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Originally Posted by Radiance
Cassandra, thanks, I think what happens to me is that I try to achieve so much on my meal plan that I end up achieving nothing!
ok, so, if I follow you, I like the chicken for starters, I like chicken, I know 2-3 recipes myself and my son loves chicken. Then, bam! I hesitate. How do I ensure it is a balanced diet? How do I incorporate the right amount of veggies? Am I including the right amount of iron, proteins, minerals, ahhh!
Plus, if I eat chicken more than 3 times a week, I'll go crazy. My baby is more flexible, he can have the same lunch 4-5 times a week, no problem.
Then, that is lunch, how about breakfasts, morning snacks, afternoon snacks and dinner? See how I drive myself crazy?
I think for now I could cook 7 racions of chicken but freeze and eat it in a 2-3 week period, not every day.
Help!
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I know what you mean. It can be a little tricky figuring out how to balance your meals properly. Try not to over think it though. Just listen to your body- it will tell you what you need. As you look through recipes, certain ones will jump out at you. Make those. Some weeks, my absolute favorite recipes don't sound appetizing at all and I'll want to make something I haven't eaten in awhile. I try to make sure I get a little bit of everything each day, but if I go a couple days without meat, no big deal. Same with fruit and veggies.
Definitely do as DisneySteve said. If it is on sale, buy it in bulk and just freeze what you won't eat for the week. No problems with only having chicken a couple times a week. If you properly freeze it, it will last for awhile and you can take out what you need as you need it.
I usually eat the same thing for breakfast every day. I usually have cereal or bagels. I'll get oatmeal every couple weeks just to change it up. I like routines so having the same breakfast everyday works for me. It is also easy to make so I don't have to concentrate a lot on what I am eating when I am getting ready for the day.
If you don't want to eat the same thing of breakfast every day (and I get why, it can get boring), start with a breakfast item you really like. Cereal? Toast? Eggs? Then build on that. If you really like Cheerios, get some fruit (bananas, blueberries, etc.) to add to the cereal whenever you want. Then every other week, get another breakfast item you like but won't go through as fast (oatmeal, bagels, whatever). One day you have Cheerios with blueberries, the next you have plain Cheerios, and the next day you have a bagel and a banana. Alternate it however you like and according to what you feel like having. But pick a couple "main" breakfast items and then "accessorize" it to what you feel like having.
The same applies to lunch and snacks and dinner. Pick a couple of "themes" and then get some "accessories" to change it so you don't go crazy having the same thing every night.