by Marla on January 16, 2012
Let’s be honest, I don’t plan my menu out for the week. I just go with the flow. This week I need to take a different approach. Normally I have no problem stopping at the store a few times a week to pick up ingredients I need to make dinner. Well, I need to change that. This week I only had a budget of $30 for groceries and that included a $6.99 jug of water. It was a just the bare essentials shopping trip, so I need to make due with what I have on hand. When it comes down to it, we have more than enough food between the freezer and pantry to keep us satisfied. All I need to do was take inventory. I made this quick printable to hang on my fridge to remind me what I have.
The main ingredients I have for dinner are salmon, chicken breast, tilapia and a hamburger patty. For the salmon I’m going to grill Soy-Ginger Salmon that was featured in Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans Meal Plan Your Butt Off this week. The chicken breast would go good with the stir fry vegetables. If you follow me on Twitter, you know I’m addicted to the Broiled Tilapia Parmesan that @APilgrimSoul introduced me to. And the hamburger patty will probably be Wednesday night’s dinner since it’s easy and I go bowling that night.
As for breakfast and lunch, I usually eat the same things. Those meals aren’t as difficult for me as dinner can be. I have the steel cut oats with dried cherries, grilled chicken, pizza dough and baked potato soup all ready made. I think I have some pretty good options for the up coming week. I’ll let you know next week how I made out.
by Marla on January 16, 2012
It’s been a long time since I’ve participated in a Friend Making Monday, but today’s topic, Weight Loss Tips, is a topic that I can constructively contribute to. For those of you visiting my blog for the first time, I’ve been a Weight Watcher’s member since August 2010. I had pretty good success with the program and I’m hovering around the 80 pounds lost mark.
If you’ve taken part in FMM then you know the rules. If you’re new, please take a moment to answer this week’s question on your own blog then add your link in the comments section at: www.alltheweigh.com so we can all see your FMM questions and answers. Please invite your blog readers to add their links here too so everyone has to opportunity to be seen. The idea is to connect with other awesome bloggers so take a moment to post your own FMM post and comment on a couple of other posts. Now it’s time for this week’s topic!
FMM: Weight-Loss Tips
- Plan ahead when you can. Do you know where you are going out to eat on Friday night? Look up the menu online. If it’s a chain place, you can try to Google the restaurant’s nutrition information. Not a chain place? Google a few dishes that you are thinking about having. Livestrong and Calorie King may have nutrition information for something similar. Not going out to eat, but what a cupcake? Plan out the rest of your day so the cupcake or any treat doesn’t derail your momentum.
- Schedule your workouts. At least for me I’m more apt to keep an appointment in my calendar than I am saying I’m going to work out 3 times a week. With me booking my exercise appointments, I’m finding out that I’m working out more than my goal.
- Do all your cutting, chopping, marinating, prep cooking in advance. I spend time on the weekend getting ready for the week. I marinate thin sliced chicken breast and grill for salads or wraps. I wash and if needed cut up my fruits and vegetables for the week. This way everything is ready to go for the week.
- For Weight Watchers members – get your healthy guidelines in. When my daily points target dropped from 29 to 26 due the program update, I thought there is no way I can make this work with 26 points. I even moved my daily target back to 29. But you know what? If I get all my healthy guidelines in, I have no problem sticking to the 26 and have room leftover for a 3 point snack.
- Remember, this is not about perfection. It’s about making the best choices when you can. If I gave up every time I wasn’t perfect, I’d probably have gained all my weight back. I personally follow an 80/20 split, 80% of the time I’m smack dab right on program and the remaining 20% I give myself some wiggle room to indulge.Want to see another blogger’s opinion? Check out Skinny Emmie’s Vlog Health isn’t “all or nothing”. Her vlog really hit home with me this week.
