My Weekly Weigh In, Meal Plan, and Exercise Schedule {October 6th}

Hi everyone! It is that time for me to check in with my weight, exercise schedule, and meal plan. I enjoy putting these posts together because it gives me a chance to reflect on the past week. One thing I learned from this weekend is sometimes I am on my “A game” and sometimes I am not. Sometimes I feel like cooking all day and prepping food for the week and sometimes I just want to go to the movies and not worry about it. This weekend was one of those “I don’t want to worry about it” weekends. We had a lot going on so even if I wanted to I just did not have the time to dedicate to meal prep. However, I wasn’t worried about it because the last couple weekends I was a make ahead meal animal so I have a bunch of food stocked in the freezer. The second lesson I learned is when I have the time and energy to cook I should do as much as I can so when the time is not there I don’t need to stress about and can enjoy my day.

Let’s talk about my weekly weigh-in. Here are my official numbers.

SW: 177

GW: 135

LWW: 143.5

CW: 144

PL: +.5

I am up half a pound. Obviously, this is not the end of the world but I am a little disappointed that I did not lose. However, I should not be surprise because I know I could have done much better with my snacking. I did great with exercise but with having friends over and going to the movies with my family I definitely picked a little too much. A handful of popcorn and pretzels might not seem like a big deal but those little bites add up if you don’t pay attention. Well I was not paying attention and I know that is why the scale moved up instead of down this week. I do so good during the week but the weekends – at times – are still a struggle for me.

Now let’s talk exercise. Like I said I did great keeping exercise a priority last week. Not only did I get in 4 days of running on my treadmill I finished each work out with strength training. This made me feel amazing all day. Strength training is so important. It keeps calories burning long after you are done exercising.

My goal this week is to keep the exercise habit going. Here is my schedule.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday

• 45 minutes on treadmill (5 minutes warm up, 25 minute run, 10 minute power walk on incline, 5 minute cool down)
• 50 squats
• 2 (30 second) planks
• 2 (30 second) Russian twists
• 16 bicep curls and tricep extensions using 5lb weights and/or resistant bands
• 25 modified push ups

Now onto my menu plan. As I said I have a lot of food already prepared in the freezer. I do need to run and get ingredients for lunches and snacks. But all and all I feel ready for the week.

Breakfast

Tropical Green Smoothies

Pumpkin Spice Overnight Oats *recipe going up this week

Make ahead tips

• Smoothies will be made the morning of. You can also make smoothie kits if you want. Here are some instructions to help.
• Pumpkin overnight oats will be prepped tonight. Here is a picture of the pumpkin spice oats I made over the weekend.

Snacks

Apple and 1 tablespoon peanut butter

Lunch

Turkey Avocado Roll Ups

Simple no mayo egg salad * new recipe

Make ahead tips

• Hard-boiled eggs will be made today. I will make egg salad the day I eat.
• Turkey roll ups will made the day I eat them. Leftover avocado will be stored in a container with some lemon juice to keep them from turning brown. Here is a picture of the roll ups I made this weekend for lunch.

Snacks

Hummus, crackers, and vegetables

Make ahead tips

• I still have snack packs from last week we will eat up. After that I will buy more veggies to prep kits. I love having these kits ready to eat. It makes snacking on vegetables much easier.

Dinner

Chicken Divan

Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

Curried Lentils and Rice *recipe posted soon

Buffalo Chicken Subs using slow cooker buffalo chicken

Lasagna rolls with turkey sausage ragu * new recipe posted soon

Broccoli and Chicken Skillet **new recipe I have been trying to make for 3 weeks 🙂 will be made this week!

Make ahead tips

• The chicken divan and lentils I portioned out into individual freezer meals. Those just need to be warmed up the night we eat.
• Pulled pork, buffalo chicken, and ragu was made last week and frozen into portions. Dinner this week should be relatively easy.
• Chicken was cut up and frozen last week for the skillet.

This is ragu

lentils and rice

shredded pork

 chicken divan

 What’s on your menu this week?