Meal Planning

Hey,

The days are getting progressively better and going back to work today helped me a lot! So much to do that I almost forgot to eat! As opposed to continuously obsessing with the “next thing I can shove in my mouth” when I am sitting in front of the telly. But I also learnt an important lesson: MEAL PLANNING. It is very difficult to follow my meal plan, unless I have prepared and brought food with… Funny, I never realised how much junk food is consumed in my office. No wonder I packed up 10kg in this environment. It’s like freshman year at Varsity!

With that in mind, here is my day’s account:
Breakfast was a bowl of fruit salad and a cup of black coffee. And after this colourful and delicious start of the day, I marched off to the rat race… When everyone was having their morning coffee, I was gobbling glasses of water (still miss the coffee fixes). And when everyone was having another cup of (delicious) latte, I drank my less-than-impressive-in-taste (albeit now tolerable) meal replacement shake. For lunch I had my meat balls and salad leftovers – something I had to beg my boyfriend to bring along on his trip to the city! My mid-afternoon meal was undoubtedly the most delicious of them all – my chocolate latte protein bar. By home time I was ravenous, so good thing I cleaned out the pantry cupboard before I started. I had 2 lean viennas and a bowl of watermelon. Then for dinner I cooked free range chicken quarters (no skin) and a roasted vegetable mix of sweet potato, butternut & pumpkin – all organic. I hope it is going to undo all the horrible things (whatever they might be) in the viennas…

I also did the hectic 20-minute cardio program during my lunch break. Not a great idea! My face looked like a roasted turkey for the next 2 hours! Gosh, it’s hard work!

Melissa

Jeni:
Hey guys,

Melissa is absolutely right. Planning is absolutely essential for success in weight loss. Really, how many of you could say that your boyfriend/husband/flatmate/etc. would have brought your leftovers for lunch to the office? Chances are, you would have been stuck with nothing to eat and you would have “gone with the flow” and ordered the garbage (sorry, I think in your language that’s called burger & chips).

I know… it takes a lot of time to prepare those meals and it is a bit embarrassing to take your containers to work and so forth. Well, let me ask you this: Is it any less embarrassing to walk into the office bursting out of your clothes like a roasted sausage? Weight loss requires work and dedication. Planning and preparing your meals in advance is part of it. Trust me, the little effort is worth it and it does go a long way (excuse the cliché).

Good luck!
Jeni