092724 tbhu meal planning
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prismaticbleedMEALPLAN NOTES
(BK)
2-3 FRU= Always 1 whole fruit, & we're debating which! Apples are typical/ fast, BUT bananas MATCH the meal VIBE, and ORANGES are the "balanced BK" idea/ there's more time TO eat them now than at later meals. We'll have to TRY EACH, FREELY, & choose them ALL in variance? DAY CONTEXT is key, so we CAN get unique fruits at each meal. HOWEVER, 2 whole fruits MIGHT be too much fiber/ volume, considering the size of our mealplan totals. SO, we will PROBABLY NEED to have JUICE. This is actually good because the grape juice here is BOSS. Our only "worry" is the SHEER SUGAR HIT with no fiber to lessen it-- UNLESS we "pair" this with a HOT CEREAL day? But TRY ALL POSSIBILITIES within reason-- no double oranges! BUT two small apples MIGHT work with lower volume meals, AND if we're brave, the "challenge meal" is TWO BANANAS WITH SUNBUTTER. Maybe one day! But you CAN do it. You're FREE to. You HAVE choices and NONE OF THEM ARE "WRONG." They're ALL nutritious. You just have to APPLY them WISELY, and NOT "MORAL PANIC" if you choose something that ultimately ISN'T the "best option" that day. And THAT'S OKAY. We're STILL LEARNING! And EACH choice is STILL NOURISHING OUR BODY. So be GRATEFUL! ♥
✳ HOME= We have EXTENDED OPTIONS upon discharge! The most important is HEMPSEED, which is our BASE LIPID & also PROTEIN, BUT we SHOULD still complement it with YOGURT & EGGS. Cottage cheese IS lovely, but it has less protein & no probiotics? Still, it's nice to have, even if only with LN/ DN, so don't cut it out necessarily. As for FRUIT, we can do GRAPES & DRIED CHERRIES as "sweet" faves, FIGS (for the journey) as a special joy (not regularly; they're pricey), and of course ALL the default BK fruits. BUT should we get JUICE? And what about BERRIES, or are they both too expensive & too hard on our teeth? Really, we NEED to STREAMLINE our options for 1) ACCESSIBILITY, 2) BUDGET, 3) "COMBINABILITY" with MEALS in terms of VOLUME especially-- because WE WILL NEED 2+ FRUIT EXCHANGES at EACH MEAL! And we CAN'T get stuck in a rut, or we'll be feeding the "comfort" & "fear" dragons, as it were. We must STAY FLEXIBLE/ FLUID AND ADVENTUROUS, WITHOUT going "MANIC-COMPULSIVE." DON'T GO TO EITHER EXTREME!! ALL options are GOOD & VALID, even CANNED fruit if that's all you've got. BUT if we DO get to choose, choose SEVERAL & ROTATE, & honestly? TRY ONE NEW THING WEEKLY, AT LEAST. (NO MORE THAN 3 AT FIRST?)
✳ DON'T OVERSTOCK THE KITCHEN OUT OF HYPEROPTIMISM. WE STILL HAVE FIXED FINANCES. BUT DON'T LET THAT SCARE YOU INTO RESTRICTION/ RIGIDITY. FLOW WITHIN THE LIMITS! ♥
✳ DAIRY SHOULD VARY. At home, STICK TO YOGURT & COTCHS? Should we get Fairlife milk to put in cereals? But VARY YOGURT FLAVORS. Don't get into ANY sort of "rigid" behavior; be flexible AND adventurous enough to FREELY BE ABLE TO EAT ANY AVAILABLE FLAVOR! That way you'll NEVER feel "stuck/ lost" if vanilla is sold out, haha. Don't even worry about it bro. It's ALL nutritious and honestly it'll be GOOD for you to GENUINELY APPRECIATE the VARIETY of Creation!
