Another week of Menus

My oldest son and I are going through an allergy elimination process that requires us to avoid one specific allergen for a 25 hour period.  My son can't have eggs Friday to Saturday night ... or anything made with eggs ... or even been near birds or down blankets.  He isn't a vegetable fan and I'm a bit baffled as to what he'll be eating.  Help!

Here's what the plan is for everybody else ...

MONDAY:  Chicken Penne Pasta (missed it last week)

TUESDAY:  New Mom Casserole:  4-6 raw chicken breasts, new potatoes, green beans (fresh or canned-really any green veggie would work. Broccoli is good, too). Arrange in 9x13 dish. Sprinkle with a packet of Italian dressing mix and then top with a melted stick of butter. Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

WEDNESDAY:  Spaghetti and Meatballs

THURSDAY:  Waffles

FRIDAY:  Take-out

SATURDAY:  Birthday Cake with a side of Pizza!

SUNDAY:  Tacos

What are you eating?

Menu Monday

I made tomato sauce today.  Again.  That's all.

MONDAY:  Mac and cheese (from the box ... sauce days do not involve cooking much else)

TUESDAY:  Crock Pot Little Smokies - not sure if I'm going to use BBQ sauce or grape jelly yet (going to a crock-pot pot-luck)

WEDNESDAY:  Chicken penne pasta

THURSDAY:  Eggs and cinnamon roll cake

FRIDAY:  Take-out

SATURDAY:  Homemade pizza

SUNDAY:  Tacos

There you go.

Mondays and Meals

I should have looked at my meal plan before 3 o'clock in the afternoon ... I guess we won't be having french dip sandwiches made in the crock pot for dinner tonight!  HA!  That's the beauty of my plan, I can switch it up at the drop of a hat.  We'll be having either last week's baked oatmeal or this week's German Pancakes instead.  Although a storm is brewing, so maybe I'll make some cauliflower soup ... Either way, I'd still rather have a plan to deviate from, than no plan at all.  Do I sound like a broken record yet?

Here is my plan (before I forgot to look at it this morning!):

MONDAY:  French Dip Sandwiches

TUESDAY:  Crock pot Jambalya

WEDNESDAY:  Lasagna Spinach roll-ups

THURSDAY:  German Pancakes

FRIDAY:  Tacos

SATURDAY:  Pizza

SUNDAY:  Grilled Cheese sandwiches

Come on, share!  What are you eating?

Meal Plan Monday

So what if I only followed my meal plan 4 out of the last 7 days ... I had a plan!  When dinner time came, life was beautiful!  I didn't have to stress or be creative.  I just had to do.  And I choose to stray.  One night we needed to eat up leftovers and another I had spent the day dealing with 30 cups of shredded zucchini (canned into yummy zucchini relish) and wanted absolutely NOTHING containing zucchini for dinner!

This week I have a lot of busy nights.  I think I have one or two things going most evenings and, for some reason, people like to plan things at dinnertime!  Planning ahead is important for me or else we'll just be eating a lot of pancakes and eggs!

Here's what I'm planning:

MONDAY:  Hot Dogs (last summer bbq)

TUESDAY:  Sweet and Sour Chicken and fried rice

WEDNESDAY:  Chicken Nuggets and crinkle fries (Momma's going out with friends!)

THURSDAY:  Baked Oatmeal

FRIDAY:  Tacos

SATURDAY:  Homemade Pizza

SUNDAY:  Dinner at my mom's house

What's on your plate?

Go, you Chicken Fat, go!

I have lots of goals.  Mini-goals, long-term goals, New Year's Resolutions ... I like goals.  I like aiming for something.  I LOVE evaluating my progress.

Evaluating my weight loss progress has been easy ... I haven't done much.  (I didn't say the evaluation always makes me happy.)

When I weighed myself Friday, I was 3.5 pounds heavier than my wedding day.  I was 7.5 pounds heavier than when I graduated high school.  I was 17.5 pounds heavier than my driver's license says I weigh. (A number that I made up when I renewed in my early twenties and have never bothered to change - it certainly wasn't true then - I'm pretty sure I'm a lot closer to it now than I was back then!)

A friend invited me to join a FaceBook challenge from today until mid-December.  The person/people who reach their goal (or get the closest) wins a prize.  I hesitated to join because I haven't lost any substantial weight in a year, but, in the end, that's why I joined.  I need something to get me progressing. 

My goal ... reach that elusive driver's license weight.  I can only imagine what that would be like.  My-freaky list-making-record-keeping-self knows that I weighed that amount in 8th grade ... that would be 21 years ago, people.  I certainly wasn't a "skinny" girl back then, but I'd love be that skinny now!