“Staying on Track” Make Ahead Meal Plan & Exercise Schedule {August 18th – 24th}

Sorry my weekly meal plan is going up a day late. Yesterday was my 39^th birthday.

Anyway, as much I as would love to relish in birthday festivities all week, I need to stay focused. Last week my meal plan was all about “getting back on track” and this week is the same. I spent some time on Sunday prepping food but did not finish all I needed to. I ended up prepping the rest of my meals and snacks tonight (Tuesday). Better late than never. Having my food ready last week completely kept me on track so I knew if I wanted to keep my motivation and pace going I needed to make it a priority to prep food. Trust me it makes all the difference.

Okay before I get to my meal plan lets talk exercise. Even though my eating was on track last week my exercise was still lacking. I really need to dig deep and force myself to exercise in the morning. These last few weeks my couch has been winning over my treadmill. That needs to change. This week I am going to commit to 3 days. I always try to do more but since I am struggling I am going to start with 3 and anything more will be a bonus.

Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday

• Treadmill for 45 mins (10 warm up, 25 minutes run, 5 powerwalk on incline, and 5 minute cool down}
• 20 modified push-ups
• 20 bicep curls and tricep extensions using resistant bands
• 100 crunches
• Russian twists
• 50 squats

Meal Plan

Breakfast

Cherry vanilla smoothie

Or

steel cut oats

Make ahead tips

• Smoothies will be made the morning of.
• Steel cut oats are in the freezer. See my instructions for freezing steel cut oats ahead of time.

Mid morning snack

Hard boiled egg

Or

cheese stick

 Make ahead tips

• Hard-boiled eggs were made tonight for the week

Lunch

Greek Mason Jar Salad

or

Buffalo chicken and crackers

Make ahead tips

• Mason jar salads and slow cooker buffalo chicken were made on sunday. I was not planning on making the buffalo chicken again this week but my hubby loves it. So I made it for him. If you have questions about how to make mason jar salads check out my tutorial. 

The one at the bottom is the slow cooker buffalo chicken. The other two are my chipotle turkey and stuffed cheeseburger pepper mixture.

Mid afternoon snack

Apples and peanut butter

Vegetables and hummus

Make ahead tips

• vegetables were cut and put into veggie packs. These stay crisp all week for me. I add hummus the morning I take them. I purchase wegmans brand but you can make your own hummus if you wish.

Dinner

Greek stuffed sweet potatoes

Chipotle turkey lettuce wraps

Cheeseburger stuffed peppers

Creamy pesto chicken salad

Chopped salad leftover stuffed pepper filling

Make ahead tips

• sweet potatoes will be made in slow cooker the day we eat them.
• I made the chipotle turkey on the stove tonight and then stored in the refrigerator. This can also be cooked ahead of time in slow cooker or made the day of in the slow cooker.
• stuffed peppers were made today and stored in the refrigerator. You can also freeze them.
• Shredded Chicken for pesto chicken salad was made in the slow cooker. I will throw the salad together tomorrow.
• I had leftover stuffed pepper filling so I stored it in the refrigerator to be used in salads or wraps.

Here is everything I prepared for the week. Minus the pesto chicken. That was still in the slow cooker at the time I put this post together.

What is on your menu? Did you get to do any prep this week?