I have been sharing my monthly supper meal plan. This is the only meal we are able to eat all together as a family that is why I have a meal plan for supper. I often have breakfast before getting the children up in the morning. For lunch I am feeding the children I watch and they are not THM kids, wheil I do often feed them on plan just not all the time, I find it works best if I do not try to eat at the same time as them and the timoing for my meals often works out to favor that. So now it's time to let you know how I handle breakfast, lunch and snacks. I don’t plan them out, I have some mental guidelines I follow, but I just go with it for the most part. I use what I have on hand, plus have a few things I keep on hand for these meals, the staples I need for my "sweatpants" meals.
Breakfast is mostly oatmeal, eggs with non starchy, or egg whites scrambled with non starchys, occasionally adding in waffles, pancakes, yogurt, cereal, or toast. I aim to have oatmeal at least 3 times a week, and I lean towards having more E breakfast than other fuel types as I find I do best with the carbs earlier in the day. For oatmeal I make a combo of PPP and oatmeal so keeping dry packs of oatmeal prepped and ready to go helps keep me from having to maseur things in the morning. I also keep non starchy veggies on hand either cut up in the fridge or in the freezer to grab easily when I need them.
Wednesday is the only day I have a set plan for lunch, that's the day I have salmon, this is to help me get it at least once a week. The other days I go for a salad, leftovers, sandwich, eggs with non starchys or a stir fry type dish all things I can make fast and like. Once again this is where having the veggies all cut up in the fridge or freezer comes in handy.
Snacks are all over the place for me, depending on how hungry I am and how much time I have. Sometimes it's a shake, usually a FP. I often have sweet treats for snacks. Other times it's nuts, rice cakes, popcorn, really just about anything I have that sounds good. Snacks are really when I just roll with it and have whatever.
The biggest thing is I don’ t over think any meal or snack. Having what sounds good, will nourish my body, and keep me full for the next 3 hours. I will say that over the past 5 years this has become easier, no longer having to put much thought into what fuel I am having. If you are a beginner don’t get discouraged the longer you stick with it the easier it gets. This is how I do it, that does not mean it will work for you, some people need to plan out every meal and that is ok. To make THM successful you need to find the balance that helps you stay on plan.
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