What I’m eating this week:

Sunday – Gym or Running Day
Breakfast: Vegetable omelet, home fries, Grapefruit
Lunch: Black Bean Burger
Snack: Apple chunks, almond butter
Dinner: Grilled Salmon, Rice, Vegetable stir fry – mushrooms, onions, greens, pumpkin seeds
Dessert : Frozen Yoghurt with Berries

Monday – Rest Day
Breakfast: Oatmeal, Berries, Banana, Peanut Butter, Chia Seeds, Almond Milk
Lunch: Green salad with black beans
Snack: Apple chunks, almond butter
Dinner: Curried lentils, roasted sweet potato chunks, green salad with mushroom and seeds
Snack : Blueberries

Tuesday – Gym Day
Breakfast: Poached Egg on Whole Wheat bread, Orange Halves,
Snack: Carrot Sticks, Hummus
Lunch: Kale salad
Snack: Nuts and berries
Dinner: Dinner out with friends

Wednesday – Gym Day
Breakfast: Oatmeal, Berries, Banana, Peanut Butter, Chia Seeds, Almond Milk
Lunch: Red Peas Soup
Snack: Kiwi, grapes, nuts
Dinner: Grilled Salmon, Soba noodles, Vegetable stir fry – mushrooms, onions, greens, pumpkin seeds
Dessert : Frozen Yoghurt with Berries

Thursday – Rest Day
Breakfast: Blueberry-banana-pumpkin-seed muffin, Grapefruit
Lunch: Kale Salad
Snack: Apple chunks, almond butter
Dinner: Ackee and salt-fish, boiled sweet potato, green banana, avocado slices.

Friday – Gym Day
Breakfast: Hardboiled egg, whole wheat bread, kiwi, grapes
Lunch: Kale Salad, Veggie burger
Snack: Apple chunks, almond butter
Dinner: Ackee and salt-fish, boiled sweet potato, green banana, avocado slices.

Saturday – Rest Day
Breakfast: Blueberry-banana-pumpkin-seed muffin, Grapefruit
Lunch: Rice and beans, avocado, salad
Snack: Granola bar
Dinner: Grilled Salmon, Soba noodles, Vegetable stir fry – mushrooms, onions, greens, pumpkin seeds
Dessert: Dark chocolate with Berries

I started my meal planning last week and looking back, I realize that having a plan helped immensely. It was the first time I did it so I didn’t expect that I would get everything right the first time. And I didn’t.
But the comfort that comes from knowing there’s food in the fridge, that was already prepared or semi-prepared, helped me to not buy fast food or junk.
I didn’t follow the plan to a T but I made healthier choices than I probably would have made if I was just eating whatever I could find.
I shared some of my meal highlights in Wednesdays post and I’ll share more pics for my next WIAW post. Please come back and check me out on Wednesdays where I’ll do that.

The changes that I’m incorporating this week are:
1. Eat more protein rich meals on the days when I workout. Since my new schedule is to go to the gym at least 4 days a week, I’m planning a 5 day routine and planning for protein additions that I can include on those days.
2. Using up food that I already have in a different way.

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