Meal Plan for January 11th - January 17th

I'm so excited for this week's plan of eating. I had so much energy last week and because I had everything planned out and ready to go, I didn't sabotage my goals. I know that in order to live the fulfilling life I desire I need to keep my nutrition in check.

Food has always been a struggle for me. What I've learned is you need to figure out when you want to make bad choices. I know that I will be more apt to make a poor choice with food when I'm over tired, and stressed out. With my long commute to and from work, I tend to get pretty stressed out about how I am going to get done all that needs to get done. This then brings on trips through the drive through and bingeing on french fries or cookies, or pizza, man do I love pizza.

So my meal plan for the week is pretty simple. I tried adding avocado into my plan last week and it was an epic FAIL. It just didn't satisfy me at all, and I felt like it got wasted. However, my plan of adding in mixed nuts was an epic SUCCESS! I was a bit nervous about cutting out all of my carbs via grains. Turns out I didn't miss them at all because I had plenty from the fruits I had been eating!

I had weight loss success and energy success, so I'm taking what works and running with it!

Meal Plan for Sunday, January 11, 2015 to Saturday, January 17th
	Sun	Mon	Tues	Weds	Thurs	Fri	Sat
B-Fast	2  eggs w/ Blueberries	2  eggs w/ Blueberries	2  eggs w/ salsa Blueberries	2  eggs w/ salsa Blueberries	2  eggs w/ Blueberries	2  eggs w/ salsa Blueberries	2  eggs w/ salsa Blueberries
Snack	Mixed Nuts	Mixed Nuts and raspberries	Mixed Nuts and pear	Mixed Nuts and pear	Mixed Nuts and pear	Mixed Nuts and Raspberries	Mixed Nuts and Raspberries
Lunch	Lunch out with Family	Shakeology w/ almond milk	Shakeology w/ almond milk	Shakeology w/ almond milk	Shakeology w/ almond milk	Shakeology w/ almond milk	Shakeology w/ almond milk
Snack	Shakeology w/ almond milk	Plain yogurt w/ Mixed Berries	Plain yogurt w/ Mixed Berries	Plain yogurt w/ Mixed Berries	Plain yogurt w/ Mixed Berries	Plain yogurt w/ Mixed Berries	Plain yogurt w/ Mixed Berries
Dinner	Canjun spiced fish Salad w/ dressing	Chili w/ Salad w/ dressing	Based Chicken w/ Roasted Broccoli	Pork Chops w/Sweet Potatoes	Stuffed Peppers Salad w/ dressing	Chicken Stirfry w/ Carrots, broccoli, snap peas	Out to Dinner!

Asian-style Chicken or Shrimp Soup

My husband LOVES cooking soups, and tonight he cooked the most AMAZING Asian soup. I could eat it ALL DAY LONG! I hope you enjoy it, and let me know what you think if you decide to make it!

You can use any noodle you like for this soup, we used soba noodles!

Ingredients:
2 tbsp sunflower oil (we used olive!)
3 shallots, finely chopped
2 tsp grated fresh ginger
1 jalapeno, seeded and finely chopped
2 tsp Thai green curry paste
5 cups vegetable stock (or chicken stock - you may need more)
6-8 oz. noodles
2 tsp brown sugar
Juice of about 1/2 lime, to taste
2 chicken breasts shredded OR 8-10 oz of cooked, peeled shrimp
4 handfuls beansprouts
1 bunch scallions, sliced
Cilantro to garnish

Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the shallots, ginger, jalapenos, and curry paste, and cook gently for two minutes. Stir in the stock, bring to a boil, cover, and simmer for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, cook the noodles in a separate pan of boiling water according to the package instructions. Drain and set aside.

Stir the sugar and lime juice into the broth. Add the chicken and cooked noodles, and warm through. Add the beansprouts and scallions, and stir in the cilantro. Ladle the soup into bowls, garnish with extra cilantro, and serve immediately.

Meal Plan for January 3rd to January 9th

First meal plan of the year! On Monday I will be starting Insanity Max: 30, and I am SO EXCITED! I did the first workout when I received the DVDs and it is definitely insane! In order to be properly fueled for my workouts AND get results from this program I have really focused on getting in the right foods according to the meal plan. The meal plan for Insanity Max:30 is the same/similar to the 21 Day Fix meal plan, so I am pretty familiar with the color coded boxes.

My meals are colored coded for each box. However, I do not have as many yellow boxes as the meal plan calls for. I have just recently read the book "The Primal Blueprint" by Mark Sisson, and I loved it! I loved that he has been living this lifestyle and how it has changed his life. Basically we should be eating how the first humans ate. They were hunter-gatherers and were the leanest and most fit humans. Their diet had very little carbohydrates in the forms of grains and wheat, because the technology to cultivate those items weren't available. So I am trying to transfer my diet over to meats, nuts, berries, fish, and as many natural products as possible.

My husband and I really enjoy cooking, so our dinners are pretty creative, but still stick to a pretty simple concept of meat and a vegetable. What I don't have on here is my plan for when I get hungry outside of these planned snacks and meals. For the times that I will crave something, or feel hungrier than normal, I plan on supplementing this plan with additional blue serving of nuts, or another green serving of vegetables in the form of a salad. The primal blueprint eating style doesn't encourage calorie counting, but eating for your needs. If you feel hungry, then EAT! Just make sure you aren't eating foods that are against the goals you have for yourself.

So here it is! We grocery shop on Saturdays, so this meal plan is for today through Friday. If you are interested in the recipes and shopping list for this meal plan, fill out the contact information on the right side of the page, and I will get back to you with the information! If you are interested in the Beachbody color coded containers that I use for this plan, click HERE!

Meal Plan for Saturday, January 3, 2015 to Friday, January 9th
	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tues	Weds	Thurs	Fri
B-Fast	2 eggs w/ spinach, ham Blueberries	2 eggs w/ spinach, ham Blueberries	2 eggs w/ spinach, ham Blueberries	2 eggs w/ avocado and salsa Blueberries	2 eggs w/ avocado and salsa Blueberries	2 eggs w/ avocado and salsa Blueberries	2 eggs w/ avocado and salsa Blueberries
Snack	Mixed Nuts and raspberries	Mixed Nuts and raspberries	Mixed Nuts and raspberries	Avocado and Raspberries	Avocado and Raspberries	Avocado and Raspberries	Avocado and Raspberries
Lunch	Shakeology w/ almond milk	Shakeology w/ almond milk	Shakeology w/ almond milk	Shakeology w/ almond milk	Shakeology w/ almond milk	Shakeology w/ almond milk	Shakeology w/ almond milk
Snack	Plain yogurt w/ honey	Plain yogurt w/ honey	Roasted Chicken w/ Apple	Apple w/ Natural Peanut Butter	Apple w/ Natural Peanut Butter	Apple w/ Natural Peanut Butter	Plain yogurt w/ honey
Dinner	Flank steak w/ shallot wine sauce Roasted Broccoli	Roasted Chicken w/ Root Vegetables Salad w/ dressing	Asian Chicken Soup w/ Salad w/ dressing	Teriyaki Pork Tenderloin w/Roasted Siracha Cauliflower	Grilled Chicken Salad w/ dressing	Shrimp Scampi w/ Zucchini Noodles	Chicken Picatta w/ Zucchini Spirals