Day 0: The food arrives from ediets.com

My food arrived today from ediets.com. I selected to have the prepared meal plan for 5 days a week. I am going to take the weekends off since I doubt I will be home to eat 3 meals a day on Saturday and Sunday.

The food came to me in a large Styrofoam cooler with lots of ice packs. I was impressed with the shipping in general. Ediets.com had UPS send me a tracking number in an email yesterday so I could track my package of food as it was on the way. It arrived at my door while I was at work today around 10:30am.

When I came home, my cooler of food for the next week was waiting for me on my doorstep. I unwrapped the plastic from around the cooler and began pulling my meals out. The cooler was a little damaged, but since I get a new one each week and I am planning to recycle it, it really doesn’t matter much. Ediets.com had my food portions divided by meals. They grouped 5 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 5 dinners and separately wrapped a small cardboard box of 5 days worth of snacks/deserts. Overall, I was impressed. There was one breakfast that’s plastic carton had a hole in it where it had been cracked, but I put Press ‘N Seal on it before putting it into my freezer, and expect it will fair well.

One thing I really found nice was the print-out that came with my food inside the cooler. They have each day’s food selections printed on it along with the suggested additions to each meal’s dietary needs. They specify what needs to be added to each meal under the listed food (i.e serving of nonfat dairy or a fruit). On the other side of the print-out came possible ideas for the nonfat dairy supplements and ideas for the fruit as well as serving sizes for these suggestions. This all helped my Type-A personality traits, as I immediately used the print-out to group and label each day’s food together into daily stacks for the freezer.

Here’s how everything looks so far:

Based on looks, I would say the the portions look small (which shows me exactly how OFF my portions have been) but the food looks pretty decent. I can easily make out what each food is and the presentation is good. I won’t know about taste until tomorrow. I’ll update with tomorrow’s food tomorrow night with commentary and critique’s on each meal.

Here’s my menu for the next 5 days:

Day 1 Meals
Breakfast: Egg and Cheese Breakfast Sandwich (plus a fruit)
Lunch: Turkey Meatball Sandwich on Whole-Wheat Bread (plus a nonfat dairy)
Dinner: Cheese Tortellini with Meat Sauce and Sautéed Broccoli and Carrots (plus a fruit)
Snack: Immaculate Baking Co. Sweet Georgia Brownie Triple Chocolate Chunk Cookies (plus a nonfat dairy)

Day 2 Meals
Breakfast: Cinnamon Raisin Bagel with Yogurt-Cream Cheese Spread (plus a fruit)
Lunch: Stuffed Shells with Meat Sauce, Spinach and Vegetable Medley (plus a nonfat dairy)
Dinner: Cheesy Stuffed Chicken Breast with Mashed Potatoes (plus a fruit)
Snack: Terra Chips Originals (plus a nonfat dairy)

Day 3 Meals
Breakfast: Homemade Granola with Seasonal Fruit Yogurt (plus a fruit)
Lunch: Buffalo Chicken Pita, Sweet Potato Fries and a Deli Pickle (plus a nonfat dairy)
Dinner: Chicken Meatball Stroganoff and Broccoli Cauliflower Medley (plus a fruit)
Snack: Nikki’s Cinnamon Sugar Cookie (plus a nonfat dairy)

Day 4 Meals
Breakfast: Wheat Bagel with Organic Honey Peanut Butter (plus a fruit)
Lunch: Turkey Meatball Sandwich on Whole-Wheat Bread (plus a nonfat dairy)
Dinner: Cheese Ravioli with Meat sauce and a Trio of Vegetables (plus a fruit)
Snack: Vic’s 1/2 Salt Popcorn (plus a nonfat dairy)

Day 5 Meals
Breakfast: Cinnamon French Toast with Apple-Cinnamon Compote (plus a fruit)
Lunch: Stuffed Shells with Meat Sauce, Spinach and Vegetable Medley (plus a nonfat dairy)
Dinner: Cheesy Stuffed Chicken Breast with Mashed Potatoes (plus a fruit)
Snack: Nonni’s Almond Pistachio Biscotti (plus a nonfat dairy)

I do have a few meal repeats but it’s not due to a lack of choice on ediets.com’s part. I chose the same meals a few times because they sounded like meals I would like without a doubt. I did not choose things I wasn’t sure about because I didn’t want to end up with food I couldn’t eat and be starving for a day. Hopefully these choice were good ones! Only tomorrow will tell…

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