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    Home » Weekly Menu Plans » Make-ahead Meal Plan, Exercise Schedule, & Weigh In {August 17th, 2015}

    Make-ahead Meal Plan, Exercise Schedule, & Weigh In {August 17th, 2015}

    Published: Aug 17, 2015 · Modified: Apr 12, 2021 by Tammy Overhoff

    Organize Yourself Skinny Make-ahead Meal Plan, Exercise Schedule, and Weigh-In August 17th

    We are in the home stretch of summer! Truthfully, I don’t even know where the days have gone. It seems like the school year ends, then it is full blast summertime activities, and then it ends. Let’s see…we had summer camps, time at the cabin, vacation to Colorado, friends in from out of town, house projects, and much more I am probably forgetting. Oh and in between all of that I still needed to work on my blog – no vacation days for mommy. I am not complaining though because I can work anywhere with a kitchen and a computer. This is a good thing and a bad thing I suppose. Bad because I feel like I am never “turned off”. But I feel fortunate to have a job that gives me the flexibility to be here for my family.

    Next summer my goal is to schedule the entire summer ahead of time (or at least July) and then get a cottage on a lake in the middle of nowhere and just RELAX. When I was a kid my summer days were spent swimming and hanging out with neighborhood kids. There were no camps, no activities, and certainly no internet. It was just my siblings, the neighborhood kids, my parent’s pool and I. Summertime was a simple time with many lazy days. That’s my goal for the rest of this summer and each summer moving forward.

    Okay lets talk weigh-in.

    aug17thweighin

    Here are my stats.

    SW: 177

    GW: 130

    LWW: 148

    CW: 149.5

    PL: +1.5

    Well I am still on the weight loss up and down roller coaster. My weeks are looking like this. For about 3 – 4 days I am locked on. I eat great, exercise, and do everything I am supposed to do. Then… something comes up. I go to our cabin, out to dinner with friends, or some other fun summer thing and bam everything goes out the window. I eat too much and then can’t seem to find the energy or time to get in a solid workout. These days (and the morning after) end with me feeling frustrated because I KNOW BETTER. Grrrrr. Drives me nuts. But everyday is a new day and I just keep going. I never want to go back to 4 years ago so that keeps me focused.

    My biggest issue at this point is food. As you know I prep my food every week so it’s not that I don’t have healthy food available. The problem is I am eating away from the house too much and snacking more than I should. Little bites add up quick. So moving forward I need to get some major structure with my eating. Stayed tuned for that.

    Onto to exercise.

    Last week was a good exercise week. I was coming off a super lazy vacation with my BFF so I was committed to getting back into a running routine. I ran 3 days last week and was happy with that.

    Here is my schedule this week.

    Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday

    Cardio

    45 minutes on my Treadmill (10 minute warm up, 20 minute run, 10 powerwalk on incline, 5 minute cool down)

    Core

    50 crunches using my exercise ball

    2 (30-second) planks

    Arms

    2 sets (8-reps each) bicep curls and tricep extensions

    25 modified push-ups

    Legs/butt

    25 squats

    16 lunges on each leg

    My Weekly Meal Plan

    This week we are finishing up all of the meals I have in the freezer. Remember the freezer cooking session I did a month or so ago? Well I still have some dinners and lunches leftover. I also have some beef left in my freezer so I plan to have a couple beef recipes this week too.

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    As always you can find my menus saved over on Plan to Eat. If you are a subscriber and friend me (username organizeyourselfskinny) you can access all my recipes, menus, and print out groceries lists. They have a 30-day free trial if you wanted to give them a try. **Please note I am still working through a lot of Plan to Eat friend requests. If I still didn’t approve yours it might have got lost in the shuffle please send me an email [email protected] and I will get to it asap.

    This is the meals on my meal plan for the week.

    Breakfast

    Peach raspberry superfood smoothie

    Make-ahead tips

    • Smoothies will be made the morning I drink them.

    Mid-morning snack

    Hardboiled egg or cheese stick

    Lunch

    Chipotle Turkey Burritos

    Make-ahead tips

    • I made a large batch of these burritos and froze them a month ago.

    Afternoon snack

    baby carrots and hummus

    Dinner

    Chicken quesadilla kits

    Shredded beef burritos

    Slow cooker rustic beef and vegetables

    Fresh Mozzarella and Spinach Salad (no pasta)

    Out to dinner

    Leftovers

    Make-ahead tips

    • quesadilla kit and beef are in the freezer. Slow cooker recipe will be put together the morning I make them.

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    Hi, I’m Tammy Overhoff, a busy mom, wife, and entrepreneur. I am the owner, author, and recipe developer here at Organize Yourself Skinny. Since 2011 Organize Yourself Skinny has become a trusted resource for clean eating recipes to meal prep, reviews, and lifestyle hacks to help you fit healthy habits and routines into your busy schedule. Check out my online shop Reset & Flourish for all of my eBooks, Guides, and Bundles!

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    1. Teresa (Tc4IowaState) says

      September 02, 2015 at 7:28 am

      I have the Plan to Eat, MFP, and I have been using MFP for years. Now I need to use it together and I feel so unorganized. One week at a time at first? I am 57 yrs old, with my husband and empty nesters. I am so tired of on the fly routine. I am so tired of What’s for dinner game.
      How can I get in the groove of PTE. I love it so far, but need to make it work. Loved the shopping list last night as it was the 1st time to pull it up on my phone to look up your coffee creamer recipe so I could buy the right ingredients.
      Thanks for all you do, love your blogs the more I read. TC4Iowastate

      Reply
    2. Sarah says

      August 24, 2015 at 4:57 pm

      I just want to thank you for the inspiration. This weekend we got breakfast sandwiches set up and lunch sandwiches. It felt so good this morning getting up knowing there wasn’t going to be a stressful rush getting everything done! I told everyone at work how organized I got over the weekend. Ahhhh!

      Reply
    3. nancyabc says

      August 18, 2015 at 6:52 am

      But your trying keeps those pounds gained to a minimum.
      1.5 will come off much easier than 2 or 3 pounds.
      You are doing something for your health and well-being and just think if you didn’t do something that starting weight would be higher by now—-so good job!

      Reply
    4. Becky Bowman says

      August 17, 2015 at 11:58 pm

      Still looking for the chicken salad that you talked about (with Doritos). Where can I find it???

      Reply
      • Tammy Kresge says

        August 19, 2015 at 7:34 am

        it just went up on my blog today.

        Reply

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