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Hi CAF,

I am interested in hearing about everyone’s meals for breakfast, lunch, dinner and any routine you may have cooking. I’d love to hear favorite recipes, or just ideas for different meals.

Growing up, I was a pretty terrible eater. I’ve never been too interested in food, and the only stuff I really love is pretty unhealthy like milkshakes. Right now I’m at the point where I only want to eat the healthiest option, because unless i’m eating my favorite thing (dessert), everything else is the same type of boring to me. I’d rather have a salad, than eat a burger, as the salad is probably healthier and less calories and instead of eating all of the burger calories, i’d rather eat those calories with desserts.

I don’t have desserts every day. Some days I go not eating until 4 pm. Then I snack, and never prepare dinner. It’s pretty horrible. I probably should come up with 5 "snacks"to have through out the day, and eat them no matter what, because it’s important to “fuel” your body.

I’d also like to get back into a routine of exercising. I’m at a very healthy weight, but have 10 or so lbs to lose as I’m still losing baby weight. Had a baby 7 months ago…exclusively breastfeeding. I make an effort to move a lot through out the day, but with recent storms, haven’t been able to enjoy long walks. I do have a treadmill though.

Thanks for any and all (name removed by moderator)ut. Greatly appreciated. And hopefully I can get my life back on track, eating healthy, and regularly, even though it really doesn’t interest me at all. I think planning weekly/monthly meals might be key. What I also find interesting, is I love going out to eat, but usually only do it once or twice a month. We have the money to go out more often but why not save it for little one’s future etc. Going out makes it more exciting for me though, and I’m more likely to eat something I wouldn’t prepare at home, even if it is basic.🤷
 
Hi,
It’s nice that you want to improve your diet. Especially important since you will be setting an example for your child.
Not eating until 4 PM is a recipe for weight gain, especially as we grow older. As you mention, we have to have regular meals to keep our blood sugar level, (unless we’re fasting which is another story.)
I eat 3 times a day: breakfast is steel cut oatmeal with walnuts and blueberries or scrambled eggs with veggies.
Lunch is salad or veggie soup.
dinner is (ideally) a smoothie made of blueberries, apples, celery, kale or spinach or other greens, cocoa powder and soy milk.

I try not to eat meat too often. I’m not interested in spending time cooking either, so try to keep it simple. I’m trying to lose weight, so that diet would not be ideal for everyone.
Good luck.

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It is always wise to eat breakfast even if we don’t feel hungry. I always keep hard boiled eggs in the fridge. Poached or scrambled eggs are easy. Oatmeal or corn flakes. An apple every day now that they are in season.
 
If food prep feels like a chore to you, I’d try to maximize efficiency in that area - so maybe you make a meal, but you make enough that you’ll have leftovers (and if you can freeze them so you’re not eating the same thing a bunch of days in a row, then that could be helpful to avoid the “Nah, I don’t want that,” and eating something bad for you.)

I do make-ahead breakfast, too - I prefer the texture of baked oatmeal to stove-top. (And that’s freezable, too!) Even though I am a morning person who likes to cook, I find breakfast a challenge, so it was nice to find something yummy, nutritious, and filling that I really don’t mind eating every morning.

BudgetBytes.com has a lot of good recipes (for all meals.)

I also like to add veggies to dishes to “get them in” but not feel like eating them is a chore - so I’ll add spinach to pasta sauce or broccoli to macaroni and cheese. You can also substitute beans for a portion of meat in recipes without changing the flavor much.
 
Women generally keep 10 pounds or so extra while bfing, so I would not try to get to your pre-pregnancy weight til after you have weaned–discuss with your doctor.

For salads, I like salads with a lot of stuff on them, like a salad bar salad 🙂 I used to go to the salad bar and gather up a bunch of what I liked and thus have enough for a few salads. I also like spinach leaves, mushrooms, hard–boiled eggs, with ranch dressing on top. Another one I wiuld gather the ingredients of and make a few up of 🙂

As to exercise: take your baby out every day in the stroller for a brisk walk. Good for both of you!
 
staralyy said:
Hi CAF,

I am interested in hearing about everyone’s meals for breakfast, lunch, dinner and any routine you may have cooking. I’d love to hear favorite recipes, or just ideas for different meals.

Growing up, I was a pretty terrible eater. I’ve never been too interested in food, and the only stuff I really love is pretty unhealthy like milkshakes. Right now I’m at the point where I only want to eat the healthiest option, because unless i’m eating my favorite thing (dessert), everything else is the same type of boring to me. I’d rather have a salad, than eat a burger, as the salad is probably healthier and less calories and instead of eating all of the burger calories, i’d rather eat those calories with desserts.

I don’t have desserts every day. Some days I go not eating until 4 pm. Then I snack, and never prepare dinner. It’s pretty horrible. I probably should come up with 5 "snacks"to have through out the day, and eat them no matter what, because it’s important to “fuel” your body.

I’d also like to get back into a routine of exercising. I’m at a very healthy weight, but have 10 or so lbs to lose as I’m still losing baby weight. Had a baby 7 months ago…exclusively breastfeeding. I make an effort to move a lot through out the day, but with recent storms, haven’t been able to enjoy long walks. I do have a treadmill though.

Thanks for any and all (name removed by moderator)ut. Greatly appreciated. And hopefully I can get my life back on track, eating healthy, and regularly, even though it really doesn’t interest me at all. I think planning weekly/monthly meals might be key. What I also find interesting, is I love going out to eat, but usually only do it once or twice a month. We have the money to go out more often but why not save it for little one’s future etc. Going out makes it more exciting for me though, and I’m more likely to eat something I wouldn’t prepare at home, even if it is basic.🤷
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Funny, I was starving when I was breast feeding! 🙂

I am a big soup maker and eater. My family likes soup, it is economical and it makes great leftovers.

I also like to cook up breakfast items to have on hand all week - egg casserole, bacon, sausage.

Eating grass fed beef is very important. Costco has a 3 pack of grass fed ground beef that I use to make homemade meatballs (freeze extras), goulash type dishes, meatloaf, taco meat.

I love crock pot cooking. Put a brisket or roast in and you will have some great leftovers to make burritos or for freezing.

I hope that helps!
 
Once I had DD, the key for healthy eating for me was to make it as easy as possible to do so.

I buy a big tub of pre-washed salad greens each week. First thing in the morning, I throw several handfuls of them into a big Tupperware container, along with some bell peppers (I chop those once a week, so I can just grab a handful the rest of the days), some meat (usually chicken) that I deliberately made enough of for leftovers, and one stick of string cheese, chopped very small (for flavor). When lunch comes around, rather than grabbing something fast-but-high-calorie, all I have to do is put a little dressing on top, cover the container, give it a good shake (this will spread a little dressing evenly over all the salad, so you use less but it tastes better), and eat. Yum!
 
When my DH was diagnosed as being pre-diabetic last spring, we made an appointment with a dietician. Best thing we ever did.

We learned so much. We learned what a portion is. We learned how important it is to have a balanced meal. It’s not a good idea to cut out fat or carbs entirely; your body needs some to utilize the other foods you’re eating. She gave us lots of good recipes, and emphasized what we should be eating (and how much) rather than what we should be avoiding.

If you can possibly arrange it, meeting with a dietician is invaluable. Failing that, many hospitals offer free classes on nutrition. If you can take advantage of one of these, you’ll learn so much that you’ll find helpful in forming your little one’s eating habits, too.
 
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