Hello and Happy Monday! I started my little day with a 5.5 mile slow run. I don’t know why, but I had major “lead legs” today.
Post run I headed straight for the kitchen to make breakfast. 
I stuffed half a cantaloupe with Pomegranate Chobani. It’s been so warm here I’ve been craving cold comfort foods like fruit and yogurt constantly!
I got this menu planner pad over the weekend and filled it out last night. I don’t usually plan out my meals, and this is a problem because I end up going to the grocery store too many times during the week and spending too much money! I’m hoping this helps me stay on track with my budget, but also helps my cleaner eating goals 
Mini-Goal Monday for 1/24/2011
1. Make a schedule for blogging and school – and stick to it!
2. Eat clean snacks.
Questions: Do you plan your meals?
Do you have any Monday Mini-Goals?
Love this post! I always plan my meals (I just did the rest of this week on a note pad during my lunch) it helps me keep organized with such a busy schedule! I love to make goals for myself. I try not to go overboard because I don’t like setting up myself up to fail, but I make sure to give a bit of challenge so I have a sense of accomplishment when I am able to say I did it! I am just starting to run, and am hoping it will help me end the mind/body image struggle once adn for all 😉
I love fruit and yogurt! It’s all I have been craving with the warm weather we are having 🙂
I am definitely a meal planner. I use the same pad and a excel spread sheet (don’t make fun!) to plan our meals!!! I think it’s my OCD plus it helps save money so we don’t take random trips to the grocery store!
Mini Goals
yoga 3xs this week
study for boards!
I can seriously pick out a sentence in every one of your posts where I think, “she’s taunting me with California.” 😛 lol
I need to meal plan, but I don’t… and as for mini-goals, stick to my new training plan, and stay sane!
I plan out my meals because it makes my life so much easier that way! And I can always switch them around a bit if I’m feeling like something different.
I try to plan my meals, but I usually don’t write them down. This month, I’ve been doing “Eat In Month” via the Chic Life and that has helped a lot with my preplanning.
As for healthy snacking, I bring an apple every day to work. The first thing I do when I get to my desk is take it out of my bag and put it right my screen. That way, I don’t forget about it and if I’m looking for a snack, I don’t have to searching for a (likely worse) alternative.
I just started planning yesterday.. we’ll see how it goes and I’ll get back to you on that. Like you, I go to the grocery store WAY too much!
I don’t actually – I just buy a few different types of fresh veggies and squash each week and then each day I think about what I have on hand and how to make it into a meal. It actually makes me more creative!
I’m a huge dork that sits down every Sunday and finds recipes, plans meals, and then does the grocery list. When I get back from the store, I get everything ready – prep snacks, pre-prep meals, chop veggies, etc. At least twice a week, and often more, I leave for work around 8am and don’t get home until 7 or 8pm, so if I don’t have stuff ready, I get too hungry to function and risk eating household items. I usually try to do some sort of casserole or crockpot soup, something with lots of leftovers so I can cook once and eat two or three times.
I think it’s super cool that you are so good about this 🙂
I semi-plan my meals when my husband is in town all week. When he’s not here I know I can throw something together to satisfy me, but I know that he likes meat most nights and wants “real meals”, not just things I threw together at the last minute. Oh, boys.
I usually have one or two meals planned for the week that need fresh ingredients. I never know how much prep time I’ll have (the baby rules my schedule) so I rely a lot on frozen stuff for busy nights. When the baby cooperates, I cook 🙂
I kind of plan my meals- I usually have an idea of what I want to make when I go grocery shopping. Since I only cook for myself, I end up eating a lot of leftovers!
That cantaloupe looks so good. I NEED to meal plan….I have the exact same breakfast and lunch every day so I bet meal planning would help me with variety! Have a great Monday!
I don’t plan my meals, because it stresses me out like- but “what if I don’t want that on that day or that meal or that time? Gahhhh..” So I genereally just have “Staples” in my house so I can make whatever when I feel like it. That and I live a mile away from Ralphs, so if I really wanted something or ingredients I could go get ’em- and my school is right across the street from it, so that is convenient too, hehe..
i need to plan meals more! where did you get the planner?
I found the planner at a random little store in Orange. But, someone asked if they have them at Urban Outfitters, so I bet you can get it there.
I’ve never planned out my meals. But I don’t really eat a lot of different things. I don’t really stray from salads, cottage cheese, yogurt, eggbeaters, and boca burgers. I’m pretty boring that way. < —- can't cook 🙁
I don’t plan my meals out in advance, but I really need to start doing that. I always end up with rotten produce at the end of the week, and I hate to waste it like that. I’d love some tips on how to plan meals out, though, since I’ve never done it in my entire life!
I posted my mini goals on my blog.
I TRY to plan out my meals. Every once and a while the husband and I will sit down on a Sunday and plan out a week’s worth of meals. It works great, but we get lazy, and end up eating cereal for dinner for a week.
I just need to get back into the habit.
Sometimes I try to plan my meals, but I hardly ever stick to them!
I always feel/eat better when I plan my meals, but I hate doing it!!
I’m obsessed with meal planning! Crazy, i know but i love love love to plan and make lists so it’s right up my alley! your new “what to eat” notepad is adorable.
I used to menu plan religiously. At times, I’d have a plan for an entire month. After awhile, I fell out of love with cooking dinner and my menu planning enthusiasm waned, as well. I’ve been really uninspired as of late and tend to make the same things over and over. But, my husband is leaving for another deployment which means I won’t have to make a ‘real dinner’ for quite some time. So I guess I won’t be menu planning any time soon.
You can always “plan” on having cereal for dinner 😉
Yes I plan the majority of my meals for the week on sunday and go grocery shopping on Monday usually. Keeps it more stress free that way. 🙂
Mini goals: pay bills, blog. 🙂
I try to plan out dinners for a few nights a week. We’d eat out every night if I didn’t.
P.s. your real men of genius lyrics from your earlier post literary made me laugh out loud! Loved it.
The bf and I have discussed meal planning many times. I like the idea–especially for grocery shopping–but we also tend to eat a lot of things depending on our cravings…
Did you get that note pad at Urban Outfitters? Meal Planning is one of my goals for 2011. When my husband and I don’t meal plan we end up going with easy and unhealthy options like Chipotle! We usually try to plan before to go to the grocery store on Sunday so we have all of our ingredients ready.
No, it wasn’t Urban Outfitters, it was a cute little boutique we randomly walked into 🙂
I LOVE that menu pad–so cute!
I try and plan my meals, but it usually backfires on me or I’m just inconsistent.
Where did you get that menu planner pad? That looks really helpful!