✳ WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR PROTEIN, BESIDES DAIRY & HEMPSEEDS? Are we permanently reintroducing EGGS? And are we sticking to CANNED SALMON & whatever TUNA is most affordable? What about CHICKPEAS & other healthy beans? Actually we SHOULD EAT THEM ALL IN VARIATION. I know that's exhausting BUT we CAN plan a WEEKLY MENU of SET MEALS to reduce anxiety & streamline shopping, even if it's just a 3-DAY ROTATION with a "special menu" for days when we're on the road/ not home (i.e. church, therapy). ALSO on THOSE days, we CAN "plan" to get ANIMAL PROTEIN from a RESTAURANT, even the local Caribbean place bro!! That way we won't have the home mess & expense but STILL get those unique nutrients in our diet AND get us USED TO EATING AT, EVEN IN, a public restaurant! GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY; THAT'S WHERE JESUS WENT, AND YOU MUST FOLLOW HIM WITH LOVE. Don't fuel the eating disorder by making food/ eating something isolated/ hidden/ rigid. GET USED TO SHARING SPACE at meals! But please DO start gently & small. Get something little at a cafe & read while you eat; just GET ACCUSTOMED TO SOCIAL EATING BY KEEPING YOUR HEART OPEN. HEAVEN is a community FEAST, after all! So "BE ETERNITY-MINDED" & START LIVING AS A HEAVENLY CITIZEN NOW. ♥ (and seriously, FIND QUEER SPACES & BRING CHRIST THERE, by His Grace & your courageous joy)
✳ VEGETABLES. IT CAN'T JUST BE BROCCOLI & CARROTS. WE NEED LEAVES DUDE. DO get frozen options though, because we don't always have transportation, and they're easily prepped too. EAT COLORS & DON'T "ISOLATE" FOODS? Don't be afraid to MIX SEVERAL in a PRUDENT & COHERENT way, to get VARIED NUTRIENTS in one go! Salad is MADE for this.
✳ GRAINS/ STARCHES. We've avoided these for SO LONG and FOR CHRIST'S LITERAL SAKE we MUST LOVE THEM AGAIN. Keep the oats, don't fear rice; learn to COOK them. BUY BREAD. BUY ENGLISH MUFFINS. BUY A CEREAL YOU ENJOY. And EAT POTATOES!! Remember Our Lady of La Salette!! Don't fear CORN either, for Guadalupe! See, there's ALWAYS something GOOD & HOLY in ALL foods; they're ALL GOD'S GIFTS, and you NEED them at EVERY meal.
✳ SPECIALS... don't fear dessert, even just one cookie at first. Let them remind you of God's sweetness; you're ALLOWED to CELEBRATE the sweet things in life. Learn to make french toast. Make your own fish tacos. MAKE AN OMELET. Learn to BAKE things! INVENT your own kind of pasta dish & sandwich & even pizza! ENJOY LIFE & PARTICIPATE IN IT. But DON'T GO OVERBOARD. GOD & ETERNITY are STILL TOP PRIORITY. Whatever you do OR eat OR cook, MAKE IT ALL INTO AN ACT OF GRATEFUL WORSHIP. You're ALIVE. GIVE THANKS & LIVE!
✳ (TRUST YOUR BODY; GOD BUILT IT TO KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY MANAGE FOOD!)
"DO SOMETHING NEW = THAT'S THE ADVENTURE"
✳ VARIETY, SON!!! BE FLUID!
✳ STILL BE WILLING TO TRY "NON-FAVE" FOODS = "FIND SOMETHING TO LOVE" IN YOURSELVES!!! (NOT "OUTSOURCING" ASSOCIATIONS ANYMORE)
- TRY ONE SOYMILK? "Build allergy tolerance?"
- If you MUST use salad dressings, CHOOSE DIFFERENT ONES!
- YOU DON'T NEED ALL THAT KETCHUP & MAYO.
- If there's a NEW side option, TRY IT!
- NO "EXTRA" SIDES (FORCING; learn to "FAST" in THAT WAY!)
