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Health & Fitness

Today's Menu Will Help You Get in Shape

Make the decision to change!

Breakfast: Zesty Breakfast Burrito
Fill a small whole-wheat tortilla with four scrambled egg whites or Egg Beaters. Add one tablespoon of salsa, half a tbsp of low-fat shredded cheddar cheese, and one tbsp of low-fat sour cream. Roll and serve along with a tall glass of ice water.


Mid morning:  Chocolate-Mint Nutrition Shake
Mix one serving of a chocolate Myoplex according to directions. Then add three drops of peppermint extract and three ice cubes.  Blend at high speed for 45 seconds and serve.

Lunch:  Grilled Chicken Soup
In small sauce pan, mix one can of chicken broth; a sliced, grilled chicken breast; a portion of cooked barley; and a handful of yourfavorite mixed vegetables.  (The frozen ones are not only convenient, they're just as nutritious as fresh vegetables.) Warm over medium heat for five minutes and sere with two cups of ice water or iced tea.


Mid afternoon: Strawberry-Frost Nutrition Shake
Mix one serving of strawberry Myoplex according to directions. Add three ice cubes. Blend at high speed for 45 seconds and serve.


Dinner: Grilled Salmon and Potato
Prepare a salmon steak by squeezing fresh lemon juice over it. Grill salmon for 10-15 minutes or until it flakes easily when tested with a fork. Serve with a baked potato, steamed spinach and ice water.


Late Evening:  Cinnamon Roll Supreme Nutrition Shake
Mix on serving of a vanilla Myoplex powder according to directions then add on half tsp. ground cinnamon, one tsp fat-free Butter Buds and three ice cubes.  Blend at high speed for 45 seconds and serve.

*Make the decision to change.
*Identify your reasons to change and write them down.
*Focus on your future vision.
*Dream of what you would like to achieve within 12 weeks.
*Transform five of those dreams into goals by giving them a deadline, a away to measure them, and writing them down.
*Identify three patterns of action that may hod you back and write them down.
*Identify three new patterns of action that will help you reach your goals and write them down.
*Read what you've written first thing in the morning and again at night each and every day for 12 weeks.

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