Luckily this is a short week for us (we’re going to Maine on Thursday!) but I still wanted to do some meal planning and make sure we had some good stuff to eat before we left. I tried to keep most of the meals simpler, with only one dinner “recipe”.
As you can see I end up repeating alot of my snacks/lunches/breakfasts because I find what works and just go with it. I think I have made Amy’s black bean brownies about 5 times now and we just can’t get enough!
I’ve been eating *mostly* paleo foods just because I am trying to find more things I like that are whole, natural, unprocessed, and it’s always good to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables. At one point in my life the only vegetable I ate was broccoli, so I’ve come a long way.
Some non-paleo foods that I still eat occasionally are beans, plain greek yogurt, peanut butter, and alcohol. I’m sure there are more like the occasional flour when baking but I’ve been learning that there are alot of way to avoid using sugar and white/wheat flours. When I go out to eat its much harder, so I am really flexible with that (and its usually just once a week on the weekends or while traveling). I know I will need to adjust once I am back in marathon training mode- at this point I don’t have enough foods to fuel all that running!
Here was my prep for this week:
Looks like it should be another week of delicious meals!
Are you meal planning this week?
How do you increase your calorie intake while marathon training?
I normally do very similar breakfasts and lunches because it makes food shopping easier (and cheaper!) and then attempt to change up the dinners. Glad you are branching out from broccoli! That reminds me of my husband – he remains very picky!
I agree that similar meals is better for food shopping! I also hate when food goes bad and most of the time I’m the only one eating the breakfast and lunch foods, so it just makes sense to repeat alot of those meals.
Whoof, increasing cals in a good and advantageous way during marathon training can be tough. I usually add in extra servings of nut butter, and I make my snacks more like meals. Even though they are already like meals. Also, I don’t try to make up everything in one day–as long as I get it in over the course of 48 hours, I count it good.
Avocado is great too.
Good ideas! And I am still working on learning to like avocado! I’ve been eating it occasionally but I can only have a little bit at a time.
Great plan! And way to go on cutting out the sugar and flours- it does get easier with practice (and the cravings diminish drastically when it’s not a regular part of your diet). Thanks for popping over to link up, and best wishes with marathon training!!
So glad you let me know about the link up! I usually post my meal plan every week, so its perfect!
I’ve already noticed that I don’t really miss sugar and flour anymore. Actually things with added sugar just taste super sweet to me!
I love black bean brownies and I must try those almond butter muffins!! I’m not meal planning because we are on vacation in NH right now, but when we get home, it’s on! I don’t typically increase my calorie intake too much during marathon training. I may have one or two extra snacks (200 cal or less) but that’s about it!
The muffins are really easy! They do require quite a bit of almond butter so it can get expensive to make them every week, but I’ve found that they are the perfect snack.
Enjoy the rest of your trip!
I repeat breakfasts and snacks too! I suddenly have a craving for brownies 🙂 Off to check out Amy’s recipe.