(BK)
2-3 FRU= Always 1 whole fruit, & we're debating which! Apples are typical/ fast, BUT bananas MATCH the meal VIBE, and ORANGES are the "balanced BK" idea/ there's more time TO eat them now than at later meals. We'll have to TRY EACH, FREELY, & choose them ALL in variance? DAY CONTEXT is key, so we CAN get unique fruits at each meal. HOWEVER, 2 whole fruits MIGHT be too much fiber/ volume, considering the size of our mealplan totals. SO, we will PROBABLY NEED to have JUICE. This is actually good because the grape juice here is BOSS. Our only "worry" is the SHEER SUGAR HIT with no fiber to lessen it-- UNLESS we "pair" this with a HOT CEREAL day? But TRY ALL POSSIBILITIES within reason-- no double oranges! BUT two small apples MIGHT work with lower volume meals, AND if we're brave, the "challenge meal" is TWO BANANAS WITH SUNBUTTER. Maybe one day! But you CAN do it. You're FREE to. You HAVE choices and NONE OF THEM ARE "WRONG." They're ALL nutritious. You just have to APPLY them WISELY, and NOT "MORAL PANIC" if you choose something that ultimately ISN'T the "best option" that day. And THAT'S OKAY. We're STILL LEARNING! And EACH choice is STILL NOURISHING OUR BODY. So be GRATEFUL! ♥
✳ HOME= We have EXTENDED OPTIONS upon discharge! The most important is HEMPSEED, which is our BASE LIPID & also PROTEIN, BUT we SHOULD still complement it with YOGURT & EGGS. Cottage cheese IS lovely, but it has less protein & no probiotics? Still, it's nice to have, even if only with LN/ DN, so don't cut it out necessarily. As for FRUIT, we can do GRAPES & DRIED CHERRIES as "sweet" faves, FIGS (for the journey) as a special joy (not regularly; they're pricey), and of course ALL the default BK fruits. BUT should we get JUICE? And what about BERRIES, or are they both too expensive & too hard on our teeth? Really, we NEED to STREAMLINE our options for 1) ACCESSIBILITY, 2) BUDGET, 3) "COMBINABILITY" with MEALS in terms of VOLUME especially-- because WE WILL NEED 2+ FRUIT EXCHANGES at EACH MEAL! And we CAN'T get stuck in a rut, or we'll be feeding the "comfort" & "fear" dragons, as it were. We must STAY FLEXIBLE/ FLUID AND ADVENTUROUS, WITHOUT going "MANIC-COMPULSIVE." DON'T GO TO EITHER EXTREME!! ALL options are GOOD & VALID, even CANNED fruit if that's all you've got. BUT if we DO get to choose, choose SEVERAL & ROTATE, & honestly? TRY ONE NEW THING WEEKLY, AT LEAST. (NO MORE THAN 3 AT FIRST?)
✳ DON'T OVERSTOCK THE KITCHEN OUT OF HYPEROPTIMISM. WE STILL HAVE FIXED FINANCES. BUT DON'T LET THAT SCARE YOU INTO RESTRICTION/ RIGIDITY. FLOW WITHIN THE LIMITS! ♥
✳ DAIRY SHOULD VARY. At home, STICK TO YOGURT & COTCHS? Should we get Fairlife milk to put in cereals? But VARY YOGURT FLAVORS. Don't get into ANY sort of "rigid" behavior; be flexible AND adventurous enough to FREELY BE ABLE TO EAT ANY AVAILABLE FLAVOR! That way you'll NEVER feel "stuck/ lost" if vanilla is sold out, haha. Don't even worry about it bro. It's ALL nutritious and honestly it'll be GOOD for you to GENUINELY APPRECIATE the VARIETY of Creation!
