1600 Calorie A Day Meal Plan | LIVESTRONG.COM

You may wonder why I have chosen to focus our meal plans around 1600 calories per day. It's simple math, really. You may have tried one of the free calorie tracking sites on the web. I know of several--I use Livestrong.com's MY PLATE feature. But as I started tracking my calories to lose some baby weight, I quickly realized that the more weight I lost, the less I got to eat....hmmmm....that kind of stinks for a girl who was used to being pregnant and then nursing and basically getting to eat as much as I wanted. So, I figured any diet that would work for me would have to be based around a lifestyle change centered on consistency, routine and re-education. So, I did the math. I figured out how many calories I could consume at my goal weight---1620! That way when I finally reached my goal...

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What's "Kitchy" all about?

I chose the name Kitchy Mama Meals because I like the way it rolls off the tongue, but the word Kitchy also characterizes what I hope to be about on this blog.   Here is the definition from Urban Dictionary: (n.) love for life and desire to enjoy it with people (adj.) characterized by a positive disposition and a playful attitude. So, even though we are talking healthy food choices, weight loss, and calories, we should not lose touch of role food should play in our lives.  It is meant to nourish us, energize us, satisfy us, and bring excitement and pleasure.   Food should not be our enemy and it should not stripped of all the pleasure it offers.  Food should bring us together, help us experience life and love the life we are experiencing.  We need to let loose and...

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Healthy Pumpkin Muffins and Cajun Ham and Beans

Mama's Plan I am excited to launch KitchyMama meals beginning January 1, 2011.  I have been working steadily entering recipes, researching nutritional facts, and creating meal plans in order to provide an educational site that will help you plan meals for your family, make healthier food choices and track your calorie intake.  With each post I will include an idea for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner as well as snack and dessert ideas when possible. I can't wait to begin this journey together of saving time and money as we become better meal planners, and reach our weight loss goals so we feel better about the food we put into our bodies...

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Getting Started.... A big day!

I am known for my wealth of ideas....some practical, some unrealistic, and some that actually come to fruition and really work. Here's to hoping this meal planning blog is one of the latter! I think I can do this....I have a goal of coming up with 60 meal plans, each under 2000 calories before I publicize this blog. I have been planning my own meals for several years with some consistency, but if your house is anything like mine....we like our junk food and over time we lean toward the junk and away from the health and we hate counting calories and dieting so we gain a couple of pounds and then scramble to figure out just how that happened....could have been the bowl of ice cream we had every evening after the kids when to bed all summer....but naahhh. So here is the plan.... Daily meal...

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