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My Meal Plan on Weight Watchers This Week

Every Friday, I send out an email outlining my dinner plans for the upcoming week that are compatible with Weight Watchers, and I also publish them on my blog. This practice helps me stay on track with my meal choices and motivates me to make healthier food decisions.

Additionally, by sharing my weekly dinner plans, I hope to provide a useful reference for individuals searching for meal planning ideas or looking to vary their diet. If you’re looking for more inspiration, you might find the “101 Meal Prep Ideas from Successful Weight Watchers” resource helpful.

The Benefits of Weekly Meal Planning

Planning and preparing your meals ahead of time can make a significant difference in avoiding unhealthy eating habits. With a clear idea of what you’ll be cooking for the week and all the necessary ingredients on hand, you’re less likely to succumb to the temptation of fast food or takeout. Not only does meal planning give you more control over what you eat, but it also enables you to make healthier choices.

In addition, meal planning and grocery shopping can save you time and money in the long run. Instead of wandering aimlessly through the grocery store, you can create a list of the items you need and stick to it, avoiding impulse purchases and unnecessary spending.

This approach allows you to shop more efficiently and reduces food waste, ultimately benefiting both your wallet and the environment.

Meal plan close up with pen.

Every time I get out of the meal planning habit and resort to take-out, restaurants, and snacking on junk, it’s amazing how crappy I feel and how quickly the pounds pack on.

The Key to Eating Well is Cooking

Cooking at home is a fantastic way to eat healthier and lose weight! When you cook your own meals, you get to decide what goes into them and how they’re prepared. This means you can choose healthy ingredients and cooking methods, and avoid the processed and high-calorie foods often found in restaurants.

Cooking at home also gives you the freedom to customize your meals to fit your specific dietary needs or preferences, like reducing salt, cutting back on sugar, or avoiding allergens. For some it can even become a fun, creative outlet!

The Key to Consistent Cooking is Planning

In the beginning meal planning can be a huge chore. The key is finding an approach that works for you over the long haul. If you are struggling with meal planning here are 3 great meal planning resources to help:

This Week’s WW Meal Plan Suggestions with Points

What Do I Eat for Breakfast on Weight Watchers?

Most days my breakfast is something quick like an english muffin with almond butter, avocado toast, cottage cheese with fruit, eggs, yogurt with fruit, oatmeal or a smoothie, depending on my mood and the season. I’ve also been adding a fresh juice to my morning routine on a regular basis. 

What Do I Eat for Lunch on Weight Watchers?

Lunch is usually leftovers or some combination of soup / sandwich / salad.


This week I am planning to make…

After years of doing this my approach is pretty casual. I stick a post-it note with a list of the recipes I’m planning to make stuck to the fridge. That’s it. No charts. No graphs. No calendars. It’s what works best for me at this age and stage of life. For me simple works best 🙂 

Close up of baked potato topped with salsa and cottage cheese garnished with parsley

Cottage Cheese & Salsa Baked Potato – This simple, 3-ingredient, easy, healthy and delicious meal comes together in minutes. I’ll plan to serve it with a Simple Green Salad

Bowl of Zuppa Toscana up close

Slow Cooker Toscana Soup Made Lighter – This slow cooker toscana soup is an easy, light and healthy adaptation of Olive Garden’s famous Zuppa Toscana.

Piece of chicken parmesan lasagna on white plate.

5-Ingredient Chicken Parmesan Lasagna –  You only need 5 ingredients—no-boil noodles, jarred marinara sauce, ricotta, cheese, shredded mozzarella and rotisserie chicken to make this easy, healthy and delicious Chicken Parmesan Lasagna. (freeze leftovers for future quick & easy meals.)

Easy Tuna Patties –  Tuna patties are a super quick and easy, healthy, budget friendly dinner idea. Using canned tuna they come together in minutes, perfect for a busy weeknight. This recipe is basic yet very versatile. You can change up the spices to make it your own. I’ll plan to serve them with Baked Potato & Green Beans

Easy Hamburger Curry –  This recipe for hamburger curry (Pakistani Kima) has been a family favorite for ever since I first discovered it years ago in my treasured More-With-Less Cookbook (affiliate link). It is easy to make in a single pot or skillet and everyone loves it, even folks who are not fond of curry. My sister claims she could eat it every day! I’ll serve a salad alongside.

Cinnamon Apple Quick Cake – A simple sweet treat featuring apples and Kodiak baking mix that I will bake and share 🙂 

Need More Vegetarian Choices? Click Here!

I hope this helps you with your own meal planning this week 🙂

A note about WW Points
If you're following Weight Watchers, all the recipes here on Simple Nourished Living have been updated for the new WW program, with points displayed in the recipe card. The Check the WW Points link in the recipe card takes you to the Weight Watchers App where you can edit it using the WW recipe builder or add it to your day.
(Must be logged into WW account on a mobile device, such as smartphone or tablet).


Tired of trying to decide what to cook?

If you are struggling with meal planning here are 3 great meal planning resources to help:

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I can’t tell you how thrilled we were with your menu posted this week! We are on vacation and in a condo for five weeks. Keeping meals simple. I made both the chicken broccoli pie and the broccoli cheese soup for the first time this week. Both were a big hit. Then last night we had your Caribbean Jerk Chicken which is a definite favorite. Made your lasagna soup last week!!! Yum!

I am so thankful I found your website and continue to try new things. I started WW March 2020 (online only) and have lost almost 30 lbs. and am at my goal! Slow and steady wins the race!!! (Just like the tortoise and the hare).

Thank you for all your encouraging emails and wonderful recipes. We’ve been married almost 47 years. When I first found “my friend Martha” as all my friends know you by, my husband said “you’ve always been a good cook but we never tried so many different things!” He loves your recipes also!!!

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!!!!! ~ Joyce

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About Martha McKinnon

Weight Watchers Lifetime Member, Yoga Practitioner and Blogger who loves to share her passion for trying to create a happy, healthy, balanced life in what often feels like an overwhelming out of control world.

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    1. Hi Nilda,
      All the recipes here on the blog are free. I do have eBooks that you can buy. Hope this helps. ~Martha