Meal Planning

In order to get better about controlling what I eat, I've had to become diligent with meal planning. I plan on Saturdays or Sundays, then I go to the grocery store to get stuff for the week. I try to prep most of my stuff on the weekend because I have no time in the evenings, especially now that I'm going to the gym almost every day. I don't get home til around 8, and by then, I'm ready to fall into bed. Then I get up the next morning and do it again, so cooking in the evening is just not an option.

I've also had to get used to bringing my lunch. I've never been a lunch-bringer. In grade school, I always bought my lunch unless we had pizza the night before that I could take to school. In college, I had the best dining halls in the history of ever. And 90% of the time that I was teaching, I would just have cafeteria food. Now we tend to order in a lot. Jimmy Johns gets a TON of business from us. But Jimmy Johns blows the majority of my calories for the day, so I've asked people not to ask me to order because I don't need it, and I can't say no. So bringing my lunch is the only way for me to stay on track. I'll plan for work lunches on Fridays, and occasionally we'll have an impromptu lunch date with the girls or something.

This week I made the Cheesy Chicken, Broccoli, and Rice Casserole, which will give me lunch all week. I'm planning on having some salmon a few nights this week, then I'll finish up the week with some Shrimp Zoodle Parmesan. All of my favorites foods packed into one week!

I'm logging everything on MyFitnessPal (username: lynnwesley), so feel free to friend me on there and keep me accountable. Even if I don't do well on a certain day, it's all being logged. Today I went almost 100 calories over :-/ but it's okay. There won't be perfect days every day, and I'm learning to be okay with that.