Healthy Eating part 2b

So it was interesting to see what happened this last week- I didn't have a plan and never got to the grocery store- so what happened? We totally reverted... So not really that interesting- more like predictable.

This week I have a plan- not a solid 'this day we eat this and this day we eat that' sort of plan, (which I sincerely hope I'll have time to put together next week) but a list of meals and snacks.  My plan this week is to refer to the list as sort of a menu.  I bought most of the food today- not the produce part of the food 'cause we have some in the fridge still and frankly all the produce at Wal-mart looked... undesirable.  So Monday after school I'm going to go get the remaining items on my list and cut up the fruit and veggies for the fridge again like I did last week.

Now while I didn't put together a real meal plan I did think about snacks this past week- and I jotted down some snack combinations that I thought sounded pretty good and that would be healthy:

·         Snack ideas

o   #1

§  Apple

§  Celery

§  Raisin

§  Peanut butter

o   #2

§  Cheese cube

§  Apple

§  Carrot

o   #3

§  Broccoli or Cauliflower

§  Small tomato

§  Cucumber slice

§  Cheese cube

o   #4

§  Banana slice

§  Apple slice

§  Peanut butter

§  Crackers

o   #5

§  Pudding (store bought)

§  Crackers

o   #6

§  Fruit cup (store bought)

§  Cheese cubes

o   #7

§  Cottage cheese

§  Broccoli or cauliflower

§  Small tomato

§  Cucumber slice

o   #8          

§  Stuffed tomato

·         Cottage cheese

·         Tuna fish

·         Onion

·         Celery

·         Cheese

If you have any ideas of things to add; please share!  Monday night after I buy any of the produce I am missing I'm going to put the snacks into inexpensive Ziploc Tupperware containers.  The hope is that we'll be eating more complete snacks and not just grapes :3  (as I've mentioned before)

One other thing that I accomplished this week that I think will help with eating better and hopefully losing some weight.  I got most of the house de-boxified.  Yea I know that isn't a real term.  So the living space feels more comfortable that it used to.  I also got a table cloth for our table so it'll feel more like a real table.  (the table we use is one of those white fold out tables that you use at church- to conserve space)  I'm hoping this will help encourage us (having a nice place to eat) to eat together as a family. It's something I think is missing from our lives for a variety of reasons.

Next week I hope to have a share-able meal plan, unless the 'menu' system works- in that case I will share what we used as a menu this week.



Good night all!
Nikkie