Making a Plan

I finally forced myself to create a meal plan for next week to follow! (Go me!) I am trying hard to keep things simple and cheap. I like to get my meat and fish from Costco because they have some good quality stuff in bulk, which should last about a month (sometimes 2, depending on how on top of things I am..) in our house. I like to get ground beef, chicken, tilapia, salmon, and one other choice like steak, meatballs, pork, roast, etc. Meat is expensive.. :( Then I plan on getting some of the staple foods I plan to eat a lot of throughout the week like spinach and lettuce for salads, cucumbers, some sort of fruit that looks good and is a decent price. Then I just get the rest at other places since I don't need bulk everything!

So, here is my plan for next week:

(Sorry for the tiny typing.. I couldn't figure out a way to get this table from Word, so I sent an e-mail to myself, opened up the document, took a picture and cropped it with my phone, then uploaded it onto my Google+ account so that I could access it as a picture from Picasa Web albums. There has to be an easier way? Haha.. I guess I need to work on my tech-savvy skills.)

I have no idea what the calorie intake is on any of this. I have tried to calculate calories in the past, and it stresses me out. The Insulite Labs program guide tells you not to worry so much about calories, so thank heavens for that! I figure if I am eating that many veggies every day I will be in good shape! :) I am not quite used to having 5 meals either, and so looking at it makes me feel like there is a lot of food there to eat, so I may have to make adjustments here and there. I plan on shopping and preparing on Saturday to that everything is ready to go for the week.

I kept breakfast super simple because I am not a morning person and I just don't take the time I need to to make something awesome. I do realize though that breakfast is when your body really needs the most energy to get through the day. I hope as I go I will be able to make some adjustments and find some recipes to make ahead of time to eat throughout the week so that breakfast is bigger and dinner is smaller (at least proportionally!). Notice I didn't leave out carbs altogether. I don't plan to! I believe the body needs those complex carbs at least once in awhile, so I am going to have them. I will also allow myself to have some Dove dark chocolate if I feel like I am going to die without something sweet.

I also added in my workout plan, which also may end up different, depending on how my body feels. I tried to do this same plan last week and spin class nearly wiped me out, so I ended up taking it a little easier through the weekend.

I'll try to take pictures and write out the recipes for easier reference next week, but that's it! We'll see how it goes! :)