Monday 18 June 2012

Meal Planning Monday - Pay as You Go

Meal Planning Monday
Hell fire today has been pants. I promised myself I wouldn't eat as much crud too. I stopped myself from buying treats from Marks and Spencer's this morning only to snaffle a four-fingered Kit Kat from the work vending machine ten minutes later. I didn't even wait to get back to my desk. I ate it en route. Pig of the week strikes again...

I've crept back into old habits a bit recently, and found myself not sticking to the plan as much as I had hoped... (don't hit me! I'm just being honest...) Inevitably, this means food is still getting wasted or stuck in the freezer. It has also meant a few takeaways after a bad day...

So, I have two challenges this week! 

  1. Try to keep it half way healthy... I'm a realist. My aim is to keep the saturated fat to a minimum but not eat a leaf per day.
  2. Only buy what I need. When I need it. This is meal planning pay as you go!
This week I have a plan, but I acknowledge it may change. The difference it, I'm buying almost daily. This means I have a walk at lunchtime too! Two birds, one stone.

Monday: Chicken, skinny fries, broccoli and gravy. A nice comforting meal with few calories. The fries are low in fat too, but give the illusion of something bad! I'm all about the mind games folks...
Tuesday: Some sort of curry, rice and cheese naan bread. This has become a bit of an England match tradition!
Wednesday: My husband is out, so I might end up baking. This generally means a quick sandwich followed by heartburn. 
ThursdaySirloin steak, carrots and thick cut chips. This steak has been in the freezer for a couple of weeks, so it will cost nothing extra! Cash-back. Again the chips are of the low in fat too.
Friday: I'm off work on Friday so I'm a little tempted to make a chilli and let is cook slowly all afternoon. My chilli is quite healthy so I'll serve it with brown rice and some chilli fajitas. I will be having sour cream. My husband will not. I won't share what he calls it. 
Saturday: I'll be picking up something from Bolton Market as I am there as part of Love Your Local Market. I'm sure I'll have no problem finding something!
Sunday: We were thinking of trying the Old Forge at the Bob Smithy, so perhaps there!

On that note, I'm off to make tea as I'm starved!

6 comments:

  1. On think you're on to a great plan. Now you need to stick to it. I usually won't go grocery shopping until my fridge is empty. Good luck with your challenges this week!

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    1. I've stuck to it 100% tonight, but went horribly wrong on Sunday! Forgot we're going to the Zoo do we're eating in Chester! I'm going crackers...

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  2. I don't think there are many people who would read this and not think "Yep, I've been there!" I'm sorry you've had a bad day :( Your meal plan sounds lovely so you certainly aren't depriving yourself, which is half the battle I think. Have a great week! x

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    1. I'm amazed I've actually stuck to it so far too! I'm no good at deciding on the spot!

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  3. This is a great idea, I used to plan meals religiously and cook nice recipes but that was when I lived with someone and now I live alone I don't bother any more... but I am meant to be following Slimming World as well and I don't even bother planning for that! I think if I put my weekly meal plan on my blog and make it public, I will have to put more effort into it and stick to it! One problem though is that I never know very far in advance whether my boyfriend is coming over for dinner or not and he's really fussy so there are only certain things I can make him. I guess I could cook myself whatever healthy meal I had planned, and have something different in the freezer for him just in case!

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    1. I must admit I do tend to stick to it more since I started publishing it! I'm not perfect, but so far so good this week...

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