Meal Planning

There have been a lot of posts about meal planning from many of the bloggers that I follow, so of course I had to get in on the game.  Their meal planning strategy is a little different than mine tho since the majority of these bloggers are meal planning dinner for their husbands and toddlers.

My meal planning consists of packing healthy breakfasts and lunches ahead of time, especially now that I'm training and I need to be eating foods that keep me energized.

I'm hoping I can make this a habit because its a good one.  My old meal habits consisted of Cheerios in a baggie for breakfast on my way out the door and whatever else I could grab for lunch.  I'm lucky I get myself out the door since I leave at 7 a.m. now, so having everything prepared ahead of time is awesome!

On Sunday afternoons, I pack my breakfasts ahead of time in Tupperware and my lunches in big baggies.  Then all I have to do is remember to grab it from the refrigerator.

Here is a picture of breakfast:

Breakfast includes a hard-boiled egg (I only hard-boiled my first egg this week!), three slices of sharp cheddar, half an English muffin, an apple and a 1/4 cup of slivered almonds.  Sometimes I'm not hungry enough to eat all of it, so I save some it for a mid-morning snack or eat it at lunch.

I got the idea for my breakfast from Pinterest of course.  I improvised the breakfast pictured below.

Here is a picture of lunch:

Lunch consists of a peanut butter and whole wheat sandwich slims sandwich, carrots, orange and Greek yogurt.  

I pick my lunch items from this awesome chart I found on Pinterest a few months ago.  I have been doing better in recent months with buying groceries that fill these categories.

Cheers to healthy breakfasts and lunches!