Every Saturday I share my Weight Watchers Meal Plans with Points here on Simple Nourished Living. It includes what I'm planning to have for breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well a few snack and dessert ideas.
Taking the time to think about what I'm cooking and eating ahead of time makes meal times all week so much easier. With the shopping done and recipes at the ready I can just walk into the kitchen and get cooking. I don't stick to it one hundred percent - life happens, but it helps to have a rough guide. And prevents me from reaching into the cookie jar or open bag of chips too often. Whoever said that failing to plan was planning to fail was spot on!
To keep things simple I tend to rotate between the same one or two breakfasts and lunches the days I eat at home. And because we are a family of two most recipes I make result in leftovers that we are happy to eat again. So, I usually only cook from scratch three or four times a week. We like to eat out a couple of times, usually during the weekend.
If I end up with more food than we can eat, I portion it out, package it up and pop it in the freezer for future quick and easy lunches and dinners.
I hope these posts make it easier for you to stay on track with your weight loss and/or healthy eating goals too.
And remember, there's a Weight Watchers Meal Plans Section on the blog so you can get inspiration from all of the previous weekly meal plans too. Enjoy!
Weight Watchers Meal Plans with Points (Week #33)
Breakfast
This week I'm going to begin the day with a large mug of decaf coffee (0PP) and either:
1. Cottage Cheese (4PP) with crushed pineapple (0PP) and blueberries (0PP)
2. Whole Wheat English Muffin (3PP) with Peanut Butter (5PP) and banana (0PP)
Lunch
I like to keep lunch quick and easy. Limiting my choices makes weight loss/maintenance easier. (Here's research that supports this idea.) I usually eat lunch out a couple days a week, which prevents me from getting to bored.
1. Leftovers from dinner
2. Healthy Crunchy Tuna Salad (3PP) on a Sandwich Thin (3PP) with a green salad (0PP) tossed with 1 teaspoon olive oil (1PP) and vinegar (0PP)
Dinner
Because we are a family of two most recipes result in leftovers, so, I only cook from scratch three or four times a week. (We eat out once or twice.)
And because Rod is away this week, I'll be taking it extra easy in the kitchen. I'll buy a roasted chicken Sunday when I shop and use the cooked chicken in a variety of meals all week. What I don't eat I'll pop in the freezer.
1. Weight Watchers Beef and Broccoli (6PP) and brown rice (4PP)
2. Southwest Shrimp Black Bean Salad (5PP) and Sautéed zucchini (0PP) and corn (2PP)
3. Slow Cooker Chicken and Gravy (6pp) with Skinny Mashed Potatoes (3PP) and roasted carrots (2PP)
4. Veggie Burger (2PP) with mustard (0PP), lettuce (0PP) and tomato (0PP) on a toasted English muffin (3PP) with baby carrots and Skinny Greek Herb Dip (1PP) and watermelon (0PP)
5. Leftovers
Snacks
1. Plain Low Fat Greek Yogurt (½ cup - 2PP) with sweetener (I like truvia (affiliate link) or a drizzle of maple syrup) and berries
2. Carrot Sticks (0PP) and Hard Boiled Egg (2PP) sprinkled with salt, pepper and Mrs. Dash
Dessert
1. 1-Ingredient Low Calorie Banana Ice Cream (0PP) if made plain - I'm not sure what too me so long to try this Weight Watchers favorite. I'm going to experiment with different additions and combinations which will increase the points plus a bit.
2. Watermelon (0PP)
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Have a wonderful week!
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Kylee
Hi there - FYI your link for the slow cooker chicken and gravy - links to the mashed potatoes instead 🙁
Martha McKinnon
Hi Kylee,
Thanks for letting me know. I've fixed the link! Warmly, Martha
Kylee
Awesome! I did go ahead and find it anyway, because hi... chicken and gravy = delicious. I did think your other readers might like to see it to though.
Thank you for stopping by my (neglected) blog! I plan to get updated fairly soon... in my "spare" time.
K