Hashbrown Bowls, Greek Yogurt + Fruit/Chia/Flax, Pork Roast w/ Buldak Sweet Corn Mac, Green Breans
I do this for nutrition and weight loss - big on the nutrition part! - with cost being a close third motivator (though one I haven't tracked as closely as the other two), so I'm including the calorie and macro breakdown as well.
Lunch (Pork, Mac, Green Beans) 400 cal / 11.2g F / 35g C / 3.9g Fib / 37.6g P
One box of Buldak Sweet Corn Mac & Cheese
Added to the mac - 100 g blended 2% cottage cheese and 50ml of ultra filtered milk
2lb of Aldi carnita-seasoned pork roast (crock pot on low for 8 hrs)
1 bag of fine green beans (air fried at 350F for 15 minutes)
Everyday, not pictured, I have a matcha, protein, spirulina shake that adds about 100 calories and 10g of protein (not included in the counts below). Been doing this for years and it's amazing for steady, continued energy all day. I drink it first thing when I wake up, then hold off on breakfast til about 9am, otherwise I'll be hungry for lunch way too early in the day.
Breakfast option 1 (Apple Yogurt) 311 cal / 4.4g F / 35.6g C / 5.5g Fib / 27.6g P
250g plain low-fat greek yogurt
Sugar-free flavoring syrup - salted caramel
5g chia seeds
2g ground flax seed
15g protein granola
1 small gala apple (with skin)
Breakfast option 2 (Kiwi Yogurt) 311 cal / 4.4g F / 35.6g C / 5.5g Fib / 27.6g P
250g plain low-fat greek yogurt
Sugar-free flavoring syrup - peach
5g chia seeds
2g ground flax seed
15g protein granola
1 medium kiwi (with skin)
Breakfast option 3 (Hashbrown Bowls) 298 cal / 10.5g F / 31.2g C / 3g Fib / 19.1g P
125g shredded hashbrowns (the kind that is just the potatoes, nothing else)
1 slice turkey bacon
15g reduced fat cheese
1 large egg
Edit: almost forgot the most important ingredients!! 20g each of the following: zucchini, summer squash, spicy pepper (poblano this week), bell pepper, onion, radish
For dinner I set aside the remainder of the pork roast (just barely under 1lb), broccoli, and I made individual servings of rice to keep in the freezer.
Snacks include banana or kiwi on days that I don't have the greek yogurt bowls for breakfast, 90 cal fiber brownies, 100 cal bags of popcorn, and one cucumber a day. I aim for about 1400-1500 cal a day (I'm short and only have about 20 more lbs that I'd like to lose, so it's going slow but steady at this point).