So I'm not one to count calories and Water and all that other stuff.

I need to meal plan and I need some ideas

I don't like the idea of 7 day old food with meal prepping but it's gonna have to do.

I need some ideas besides egg muffins and salads.

I usually snack on nuts Protein bars and fruit. I need Breakfast ideas lunch and dinner ideas. Anything helps. I have 16 or so lbs. Before I hit under 200 (first goal.)

Thanks in advance.

I'm two weeks post op and just starting the "soft mechanical foods" stage. I am having trouble figuring out when I'm full, or if I'm just gassy. While I'm eating I get a pain in my upper back and just feel kinda bloated....is that my full signal?

@@Aribay1 Well if you don't follow any kind of "diet"'what kind of foods are you wanting? Sounds like you can just Eat whatever you want so you have the option of just googling recipes.

I am a creature of habit and eat a lot of the same things.

For breakfast I still drink a Premier shake on my way to work. If I am still hungry I have a sf greek yogurt. For lunch I like turkey or ham rolled up with swiss cheese. I make my own coleslaw with Splenda and that and/or a pickle goes well with the deli meat roll ups. I also like egg salad, lentil Soup or refried Beans for lunch.

For dinner it's a Protein and a veggie....chicken, pork, burger. I have a husband two kids so cookong for four is easier with less leftovers than cooking for one or two. How about buying small containers and freezing individual portions instead of having 7 day old food from all of the leftovers. There is really no way around food prep though. You can make a meatloaf, chicken marsala or lemon chicken, meatballs, pepper steak, chili. Maybe google some crock pot recipes so you are not tied to the kitchen.

Yeah its tougher to because when I do cook it's just for me.

All I been eating is bagel in the am then Beans and chicken (almost like a burrito minus the rice) for lunch and dinner. Then I try to sneak in a shake and a Protein bar and fruit in between all that.

@@Aribay1 Well if you don't follow any kind of "diet"'what kind of foods are you wanting? Sounds like you can just Eat whatever you want so you have the option of just googling recipes.

I basically eat whatever but I don't eat anything with more then 10g of sugar. And I read labels. But Idk I need to prep I guess it's just hard to eat the same thing all the time

Doing food prep doesn't mean eating the same thing all the time. This is my food prep on Sunday's. I boil 4 -6 eggs. Any fresh fruit I have I chop up and put in tupperware. Some weeks I'll cook up a small pot of quinoa. If it's a really busy week I make a few overnight oats in tupperware. I switch up the fruit I use. I typically already have bean already cooked and frozen or a few cans of low sodium Beans on hand. I make make half a dozen crustless quiche. I now have several different option to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner all set and ready to go. Prep takes no more than an hour and actual cooking time takes no more than 15 mins. I like to start my day with a Protein shake most of them can be assembled in my shaker bottle unless I am adding fresh fruit which I blend in my nutra bullet.

Doing food prep doesn't mean eating the same thing all the time. This is my food prep on Sunday's. I boil 4 -6 eggs. Any fresh fruit I have I chop up and put in tupperware. Some weeks I'll cook up a small pot of quinoa. If it's a really busy week I make a few overnight oats in tupperware. I switch up the fruit I use. I typically already have bean already cooked and frozen or a few cans of low sodium beans on hand. I make make half a dozen crustless quiche. I now have several different option to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner all set and ready to go. Prep takes no more than an hour and actual cooking time takes no more than 15 mins. I like to start my day with a protein shake most of them can be assembled in my shaker bottle unless I am adding fresh fruit which I blend in my nutra bullet.

I just haven't figured out how to cook for a portion for myself. Also I use to do shakes in the morning but it feels below zero in the mornings I can't do it.

You don't have to cook a single portion. Make a regular quiche recipe instead of putting it in a pie plate, use cupcake molds. Freeze half, leave half in the fridge. Get up, microwave cupcake and go.

Also anyone have some must haves to get at the grocery store? Going tomorrow

Buy what you eat. I always buy eggs, greek yogurt, quinoa, rolled or steel cut oat, raw honey and almond milk.

What not to buy is more important. Avoid processed food, and pretty much anything that come in a box. They are often full of sodium.