Make Ahead Meal Plan, Exercise Schedule, and Weigh In {April 20th, 2015}

Hey everyone! Are you proud that I got my meal plan up on time this week? I know I am. Last week got the better of me and I did not even get a meal plan posted. Ugh! I hate when that happens, but some weeks that is just the way it goes.

Let’s get to my weigh in.

So … how many free “weigh in” passes do I get a year? I missed last week and the week before. Ugh! Accountability is so important with losing weight and I just keep dropping the ball. I don’t want to dwell but I will say this…if I don’t meet my goal weight I have no one to blame but me. Getting on the scale week after week is what keeps me focused. When I don’t I tend to ignore or excuse the extra bites, treats, or glasses of wine. Don’t get me wrong it is totally fine to treat yourself but to stay on track you have to account for all the extras.

Okay with all that said here is my weekly weigh in.

SW: 177

GW: 130

LWW: 143.5

CW: 145

PL: +1.5

I gained the same 1.5 pounds I lost a few weeks ago. Grrrrr. I know I have no one to blame but myself but it makes me nutty sometimes. Okay, enough of the complaining. Let’s move on.

Last week, I wrote a post about staying consistent with your weight loss efforts. So on a positive note while I have not lost my final 15 pounds I still have lost over 30 pounds. I did this by staying consistent with my weight loss efforts. Sure I slip up at times but staying consistent is what has kept my weight off. See glass half full 🙂

Exercise time. Last week was not a good exercise week. Wow, I am batting zero today. Oh well at least you see I am human and live in the real world like every other busy working mom out there.

This week I am going to shoot for 3-4 days of exercise.

Here is my schedule.

Cardio

Treadmill – 30 – 45 minutes

Arms

16 bicep curls

16 tricep extensions

20 modified push-ups

Legs/Butt

25 squats

10 lunges on each leg

Core

2 (20 second) planks

50 crunches

For my arm, leg, and core exercises I will use my new exercise ball.

I thought I would start adding some exercise videos to this section of my meal and exercise plan post. These are videos ones I found not ones I made. Trust me you don’t want to see me making an exercise video. Haha I just LOL typing that! Anyway, I was thinking it would be helpful for you to see a visual of a plank or a lunge instead of my just writng about it. I know visuals help me.

Here is a video that shows you how to do planks correctly

And here is one for lunges.

Let’s get to my meal plan. I am starting to fizzle out so I am going to make this short and sweet.

Breakfast

Strawberry Pineapple Smoothie

Steel Cut Oats

Make ahead tips

• Smoothies will be made the morning of.
• I made the steel cut oats today. I will keep half in the freezer and most likely freeze the other half.

Lunch

Mason Jar Salad

Avocado Tuna Salad

Make ahead tips

Snacks

Raw almonds

Veggie snack packs

Yogurt

Cheese

Make ahead tips

• I portioned out the almonds today into ¼ cup servings.
• Veggie snack packs were made today. I used carrots and peppers.

Dinner

Turkey Meatball Subs

Slow Cooker Taco Meat

Pita Pizzas

Cheeseburger Macaroni

Make ahead tips

• I ran out of time to prep any of my dinners. I will prep slow cooker meals the night before. Cheeseburger mac will be made the night we eat.

There’s my week! Here is everything in the fridge.