meal planning

I'd like to plan my diet out for a week, and if it is possible, pack up and
box a weeks worth of food. I've been thinking about it for a couple days. It
doesn't sound too difficult, I just have to play with the numbers on a
spreadsheet. (I'm a calorie counter.) There are some complexities though,
especially if I want to pre-pack everything. Like salad, for example, that
won't keep for a week in the fridge. Actually, a lot of things won't keep in
the fridge.

I'm just looking for some tips. The thought of spending a couple hours on
Sunday and putting everything together for a week is alluring. Has anybody
worked out a good system for this? Also, are there any good books on the
topic that aren't portion control books? (Portion control meaning the
physical size of the food as opposed to weights and calorie counts. That
doesn't work for me.)

On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 23:34:56 -0700, em wrote:

I'd like to plan my diet out for a week, and if it is possible, pack up and
box a weeks worth of food. I've been thinking about it for a couple days. It
doesn't sound too difficult, I just have to play with the numbers on a
spreadsheet. (I'm a calorie counter.) There are some complexities though,
especially if I want to pre-pack everything. Like salad, for example, that
won't keep for a week in the fridge. Actually, a lot of things won't keep in
the fridge.

I'm just looking for some tips. The thought of spending a couple hours on
Sunday and putting everything together for a week is alluring. Has anybody
worked out a good system for this? Also, are there any good books on the
topic that aren't portion control books? (Portion control meaning the
physical size of the food as opposed to weights and calorie counts. That
doesn't work for me.)


I don't think you'll get away with salad for an entire week, but you
can box 'em up ready to go for about 3 days at a whack. One can also
cook up stuff and freeze it in portion sized containers, then thaw as
you go.

I use ZipLoc containers, the squareish 2.5 cup ones. I put my protein
in first, then some baby carrots, red pepper, cucumbers, onion slice
and spinach and pack the spinach in fairly tightly, then jam a lid on.
This seems to stay pretty fresh for up to 3 days. To eat, I dump it on
a plate, possibly add a tablespoon of nuts or seeds, dress.


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Cynthia
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