I just finished my second week (well, 5 days) of Diet-to-Go meals. You can check out my first review here. In that post, I summarized what I ate and gave a brief overview of every meal. This time, I’m going to talk about just a few of the meals and give highlights and lowlights.
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I’m typically a protein shake for breakfast type of person, so I have to say that the breakfasts were the most exciting thing for me. And they definitely varied. The first morning, I had a muffin with neufchatel cheese and marmalade. Seemed odd, but the muffin was dense and more like a scone, and thus delicious with the toppings. I never thought a tiny muffin would keep me full until lunch.
Friday was pancakes and sausage. YUM! The pancakes were rolled up with some sort of fruit compote inside and they were phenomenal. This meal was packaged with a side of peppers and onions, which seemed a strange side to me (I would put those with eggs, not with sweet pancakes), plus my meal request was for “no large onions,” so this got tossed immediately.
Another meal I really enjoyed was the pasta and meatballs. The meatballs in this meal were really the centerpiece, leaving the pasta as a bit of a side. But oh my goodness, this meal was HUGE. I really shouldn’t have eaten the whole thing, but I was raised as a member of the clean plate club, and that habit has stuck with me.
Additionally, I ate some of these meals during my rest days post-triathlon, so I wasn’t working out like normal. Had I eaten this after a 2 hour brick workout, I would have easily scarfed down every bite and probably licked the plate when I was done.
One of my favorite meals this week, that I did not take a picture of, was the tuna meltovers. Delicious mini pitas topped with a bit of tuna salad and covered in melted cheese. It was amazing. I could have eaten this meal every day.
The lowlights? Well, I wasn’t a fan of every meal. The noodle kugel breakfast was tasty but didn’t seem very substantial. And as I have said before, I feel like these meals could use more veggies. Of course, that’s something that’s very easy to substitute in – and honestly, I don’t know that I’d feel that I was getting my money’s worth if the meals were more veggies and less main course.
I was getting the 1600 calorie low-fat plan. Honestly, some of the meals were just too much food for me. I think next time, I would get the 1200 calorie plan and then substitute in some of my own snacks. That would be an easy way to get in veggies (mmm, carrots and peanut butter) and also not leave me feeling so full after I ate.
Like I mentioned, I requested no large onions in my meals. I can’t eat onions unless they are fully cooked and prefer them in things like soups and stews and casseroles when I do eat them. My request comes from a time when I used Diet-to-Go a few years ago. For lunch, there was a delicious sounding sandwich. I was so very excited about this sandwich. It was a grilled sandwich, and man, it looked good. I took one big bite and…. ONIONS! Noooo! It was the saddest day ever.
So now I tell them no large onions and so far, so good. Like I said, they still sometimes appear in the side veggies, but I can deal with that. I love that Diet-to-Go will adapt to this sort of request. I know a lot of people are vehemently against red peppers in their meals, and that can be accommodated. It means you might get some substitute meals (I know I had a few in my box this week), but if it means I won’t automatically hate the meals I get, I’m in!
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The pancakes with fruit compote sound delicious (minus the veggies of course) – I do agree, that’s a very odd combination!
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From your description, it does sound as if they do provide enough food to make you feel satisfied after a meal. What amazes me is the way you can have the plan customized to fit your tastes.
(Not that my taste matches yours — I couldn’t imagine food without onions. LOL.)
The problem in my house is that we are all good cooks (and my wife and daughter are superb bakers). I’m more open to running a mile than resisting food. Maybe that’s why I have only lost about four or five pounds this year. (Actually, I have traded some fat for muscle, so I am not too upset about that, except that I do think I could be faster if there were less of me that my feet had to move.)