Wednesday 6 July 2011

The No-Excuses Jump-Start Meal Plan

Here she is. Go get 'em.
Links go to actual recipes and a * means there'll be a rough guide down the bottom of the post.
PS. If you're curious about the actual calorie content of the meals, let me know and I can email you the full calorie breakdown of each day/meal/recipe.


Monday


Breakfast
     Apple Pie Porridge 
Snack
     23 almonds
Lunch
     Rice Paper Rolls
Snack
     1 cup air popped popcorn
Dinner
     Char-Grilled Vegetable Stack


Tuesday


Breakfast
     Avo Toast (Two slices of wholegrain toast with 1/2 small avocado, mashed, salt and pepper)
Snack
     ½ an apple with 1 tbsp peanut butter
Lunch
     Epic Salad (2 cups mixed leaves, ¼ cup carrot, grated, 1 tomato, sliced, 3 inches of cucumber, sliced, ¼ cup roasted red pepper, sliced, 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds, ¼ cup canned chickpeas, ¼ avocado, diced)
Snack
     100 calories worth of your favourite yoghurt
Dinner
     Bangers and Mash


Wednesday


Breakfast
     Cereal (1 cup puffed rice, ½ cup multi-grain cheerios, 1 cup puffed wheat, ½ small banana, 1 cup light soy milk)
Snack
     20 large grapes
Lunch
     Hearty Sandwich (2 slices wholegrain bread, 2 tbsp hummus, ¼ cup shredded carrot, 1 handful baby spinach, 5 sun dried tomato halves, thinly sliced, 4-5 rings of red onion)
Snack
     100 calories worth of your favourite yoghurt 
Dinner
     Taco Salad


Thursday


Breakfast
     Smoothie (1 banana, frozen, 1 cup soy milk, ½ cup strawberries, plenty of ice, ½ tbsp honey)
Snack
     23 almonds
Lunch
     Soup with roll (Vegetable Soup, tinned/homemade/bought, max 200 calories, with a small wholegrain roll)
Snack
     1 cup air popped popcorn
Dinner
     Two-mato Pasta Salad


Friday


Breakfast
     Avo Toast (Two slices of wholegrain toast with 1/2 small avocado, mashed, salt and pepper)
Snack
     2 5in stalks of celery with 1 tbsp of peanut butter each
Lunch
     Chunky Vegetable Pasta
Snack
     1 small apple, sliced, sprinkled with cinnamon
Dinner
     Vegetable and White Bean Stew


Saturday


Breakfast
     Simple Pancakes with Strawberry-Almost-Compote
Snack
     1 large orange 
Lunch 
     Brown Rice and Vegetable Salad
Snack
     Cucumber-hummus bites (1/2 cucumber, sliced into coins, dipped into 3 tbsp hummus)
Dinner
     Super Simple Stir-fry


Sunday


Breakfast
     Coconut-Banana French Toast
Snack
     100 calories worth of your favourite yogurt
Lunch
     Baked beans on toast (2 slices wholegrain bread, toasted, topped with 3/4 cup baked beans)
Snack
     1 apple
Dinner
     Burger with Sweet Potato Fries

So


What do you think?



Stay happy!

Love, 

Me.

xo

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