✳ WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR PROTEIN, BESIDES DAIRY & HEMPSEEDS? Are we permanently reintroducing EGGS? And are we sticking to CANNED SALMON & whatever TUNA is most affordable? What about CHICKPEAS & other healthy beans? Actually we SHOULD EAT THEM ALL IN VARIATION. I know that's exhausting BUT we CAN plan a WEEKLY MENU of SET MEALS to reduce anxiety & streamline shopping, even if it's just a 3-DAY ROTATION with a "special menu" for days when we're on the road/ not home (i.e. church, therapy). ALSO on THOSE days, we CAN "plan" to get ANIMAL PROTEIN from a RESTAURANT, even the local Caribbean place bro!! That way we won't have the home mess & expense but STILL get those unique nutrients in our diet AND get us USED TO EATING AT, EVEN IN, a public restaurant! GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY; THAT'S WHERE JESUS WENT, AND YOU MUST FOLLOW HIM WITH LOVE. Don't fuel the eating disorder by making food/ eating something isolated/ hidden/ rigid. GET USED TO SHARING SPACE at meals! But please DO start gently & small. Get something little at a cafe & read while you eat; just GET ACCUSTOMED TO SOCIAL EATING BY KEEPING YOUR HEART OPEN. HEAVEN is a community FEAST, after all! So "BE ETERNITY-MINDED" & START LIVING AS A HEAVENLY CITIZEN NOW. ♥ (and seriously, FIND QUEER SPACES & BRING CHRIST THERE, by His Grace & your courageous joy)
✳ VEGETABLES. IT CAN'T JUST BE BROCCOLI & CARROTS. WE NEED LEAVES DUDE. DO get frozen options though, because we don't always have transportation, and they're easily prepped too. EAT COLORS & DON'T "ISOLATE" FOODS? Don't be afraid to MIX SEVERAL in a PRUDENT & COHERENT way, to get VARIED NUTRIENTS in one go! Salad is MADE for this.
✳ GRAINS/ STARCHES. We've avoided these for SO LONG and FOR CHRIST'S LITERAL SAKE we MUST LOVE THEM AGAIN. Keep the oats, don't fear rice; learn to COOK them. BUY BREAD. BUY ENGLISH MUFFINS. BUY A CEREAL YOU ENJOY. And EAT POTATOES!! Remember Our Lady of La Salette!! Don't fear CORN either, for Guadalupe! See, there's ALWAYS something GOOD & HOLY in ALL foods; they're ALL GOD'S GIFTS, and you NEED them at EVERY meal.
✳ SPECIALS... don't fear dessert, even just one cookie at first. Let them remind you of God's sweetness; you're ALLOWED to CELEBRATE the sweet things in life. Learn to make french toast. Make your own fish tacos. MAKE AN OMELET. Learn to BAKE things! INVENT your own kind of pasta dish & sandwich & even pizza! ENJOY LIFE & PARTICIPATE IN IT. But DON'T GO OVERBOARD. GOD & ETERNITY are STILL TOP PRIORITY. Whatever you do OR eat OR cook, MAKE IT ALL INTO AN ACT OF GRATEFUL WORSHIP. You're ALIVE. GIVE THANKS & LIVE!
✳ (TRUST YOUR BODY; GOD BUILT IT TO KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY MANAGE FOOD!)
"DO SOMETHING NEW = THAT'S THE ADVENTURE"
✳ VARIETY, SON!!! BE FLUID!
✳ STILL BE WILLING TO TRY "NON-FAVE" FOODS = "FIND SOMETHING TO LOVE" IN YOURSELVES!!! (NOT "OUTSOURCING" ASSOCIATIONS ANYMORE)
- TRY ONE SOYMILK? "Build allergy tolerance?"
- If you MUST use salad dressings, CHOOSE DIFFERENT ONES!
- YOU DON'T NEED ALL THAT KETCHUP & MAYO.
- If there's a NEW side option, TRY IT!
- NO "EXTRA" SIDES (FORCING; learn to "FAST" in THAT WAY!)
