Hi everyone! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. This weekend was a whirlwind of excitement for my family. Yesterday, my daughter Emma participated in her first craft show. She is a rainbow loom fanatic and has spent hours upon hours making amazing rubber band creations. At the craft show she sold bracelets, charms, figurines, and made $108! Her goal for $50 and she double that. She was so happy and I was incredibly proud. She donated every last penny to the SPCA.
Here is a proud mommy picture!
And here is my lil Aub’s who showed up to cheer her sister on after she got out of dance. They were so happy!
Besides my daughters being amazing another awesome thing that happened at the craft show was I met an avid OYS reader named Linda. She had her own craft table selling insulated mason jar cozies. These cozies are designed to keep the food cold or hot and also to keep the jars from clinking together as you transport them.
As customers were coming up to her table she was telling them all about Organize Yourself Skinny. This was amazing. It is great to meet readers in real life. I know you are all out there but when I am just typing away on my computer it can get a little lonely. Anyway, Linda has been reading my blog for over 3 years and makes mason jar salads along with other mason jar meals all the time. She gave me a huge hug and told me how much she loved and appreciated my blog. I can’t even put into words what that means to me. I find inspiration and motivation knowing that everything I put into my blog is working to help others live a healthier lifestyle. Thanks Linda!
I forgot to weigh in this morning so I am going to skip a week. Hope you don’t mind. I will make sure to get my weigh in up next week.
Okay let’s get to my exercise schedule. I am going to keep it the same as last week. I went for a couple walks outside last week but I did not get to run. My goal is to fit in at least 2 outdoors runs this week.
Cardio
Run 2 times outside (2 -3 miles)
Run 2-3 times on treadmill (2-3 miles)
Core
100 crunches
2 (30 second) planks
2 (30 second) Russian twists
Arms
16-24 bicep curls with resistant bands
16-24 tricep extensions with 5lb weights
25 modified pushups
Butt/legs
50 squats
50 lounges
My weekly meal plan
Breakfast
Tropical smoothie
or
Cherry blueberry smoothie
or
Make ahead tips
- Smoothies will be made the morning of. You could also make smoothie freezer kits if you want.
- I made a batch of steel cut oats tonight for the week. I will just store them in a container in the fridge. You could also freeze them using a muffin tin.
Lunch
Chicken, Sundried Tomato, and Blue Cheese Mason Jar Salad – New Recipe
Make ahead tips
- The new mason jar salad recipe will be made tomorrow. I made the greek one today. Here is my mason jar tutorial if you have “how to” questions.
Snacks
Ham, swiss, and spinach roll ups
or
Blueberry Yogurt Muffins
Make ahead tips
- Roll ups will be made when I am ready to eat.
- Muffins will be made tomorrow.
Dinner
Spagetti Squash with homemade chicken tenders
Buffalo chicken chili – new recipe
Buffalo Chicken Macaroni and Cheese
Pasta Fagioli – new recipe
Spinach and Artichoke Lasagna rolls – new recipe
Pizza night
Make ahead tips
- Macaroni and cheese was made today
- Spagetti squash will be made in the slow cooker tomorrow.
- Pizza dough will be made in bread machine tomorrow
- Chicken chili, pasta fagioli, and lasagna rolls will be made the day we eat. I would usually make these ahead of time but ran out of time.
What’s on your menu this week?
Kristen says
My husband and I love buffalo stuff so I made your buffalo mac and cheese over the weekend. Oh. Em. Gee. I could have ate the entire casserole dish myself. It doesn’t even remotely taste “healthy”! (I’ve actually been making regular mac and cheese like that for a long time, with more broth than milk, it’s so good that way.) I’ve tried several of your recipes and they’ve all been really good, but I have to say that more than anything, it’s made me get better about planning ahead. I am in the process of starting my weightloss journey and I’ve been turning to your blog a lot because it’s not about giving everything up, it’s about still enjoying things in moderation. With two little ones, it’s hard to put my eating and exercising ahead of other things I should be doing but I am hoping I can balance it all!
Caroline says
Random Question: I just got a big freezer (so exciting), and I am looking forward to maximizing it’s use. In terms of chicken. Could I cook it, chop it, and then freeze it? So freeze it already cooked? And then pull it out to make mason jar salads?
Dana says
I notice that you always put tomatoes at the bottom of your mason jar salads. Tomatoes are not always very tastey in the winter. Do you have any suggestions about what else to put in the bottom with the salad dressing of your mason jar?
Linda says
Tammy,
It was such a pleasure meeting you!
Thank you so much for your kind words of encouragement. You have a gift to make people feel empowered and in control. Thank you for sharing that gift with us. I’m glad you liked the cozies and I very much appreciate the photos and awesome article.
Tammy Kresge says
Thank you so much Linda!! It was nice meeting you too. I love my mason jar cozie!
Angel says
My husband and I love taking a chicken breast….. Toping it with fat free cream cheese…. Then pouring salsa over the cream cheese. Bake until no longer pink. Pair with a salad and brown rice. We use uncle bens brown rice nags. Microwave for 60 seconds. Prep time 10 mins. Cook 30 mins. Easy meal. Delicious and cheap!
Stephanie says
My hubby is having the BBQ Chicken mason jar salads, I am having the broccoli/ham/swiss. I also made PB&J Steel cut oats for breakfast. My husband smoked a beef roast yesterday so we will eat that in a few different ways this week. I also made a white chicken chili on Saturday and have leftovers. Plus pork chops in the crock pot one night.
It’s my first week back at the meal planning. We moved in July and I got SUPER off track. But I am back at it now!!