Meal Plan Monday

SOOO, last week I did something dumb. Really, REALLY dumb. I didn’t pay our gas bill. And our gas got turned off. That meant things like no hot water and no working oven/stove. Meaning, COLD SHOWERS and no cooking. Tony was really happy with me.

You see, I thought that our gas bill was paid each month via automatic billpay. Turns out that it wasn’t. Then once the gas is turned off they have to send someone out to re-light the pilot light. It can take up to 5 business days for someone to come out. Our gas was turned off on (last) Friday, which meant that we couldn’t talk to anyone until Monday, and they couldn’t get someone out until (this past) Friday. A week of cold showers and no way to cook. My week rocked.

Not being able to cook really threw a wrench in my healthy eating habits for the week. I didn’t meal plan or grocery shop and that made me way more scattered than usual. I was picking and munching on things all day rather than having real meals and smart snacks. By Thursday I had a stomach ache that I knew was from eating crap. Planning out every meal and snack really helps my stay on track, and therefore be much healthier. I made sure to take care of that yesterday!

I planned out not only every meal and snack, but also my workouts, in hopes of that would help me actually do them all. My weekly plan looks like this:

Monday:

• Breakfast: Smoothie
• Snack: KIND bar
• Lunch: Turkey sandwich, apple, goldfish and Cliff Kidz strawberry rope
• Snack: Veggies + hummus
• Dinner: Shredded chicken tacos with beans
• Workout: 6 week 6 pack during lunch (30 min) and 3 mile run afterwork

Tuesday:

• Breakfast: Smoothie
• Snack: KIND bar
• Lunch: Shredded chicken tacos with beans
• Snack: Veggies + hummus
• Dinner: Salmon and brussel sprouts
• Workout: 30 day shred during lunch and 75 minute hot yoga

Wednesday:

• Breakfast: Smoothie
• Snack: KIND bar
• Lunch: Salmon and brussel sprouts
• Snack: Veggies + hummus
• Dinner: Beef stir-fry
• Workout: 6wk 6pk during lunch and 75 minute spin class (my first one in over 3 years.. I’m nervous and hoping I’ll follow through!)

Thursday:

• Breakfast: Smoothie
• Snack: KIND bar
• Lunch: Beef stir-fry
• Snack: Veggies + hummus
• Dinner: ELR mushroom risotto (I actually use risotto with mine and it turns out great everytime)
• Workout: 30 day shred during lunch and BodyPump

Friday

• Breakfast: Smoothie
• Snack: KIND bar
• Lunch: Risotto
• Snack: Veggies + hummus
• Dinner: Tuna melts with mac and cheese and broccoli
• Workout: 6wk 6pk and yoga

For the weekends I like to just go with the flow when it comes to meals. As for working out, I’m planning on doing a 5K on Saturday morning and taking Sunday as a rest day.

As you can see my meals and snacks are almost exactly the same each day. I don’t mind that one bit, it makes planning and grocery shopping brainless. I know that some people would hate eating almost the same thing day in and day out, but it works for me!

Another reason for the tighter “schedule”? I’ll be in St. Lucia in less than 2 weeks! Time to tighten up, my friends!

I’ll be back with a weekend recap either later today or tomorrow. It was on of my favorites in a long time!

Do you plan out your meals and workouts, or can you just go “on the fly”?

Help me not skip spin class on Wednesday! Make me feel guilty about it (email me, tweet me, send me angry emails telling me to go! )