Day 1: Porridge, blueberries, almonds, chia seeds. Carrot sticks, hummus. Tuna salad. Banana. Egg white omelette with spinach and feta. Day 2: Porridge, banana, chia seeds. Apple, almonds. Tuna salad. Chocolate biscuit from Singapore. Turkey steak, broccoli, brown rice Day 3: Porridge, chia seeds. Black pepper pistachios. Vegetable soup, brown bread. Indian starters, main dishes and dessert – cheat meal! Day 4: Porridge, almonds. Greek yogurt, blueberries, flaked almonds. Turkey salad. Turkey steak, brown rice, broccoli. No fifth meal today Day 5: Porridge, almonds, chia seeds. Greek yogurt, blueberries, flaked almonds. Cajun chicken salad. Turkey steak, brown rice, broccoli.
This was the first week of me planning my meals ahead so that I could eat clean all week with the exception of one cheat meal. I planned ahead by writing down a list of lunches, snacks and dinners that I could want to eat this week and bought the ingredients for these. I made sure that the ingredients could be used in more than one meal so that my shopping bill wouldn’t be too high. It worked out quite well too!
I had to eat out twice this week, both unavoidable. The first was to a really nice Indian restaurant for my housemate’s birthday. I checked the menu ahead of arriving for healthy options but then decided to have this as my one cheat meal of the week (although technically I had two cheats this week with the chocolate biscuit my colleague brought back from Singapore). I ordered a set menu and got to try many dishes, some which I had never had before. It was delicious, but I left feeling very bloated which was made obvious by my extruding food-baby-belly!
The second occasion was a work lunch, but I had already used up my cheat meal so I ordered cajun chicken breast and swapped the chips for the house salad. Unfortunately, they added a teaspoon of salad cream to the salad so it wasn’t a clean meal, but I’m not counting a teaspoon of salad cream as a full-on cheat! Overall a generally good week but it could have been better. I’m getting back in to the swing of things, I just can’t wait to get back in to the gym to compliment my healthy eating so that I see even better results!
How has your week been? What are you favourite healthy or cheat meals?
Well done on eating so clean! It’s really good that you plan your meals in advance and buy several of the same ingredient so you can use it more than once, makes things so much easier doesn’t it?!!
Lx
Thank you! It really does make it easier, plus it’s cheaper too! x
For the first time in a while I decided to plan both my meals and my workout schedule for this week. It certainly makes a difference with keeping you on track! Well done you!
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I love having a plan- it really does keep you on track! Thank you and well done to you too! xx
What do you use to get all your pictures like this? :) I really like it, and want to do one too! I’m trying to be a bit healthier and I think taking pictures of things I eat and blogging about it would really help! Your meals look really healthy and yummy :) xxxxx
Thanks! I use this: http://bighugelabs.com/mosaic.php xx