28 Days of Slow-Carb Meal Plans Just For You

(From Finding my fitness)

• How do you normally manage your meals? Do you just wing it all the time, or do you actually sit down and plan your meals?

It’s no secret that planning your slow-carb meals is going to go much further in helping you actually stick to them than just flying by the seat of your pants.

So in an effort to help you come up with some appropriate meal ideas, I’ve gone through different recipes I’ve used and plans I’ve created for myself to give you a guide.

Keeping it simple goes a long way

I’ve often said that one of the best ways to keep yourself on the plan you create is to make it as easy as possible to do so. The less you have to think about things like exercise and food, the more likely it is that you’ll actually do what you say you will.

In following that precept, these plans don’t have 28 different meals. It’ll be far easier for you to do some extra preparing when you do cook (especially if you have a busy lifestyle) than it would to prepare a different meal every single time you eat. I’ve checked out several meal plans, and the fact is I found it hard to follow them because I was always having to make something new.

The idea here was to create a plan you’d actually follow.

That said, these meal plans aren’t boring. I love to eat delicious food, so I always try to tantalize my taste buds. The plan also is right in line with Rule #2.

You can modify for your own lifeway

If you follow paleo, you’ll still be able to use most of these ideas. The basis for the majority of the meals are proteins and vegetables. You can omit the legumes if there are some in the meal.

Conversely, some of the meals don’t have legumes in them. I’ve found that lowering legume intake helped more with fat loss, but from what I hear, your mileage may vary. Feel free to incorporate more legumes if you want to.

And now, the meal plans:

These plans will get you through four weeks, so feel free to adjust accordingly!

Oh, one more note: I’m assuming Sunday is cheat day, since that’s mine. I don’t expect yours to be Sunday, but you can just adjust the days to fit your schedule.

Week 1

Monday
Breakfast: Slow-carb breakfast casserole 

Lunch: Hamburgers wrapped in lettuce, raw veggie plate, 5 bean salad

Dinner: Slow-cooker pork loin, vegetables

Tuesday
Breakfast: Breakfast casserole 

Lunch: Pork loin leftovers

Dinner: Grilled fish, steamed veggies, and lima beans

Wednesday
Breakfast: Breakfast casserole 

Lunch: Fish and veggie leftovers

Dinner: Poached egg over chorizo, all over sauteed red peppers and onions.

Thursday
Breakfast: Omelet of eggs, lentils, spinach, and bacon 

Lunch: Tuna salad lettuce wraps with chimichurri

Dinner: Halibut macacamia with roasted asparagus*

Friday
Breakfast: Omelet of eggs, lentils, spinach, and bacon 

Lunch: Chipotle (yes, the restaurant.)

Dinner: Slow-carb pizza**

Saturday
Breakfast: Breakfast burrito*** 

Lunch: London broil (on the grill!), spinach-leaf salad

Dinner: Orange chicken stir fry with peppers, onions, carrots, and broccoli

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Week 2

Monday
Breakfast: Egg cupcakes 

Lunch: Chipotle meatballs with guacamole, salad

Dinner: Slow carb shepherd’s pie

Tuesday
Breakfast: Egg cupcakes 

Lunch: Shepherd’s pie leftover

Dinner: Baked salmon, lentils, and steamed broccoli

Wednesday
Breakfast: Ham and kale fritata 

Lunch: Big salad: fajita steak salad (steak, peppers, onions, spinach leaves, and whatever else you want)

Dinner: Beef roast with onions, carrots, and parsnips. Side of lentils**

Thursday
Breakfast: Ham and kale fritata 

Lunch: Roast leftovers

Dinner: Butter chicken with chickpeas and spinach

Friday
Breakfast: Quick omelette (eggs, bacon, lentils, spinach or kale) 

Lunch: Tuna and spinach salad (load it up with veggies!)

Dinner: Pork chops, red beans and garlic, green beans

Saturday
Breakfast: Coconut milk and curry fritata* 

Lunch: my smokey, zesty, irresistible chili**

Dinner: London broil, steamed broccoli, lentil stew**

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Week 3

Monday
Breakfast: breakfast casserole 

Lunch: London broil leftovers, spinach leaf salad (any veggies you want) with a oil/vinegar dressing

Dinner: Beef burgundy, asparagus, cauliflower mash

Tuesday
Breakfast: breakfast casserole 

Lunch: Fajita salad w/ guac and black beans (cook up the peppers and onions)

Dinner: Fish, steamed veggies

Wednesday
Breakfast: breakfast casserole 

Lunch: Fish and veggie leftovers (wrap them in lettuce, like a taco!)

Dinner: Rotisserie Chicken, side of spiced cauliflower and carrots.

Thursday
Breakfast: breakfast casserole 

Lunch: Leftover chicken, pulled, in a salad with red beans

Dinner: Slow-carb crab cake patties over wilted spinach leaves

Friday
Breakfast: eggs, lentils, spinach, bacon omelet 

Lunch: Chipotle

Dinner: Pork loin, broccoli, and lentils

Saturday
Breakfast: Sausage, kale, mushrooms, onions, peppers, in the form of a fritata 

Lunch: Pork dinner leftovers

Dinner: Slow-carb Beef and Lentil Soup

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Week 4

Monday
Breakfast: Eggs, lentils, bacon, spinach omelet 

Lunch: Soup leftovers

Dinner: Thai chicken over shredded cauliflower

Tuesday
Breakfast: Egg cupcakes 

Lunch: Thai chicken leftovers

Dinner: Tilapia fillet with summer squash

Wednesday
Breakfast: Eggs, lentils, bacon, spinach omelet 

Lunch: Turkey, ham, olives, sauteed onions and peppers, in a lettuce wrap

Dinner: Ña Ever’s awesome Pan de carne(that means a really great meat loaf)

Thursday
Breakfast: Egg cupcakes 

Lunch: meat loaf leftovers

Dinner: Ginger pork stir fry (the recipe says beef, but you can use pork)

Friday
Breakfast: Eggs, lentils, bacon, spinach omelet 

Lunch: stir fry leftover

Dinner: Crabcakes; roasted carrots, onions, and asparagus

Saturday
Breakfast: Breakfast burrito 

Lunch: Hamburgers – burger, ham, 1 egg, onion, tomato, homemade mayo, in a lettuce “bun”

Dinner: Chili

There you have it! Check your pantry and fridge and make your shopping list!