Meal Planning

I feel as though I haven't posted in a while but I wanted to assure everyone that I am still trying to plan my meals! I am really working on creating a balance between wanting to cook yummy foods and not going overboard with the calories.  

I am posting a sample of my meal plan for this week.  I will post the recipes as I make them throughout the week with notes on how things turned out. 

My plan is to try and stay around a 1300 calories for my main courses. I am working out pretty consistently so will probably end up eating around 1500 calories a day. In addition to my weekly 3 course meal plan  I have created a list of snacks and their calorie count so that I can grab something before/after the gym or if I get hungry mid-day.  Using the list I can still stay around the desired amount of calories. 

Also, you will notice I have factored in nights to eat out as I want to be as realistic as possible. These nights will probably go a little over my goal but I figure that as long as I can stick to the plan then I will be cutting back more than usual and that will help my overall fitness goal. 

If you want any of the recipes prior to my posting them, just shoot me a message!

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Breakfast	Dr. Oz Breakfast Smoothie 300 Calories	Peanut Butter Toast w/ Apple 265 Calories	Dr. Oz Breakfast Smoothie 300 Calories	Peanut Butter English Muffin w/ Apple 253 Calories	1 egg, wheat toast, apple with Peanut Butter 337 Calories
Lunch	Kale Salad 211 Calories Turkey Burger w/o Bun 300 Calories	Dr. Oz Lunch Smoothie 600 Calories	Mexican Sweet Potato 196 Calories Cottage Cheese 100 Calories	BBQ Chicken Salad 389 Calories	Lunch Smoothie 608 Calories
Dinner	*Date Night*	Mexican Sweet Potato 196 Calories Kale Salad 211 Calories	Grilled Chicken and veggies w/ Caprese Salad 545 Calories	Dr. Oz Dinner Smoothie 350 Calories Buffalo Bites 320 Calories	*Dinner out*
Total Calories	811	1272	1141	1312	945
Calories Left for Snacks and other meals if I do NOT work out.	489	28	159	None	355