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vel asked in HealthDiet & Fitness · 5 years ago

Need help creating a meal plan for a college guy.?

A few weeks ago I moved out of my parents place and into an apartment with a few other people and this of course means cooking breakfast, lunch, and dinner myself. I am a good cook - have lots of experience - but have a tough time arranging meals and buying all I need for a full week with one run to the store. It's all new to me.

The past few weeks I've been spending too much money eating out and haven't been eating enough. I've lost weight and I'm already very skinny and my body isn't feeling as good as it should. Lack of nutrition obviously. I need someone to help guide me to figuring out a one week meal plan since i'm okay with repeating - as long as it's healthy and nutritious.

Requirements-

-breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a snack or two for 7 days

-Nutritious since I need to gain weight

-Not overly expensive (college budget)

-not overly complex (don't have hours to spend cooking a day)

-I'm fine with canned food every once in a while for ease/budget (such as soup/chilly/etc.)

I know I'm asking a lot for those of you that choose to take it on, but I'm honestly desperate to get onto a healthy eating rutine.

Thanks in advance and if privately messaging me is easier please feel free to do so.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    One thing you can do is roast a whole chicken. First night, eat the roasted chicken fresh out of the oven with a veggie or two and salad. Then for lunch you can make a chicken sandwich or just a piece of cold chicken; for dinner make a half recipe of a chicken casserole, or some enchiladas, with appropriate sides. Eat leftovers for lunch or next night dinner. If you still have chicken left, throw the carcass in a pot and make chicken stew, soup, or chicken and dumplings. You can freeze some if you do not want to eat it for more than a couple of meals. For salads, buy whole veggies and lettuces and make the mix yourself; if you have large plastic bags or a covered container you can make a huge salad to eat from for several meals. Veggies, buy either fresh or frozen. Instead of buying sliced or deli lunch meats, cook your own meat like chicken, turkey, roast beef. If you like chili, make a big pot yourself for not a whole lot more than the canned stuff, and it just gets better as days go by and is reheated. Another tip is to check at the grocer meat section to see if they have a section where they reduce the price on items that are nearing the sell by date - I often can get good meat for 30 to 50 percent off, and we either use it soon or freeze it. There are also plenty of websites that will show you how to take an afternoon and prep enough meals for the week, assuming you have the fridge space available to you.

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