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Failure to plan....

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  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    Holy smokes, well done!
  • yusaku02
    yusaku02 Posts: 3,472 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? :)

    I do that all the time. Totally fine.
  • beaches222
    beaches222 Posts: 437 Member
    Oh my GOODNESS! YOU did your thing! Impressive!
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    And I was proud of bringing my lunch to work and preparing each the night before...for a week straight :(
  • Shalaurise
    Shalaurise Posts: 707 Member
    This doesn't even compute for me... Do you not have anyone else in your house to worry about feeding or sharing the fridge with. I can totally see this as feasible as a single person, but with a family... I can't keep the kid out of anything.
  • Sarasmaintaining
    Sarasmaintaining Posts: 1,027 Member
    Looks great! I've thought about pre-cutting veggies and putting them in containers and keeping in fridge, but don't know how well they'd keep (bell peppers and broccoli mostly). I need to do some googling :)
  • beckyloewer
    beckyloewer Posts: 14 Member
    This is awesome. Could you tell how you make these recipes?
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,656 Member
    Nice!! I cook lunches for the week, generally 2 different dishes for me, and 2 for my husband so that we can alternate.

    I got my containers from Ikea, they're $2 a pop and have the best seal on them, even soup doesn't leak.
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  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    itsmeGennie wrote: »
    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?

    I don't put anything in the freezer and I have not had any problem with my veggies going bad. The further in the back of the fridge the colder the temperature that may help my food to stay fresh. :)


  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    strong_curves wrote: »
    Girl, I am impressed!

    Thanks!
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    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.

    It also won't come with workout DVDs.
  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    beckyloewer wrote: »
    This is awesome. Could you tell how you make these recipes?

    I really just follow the recipes. I usually don't add anything but I will take some ingredients out. I still calculate the calories that the recipes say I will take in even if it may be a little less.
  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    MrM27 wrote: »
    Safe to say you've thought this through. Nice job. I wouldn't be able to do that, I'm personally not a fan of eating food that was cooked older then 2 days.
    Usually I'm not but I have to make this sacrifice for me to reach my goal. :#
  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    Shalaurise wrote: »
    This doesn't even compute for me... Do you not have anyone else in your house to worry about feeding or sharing the fridge with. I can totally see this as feasible as a single person, but with a family... I can't keep the kid out of anything.

    Yea, it's just they have their foods that I cook and my foods that I cook. Different color containers! Works wonders.
  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    beaches222 wrote: »
    Oh my GOODNESS! YOU did your thing! Impressive!
    Thanks! :)
  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    And I was proud of bringing my lunch to work and preparing each the night before...for a week straight :(

    That will work but I like just cooking once a week and get it over with. Plus after work(3:15) I go straight to the gym and I may have 30 minutes to eat when I finally get home. I don't like to eat after 7 so I know all I have to do is pop dinner in the microwave and I'm eating within two minutes. I don't have time to cook a meal and eat. :#

  • knitapeace
    knitapeace Posts: 1,013 Member
    Beautiful! Very very impressive. I hear wonderful things about once-a-month cooking too but I don't have the freezer space or the energy to try it. I'm always impressed by those who are super organized like this!

    Funny some people mention age: I'm 46 and the mom of 2 teenagers and I just finally, finally got into the habit of planning weekly dinners. Lunches just end up being leftovers, if the 13 yo son leaves anything behind at dinner.
  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    Jruzer wrote: »
    Holy smokes, well done!

    Thanks!
  • joanthemom8
    joanthemom8 Posts: 375 Member
    That's great! My weakest areas are the two Ps - planning and prepareing. You did a wonderful job!
  • Funship
    Funship Posts: 86 Member
    wow....My hubby & I are getting better at the pre-planning, but obviously have a ways to go. LOL, great job!
  • jellybeanhed313
    jellybeanhed313 Posts: 344 Member
    edited April 2015
    Wow, I'm impressed! Great job and thanks for sharing! I will be using you as inspiration during my next meal prep! :)
  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    joanthemom8 wrote: »
    That's great! My weakest areas are the two Ps - planning and prepareing. You did a wonderful job!
    All through the week I am looking up different recipes that I can cook so that my food will not get boring and I still stay with my calorie goal. On Saturday, I take my grocery list to the store and spend anywhere from 40-60 bucks sometimes less depending on what I already have in the cabinet . After church, I cook and it takes about 2 hours to cook and I pop all my meats in the oven and put it on broil and I get to my veggies. While everything is cooking on working on another part. I do my deserts and snacks last. Portioning and packing everything out takes 10 minutes and it's over with. I have my TV on and watching tv at the same time. The time flies by. You can do it! Just look for recipes and start there!
  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    joanthemom8 wrote: »
    That's great! My weakest areas are the two Ps - planning and prepareing. You did a wonderful job!

    When I wake up to prepare for church I take my frozen meats and I sat them out to thaw and when I get home they are thawed enough to start seasoning.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    Amazing dedication! Wish I could do that.. I have a little rebel brat inside of me that throws tantrums when more than one day is planned. I can eat the same exact meal for all 3 meals 3 days straight and not complain, but when I tried to plan a week I ended up throwing most of it out because "chicken? no way! how did I ever convince myself chicken was a good idea?", "chips? the hell with chips I feel like having grilled veggies", "yeah, not doing this today.. I feel like grazing", "ehh, grilled veggies? no thank you I will stick to instant noodles" and so on...

    I rarely even plan my days unless there is an event or if I'm going out. I just eat as I go.
  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    Funship wrote: »
    wow....My hubby & I are getting better at the pre-planning, but obviously have a ways to go. LOL, great job!

    I have a ways to go as well. I'm trying to cut my cooking time by 30 minutes. I will see if that will be possible on Sunday. I think I may take my meats out Saturday night and put them in the fridge so I can season when I wake up on Sunday morning!
  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    jellybeanhed313 wrote: »
    Wow, I'm impressed! Great job and thanks for sharing! I will be using you as inspiration during my next meal prep! :)

    Thanks we are here to help each other in our journeys! :)
  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    Nice!! I cook lunches for the week, generally 2 different dishes for me, and 2 for my husband so that we can alternate.

    I got my containers from Ikea, they're $2 a pop and have the best seal on them, even soup doesn't leak.

    I may have to go to ikea to get some. I don't have any leakage but I want to just have more Tupperware on hand.
  • kascott4691
    kascott4691 Posts: 29 Member
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    Amazing dedication! Wish I could do that.. I have a little rebel brat inside of me that throws tantrums when more than one day is planned. I can eat the same exact meal for all 3 meals 3 days straight and not complain, but when I tried to plan a week I ended up throwing most of it out because "chicken? no way! how did I ever convince myself chicken was a good idea?", "chips? the hell with chips I feel like having grilled veggies", "yeah, not doing this today.. I feel like grazing", "ehh, grilled veggies? no thank you I will stick to instant noodles" and so on...

    I rarely even plan my days unless there is an event or if I'm going out. I just eat as I go.
    Try some of you favorite recipes just the low calorie versions. You will be surprised.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    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.

    It also won't come with workout DVDs.

    This is true. Although maybe they should consider it! ;-)
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