Food Planning can save you calories

A calorie saving and important part of your new healthy life is meal/snack planning. 

Planning your meals and snacks in advance will take a little time up front, but it will be well worth it when you are hungry, trust me.  I know that if I am hungry right now and I do not have a “good choice food” I will go right for the first fast food I can find or the sweets in the pantry.  I do best when I have the pre-planned, good choice options ready and waiting. 

So let me tell you my plan for today…
Breakfast-
2 cups of coffee, 2 packs Splenda, 2 tbsp of Coffeemate sugar free creamer
Banana
bowl of FiberOne Cereal

Morning Snack-
celery with Reduced Fat Jiff peanut butter or Danon Light and Fit Yougurt
bottle of Water

Lunch-
Tuna salad (using Hellmann’s Light mayo, celery and green onions)
Thomas’s Light Multi-grain English Muffin
Cantaloupe
Diet coke (I can’t give up soda all together)

Afernoon Snack-
Apple (I always have one in my purse) or cantaloupe
or a Fiber One bar (I have these stashed everywhere) or
Raw Almonds (I keep a can of these in my basket when I go in the car)

Dinner-
Baked pork tenderloin
Barilla Plus Pasta with garlic zucchini and peppers
Fresh Green Beans
Tomato salad with olive oil

After Dinner Snack-
Sugar Free Pudding (NEW -there is Wegmans brand now…cheaper than Jell-O brand)
light whip cream on top
and maybe a cup of Tea

The  goal of meal and snack planning is to not let yourself be caught without nutritious food available and ready to eat. Having nutritious food on hand will help you choose to eat food that will help you meet your weight loss goals. If you are prepared with a plan when you start your day, you will be less likely to choose foods that are not the the best choices.  Learning how to plan your meals, and make the best choices for weight loss isn’t hard, but it does require forethought and preparation. 

I know once you start planning your meals and snacks you will set yourself up to make more good choices!