 retried beans with cheese, and mixed veggies(quiche,asparagus,red bell pepper)
    Thursday: Sounthwestern chicken casserole
    Dinner- 4oz steak and parmesean green beans
    Friday: Lunch-4oz baked chicken and cauliflower
    Dinner- Sounthwestern chicken casserole
    Saturday: Lunch- 4oz Ground Turkey and cauliflower
    Dinner- Flounder, 1/4 retried beans with cheese, and mixed veggies(quiche,asparagus,red bell pepper)

    My snacks include: Mixed nuts and raisins-30 calories per tablespoon. I usually give myself 3 servings.
    Sugar free brownies -140 calories per piece
    15 chips -140 calories
    Green seedless grapes 20 count for -69 calories.
    I cook all over again on Sunday. I just look for different recipes 300 calories or below.
  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    All my meats are 4oz and I give myself the serving size for all vegetable and recipes. Oh the Southwestern casserole is actually the chicken enchilada casserole. Here is the recipe... Try it out-

    http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/chicken-enchilada-casserole/56a83fe3-68a6-49d6-a5d4-23067a73b260

    All of 250 calories!!!!
  • itsmeGennie
    itsmeGennie Posts: 39 Member
    I did this for a whole month and I still haven't figured it out - the food just doesn't "keep". Especially the veggies. Every week i tried a new way of doing it. What I figured out was I need to keep the veggies (sauteed spinach, kale, etc) in an entirely different bowl and add it in that morning. I see that's not the case for you.

    DO you put anything in the freezer?
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    I guess I'm screwed then. I don't even know what I'm having for dinner and it's almost 5:00 p.m. Oddly enough, I've been losing steadily.
  • Tubbs216
    Tubbs216 Posts: 6,597 Member
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    I guess I'm screwed then. I don't even know what I'm having for dinner and it's almost 5:00 p.m. Oddly enough, I've been losing steadily.
    Yeah, I'm a bit like that too. I do make salads in a jar, but apart from that I just stand at the fridge and figure out what we'll have for dinner on the fly. I'm always impressed by people who have their entire month's menu printed out and actually stick to it.

    I'm 47 and genuinely would have expected myself to have figured this out by now.
  • LoupGarouTFTs
    LoupGarouTFTs Posts: 916 Member
    Tubbs216 wrote: »
    I'm 47 and genuinely would have expected myself to have figured this out by now.

    I'm 54 and still haven't figured it out. Then again, I have a dorm-sized refrigerator and simply can't plan that far in advance. :(

    Great idea, though, OP! And I love some of what you pack for the week. I might have to try that recipe you linked to.
  • strong_curves
    strong_curves Posts: 2,229 Member
    Girl, I am impressed!

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