Last night was all about food prep. After getting a late start on my exercising, I spent the rest of the night portioning out my food for this weekend's trip to PA. All my Tupperware containers were lined up. I had my "cheat sheet" of meals and substitutions as reference because I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything. I labeled the top of each container so I'd remember which meal it was for. And now the fridge is filled with all my food from Friday's second meal until Sunday's third meal. The one meal which I didn't pack was Saturday's dinner, since I'm expecting that to be a cheat when we go out to eat with friends.
A few things that I learned with this round of advance preparation:
- Label your meals so you remember what's what. 3oz of chicken doesn't look all that different from 4oz of chicken, especially when it's all mixed in with veggies.
- Sticky notes do not like to stick to Tupperware.
- Back-up options can really come in handy - I thought I had enough chicken prepped but it turns out that I didn't. So I raided my husband's stash of ground turkey for two meals.
- When preparing so many meals at once, keep it simple and go for shortcuts. I went with a serving of blueberries that was already rinsed off instead of washing, coring, and weighing strawberries.
- Better to over-pack than under-pack, within moderation. I'm bringing 3 meals for Sunday though chances are we'll be home before I'm ready to eat the third one. Also, I'm bringing some extra veggies to munch on (cherry tomatoes), just in case I get the munchies during the day.
- If space permits, bring the full-sized condiments rather than portioning them out. All my small containers were taken up with protein powder and almonds. Besides, I don't now just how much I'd like to use and whatever isn't used will just come back home with me.
- Write things down. I found myself starting to get a little overwhelmed as I looked at putting together 11 meals at 11pm. I couldn't put it together all at once, because I had veggies roasting in the oven and other things in process. As I worked through my check-list, I was able to make note of the things still remaining.
- I WILL forget something. It's just the way of the world. It might be a fork (ooh, I should pack that) or something else, but I'm prepared to not have everything I intended to bring with me. That's okay. I'll deal.
- Meal 1:
- 3 egg whites
- Cucumber
- 40g oatmeal
- Strawberries
- Meal 2:
- Chobani Greek Yogurt
- Meal 3:
- 3 oz chicken
- 1/2c whole wheat pasta
- Green beans
- 1/2c pasta sauce
- Meal 4:
- 3 oz ground turkey
- 1/2c whole wheat pasta
- Salsa (turkey was already seasoned with taco seasoning, so tomato sauce would have been weird)
- Meal 5:
- Chobani Greek Yogurt
Exercise:
- Time: 60 minutes on elliptical
- Level: Still keeping it at Level 1
- Distance: 4.5 miles
- Calories: 600+
Weight: ~155
Cool comment of the day: At the doctor's office today, I told the nurse that I would be about 155 on the scale. She said she didn't believe me and that I looked like I weighed less than that. I smiled and told her I was "densely packed" and that it could be deceiving. (BTW, their scale showed me at 152)
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