The Healthy Tales

This week is shaping up to be a lazy one so I’m hoping to turn that around before I get to work this morning.  Mike is in Beaumont again which leaves me home alone with no motivation.  I have a few mid-week deadlines for work as well which means by the time I get home I have a feeling I won’t want to do much.  I am going to set some mini goals though to try and combat that.

First goal: Go to the gym twice this week by myself.  I hate going to the gym and I hate even more going to the gym without Mike.  It is just lonely and boring.  I stepped on the scale this morning and didn’t like what I saw so I think I need to get over this attitude.

Second goal:  Eat healthy meals this week, do not give in to junk food at work and unplanned happy hours.  Do not create happy hours at home with the Magic Bullet (yup I have the As Seen on TV product) even though it creates great margaritas.  Sounds like a reasonable goal.

My menu for this week to help accomplish goal #2:

Monday – Lunch: shrimp alfredo lean cuisine, fresh fruit, yogurt,

Dinner: grilled chicken, asparagus, fresh pineapple

Tuesday – Lunch: tortilla crusted fish lean cuisine, fresh pineapple, yogurt

Dinner:  crawfish etouffee, asparagus, small salad

Wednesday – Lunch: jambalaya, fresh fruit, yogurt

Dinner: grilled chicken, small salad

Thursday: lunch: Chicken parmigiana lean pocket, fresh fruit, yogurt

Dinner: Grilled Chicken salad

Friday: lunch: Chicken parmigiana lean pocket, fresh fruit, yogurt

Dinner: Homemade pizza

Saturday: lunch: beef taquitos

Dinner: BBQ shrimp and pineapple skewers

Recipes and photos to follow. For more Menu Planning Monday visit I’m an Organizing Junkie.

I briefly discussed my downfall with budgeting and weight loss - it is my lack of planning what to cook early in the week.  I found a great meme that I hope will help tackle this issue.  If you would like to start meal  planning or participate in this weekly meme, click the banner to the right and visit Orgjunkie.com to leave your link!

This week I will be using the contents from my pantry, freezer, and donations from my mother’s house to create our meals for the week.  I’ll post recipes & photos as I make these items.

Monday – Finish off the Chicken Rollups from my mother

Tuesday – Thursday – Crawfish Etouffee

Friday – Homemade Pizza

Saturday – Company over so probably eating out

Sunday – Sushi (with a coupon!)

I waited until the last minute Sunday to try and meal plan. Mike came home and was ready to go to the grocery store as it was 6pm and he had spent the entire day at the Texans game. They won but he said it was a boring game but I am digressing. I was home the entire day but wasn’t in the mood to do anything as noted in this post on my other blog.  So I had all of 5 minutes to plan out our dinners and lunches for this week.  I think I did a decent job since we will have left overs from Sunday for Monday’s dinner.  I am going to try and do better next week though.  Plan more in advance.

So here is our menu.  I have 1 recipe posted and will post the others as I make the recipe.

Monday – Lunch: ham & cheese sandwich, grapes, yogurt, banana
Dinner: BBQ Shrimp and Pineapple, salad

Tuesday:Lunch: ham & cheese sandwich, grapes, yogurt, banana
Dinner: Pork tenderloin, salad, peas or corn

Wednesday: Lunch: ham & cheese sandwich, grapes, yogurt, banana
Dinner: Going out to Happy Hour. Will try to eat slow cooker Pork Chops before we go.

Thursday: Lunch: ham & cheese sandwich, grapes, yogurt, banana
Dinner: Slow cooker Pork Chops, salad

Friday: Lunch: ham & cheese sandwich, grapes, yogurt, banana or Lean Cuisine
Dinner: Pork chops & salad or Pizza & salad

Saturday: Lunch: open
Dinner: LSU vs. Florida at Big Woodrows here in Houston. Will be having some Boudin balls and Fried Alligator

I just got home from the gym and saw someone that I follow on Twitter post their Meal Plan Monday link and I realized I forgot to post my meal plan for the week. I don’t have anything really fabulous planned but I am testing out a new Weight Watcher friendly slow cooker recipe – BBQ chicken. I hope it tastes as good as it sounds. I’ll post the recipe and photos Wednesday night.

Monday: Brats and Sauerkraut, 1/2 apple
Tuesday: Brats and Sauerkraut, 1/2 apple
Wednesday: BBQ chicken, salad
Thursday: BBQ chicken, salad
Friday: open to go out to eat
Saturday: BBQ chicken pizza, salad
Sunday: open for ideas

Happy Monday!  I have been busy the past few months and have not meal planned at all!  I am so ready to start cooking at home again and having real food rather than the frozen variety or the take out variety.  Mike is also finally back in town and I can cook for him.  So this week I am shopping in my pantry and refrigerator looking for things to eat.

Monday ~ Beef Tips (from Tyson) and Brown Rice, Side Salad

Tuesday ~ Tuna Helper “Helped” ~ 2 cans tuna, 1 helper box, 1 can corn, 1 can peas.  Served with fruit

Wednesday ~ Left over buffet.

Thursday ~ Semi-homemade Pizza & Fruit

Friday & Saturday ~ Crawfish Etouffee & Veggies

Required Trips to the Grocery Store: 0! Yipee!

Recipes, Weight Watcher points, and photos to come.