Weekly Meal Plan: Macrobiotic Part 2

The Weekly Macrobiotic Meal Plan

Breakfast: Brown Rice Porridge with mushrooms and miso
Snack: Mini Banana
Lunch: Polenta & Garbanzo beans in gravy
Snack: Trail Mix or Mini Lara Bar
Dinner: Tempeh sausage, sauteed bok choy, brussel sprouts
Snack: Apple
Beverages: seltzer water with pomegranate juice, twig tea, green tea, mint tea

Overall, this week went fairly well. My cravings for sugar have diminished somewhat. On Wednesday night, I wanted to give myself a 'treat' so I have vegan chicken fingers, maki roll and soy ice cream... and I felt awful after. So, this week no treats quite like that. Maybe I'll try making something out of the Macro book.

Also, good news! I found my copy of Zen macrobiotic cooking.

Weekly Meal Plan: Mostly Macrobiotic (Winter)

Using the "Everything Guide to Macrobiotics" I put together this meal plan for the winter season. I'm branching out in terms of diet to try and kick this funk I have been in.
I have heard many good things about Macrobiotic eating and thought I'd give it a go. The other plus is that the foods are seasonal, so I can go local organic fairly cheap.

Breakfast
Apple-scented Oat and Buckwheat Porridge with Butternut Squash

Snack
Mini-banana

Lunch
Rice and Edamame with Orange Zest
Kale with Carrots and Tahini Sauce
Apple

Snack
Sweet Potato Sticks

Dinner
Tempeh with Gravy and Sauteed Jerusalem Artichokes

My Raw Journey: Getting Back on Track.

So, stress wreaks havoc on life... I know this. I am living this. However, I have let my foundations become unhinged by my stressors (school, finance, school, fitness, school). Though following through with my raw plan for several weeks, I gained weight, not much but some. This was mostly due to my reaction to stress. I binge and in this case that meant lots of Larabars, nuts and nut butters. Anything remotely decadent. Leave it to me to find a way. Anyway, I need to get back to a more structured way of eating (and living). It really does give me a sense of order and peace; knowing that I am nourishing my body without having to think about it each meal. So, back to the drawing board to create a weekly meal plan. This week, I give you a meal plan that includes room for adaptation. It is raw-ish, vegan, and low calorie, a total of 1000 Kcal to be precise. This gives me some degree of room to play... add popcorn, extra fruit, extra snacky thing...

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WEEK 1 Morning Snack: Banana Milk using soymilk. (100 cal) Breakfast: Raw oatmeal with cinnamon, almonds, raisins and apples. (270 cal) Lunch: BLT salad with homemade sprouted croutons (170 cal) Afternoon Snack: Carrot rounds and hummus (85 cal) Dinner: Thai Vegetable Stew [The Everyday Vegan] (200 cal) Sweet Snack: Some fruit. (75 cal) TOTAL: 1000 calories. (I can post full nutritional stats after I do them up for myself)