I need meal plan ideas

Pinterest. Or just do what I do, buy a variety of frozen vegetables, have different types of meat available that you like, if you aren't vegetarian, and keep brown rice, potatoes, sweet potatoes, lentils, beans on hand. Mix and match these for dinner. Really easy. I just defrost a meat I want, grill it, bake it, or put in crockpot, then at dinner time, pull out a veg I want, and a starch, and I'm done. You can pre-cook beans, lentils, rice for the week.

I really like the Beachbody meal plan articles and My Meal Plan page (http://www.teambeachbody.com/eat-smart/meal-plans). Articles like this one are nice where they map out all the recipes, shopping list, etc., https://www.teambeachbody.com/teambeachbodyblog/nutrition/make-this-no-cook-21-day-fix-meal-prep-in-about-an-hour.

I should caveat that I'm not a Beachbody Coach, lol.

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I use eatthismuch sometimes when I have a day where I'm too lazy to allocate calories to foods for a full day plan, but I do poorly planning for more than one day. When I do plan more than one day, I often just follow it loosely. The free version is more than enough for a one day plan.

Skinnytaste also does weekly dinner meal plans (not whole day)

EatingWell also has a 7 day calorie flexible plan

Ultimately, don't use these as a crutch, but as training wheels. You want to learn how to do your own plan with your own meals, flexible to your own needs and available ingredients.

After a bit of that easy breakfast, lunch became the focus. I am still working out the kinks. If I can have a well rounded or " satisfying "" salad daily with not much work. And that is my focus fir now.

How do I get used to making these lunch sLads in advance, so they taste good.

I am almost there.

Numericmama373 wrote: »

How do I get used to making these lunch sLads in advance, so they taste good.

I have come up with a system that works well for me. First I keep a large bowl in the fridge with prepped mixed greens (you can used bagged greens for this). Then I set up containers with the other diced veg I like to add. For me, its usually some combo of bell peppers, cukes, jicama, celery, shredded carrots. I weigh as I go. I also prepackage proteins and keep them in the freezer. Diced chicken breast, lean ham, shrimp, lean taco meat, or whatever is leftovers. I have a variety of seeds and nuts I like to keep on hand, as well as yummy cheeses. For dressing I just started making my own using a greek yogurt base. (I prefer creamy dressing over vinaigrette.)

It looks complicated all typed out, but it makes it simple to grab an excellent meal quickly, and I don't get bored because of the optional add-ins and dressings. Plop my huge bowl on the scale, Throw in greens, dump the veg and protein in, weigh nuts/cheese/dressing as I go, boom. Three minute meal.