Weekly Meal Plan & Exercise Schedule {April 6th, 2015}

Hi everyone! I hope you had a nice weekend. Mine was great. Yesterday I had family over to my house for dinner. I love to cook for people. Of course, I go overboard but it is fun and I love it. Today we spent Easter at my parents. Basically, another day filled with lots of food. Last few years my mom served a killer macaroni and cheese for Easter. Yes she also makes a juicy tasty ham but – truth be told – it is that creamy cheesy delicious macaroni and cheese we all crave. Oh and I should mention that it is far from skinny. But the amount of cheese used does not even cross my mind because it is just so good and comforting. No worries…I don’t go totally hog wild. I do keep my portions under control with the help of willpower. I try very hard to create an environment that does not depend on my willpower so when I do need to tap into it I can usually control myself. Usually 🙂

Onto my weigh in..or maybe not.

With Easter today I woke up in a flurry and totally forget to get on the scale. By the time I realized it I already ate breakfast and drank my coffee. I don’t like to get on the scale after I eat so I am going to skip my weigh in this week. Next week I am going to do another round of pictures to go with my weigh in.

I did order a new exercise ball this week. This one has the ball, a base, and resistant bands.

I love to run but I know I need to put just as much emphasis on toning. I want to see more definition in my stomach, arms, and legs and I know toning and strength training will provide those results.

Here is my weekly exercise schedule.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday

Cardio

30 minutes on my treadmill (5 minute warm up, 20 minute run, and 5 minute cool down)

Strength Training and Toning

15 minutes of toning using my exercise ball.

25 squats – I will do these daily

My Weekly Meal Plan

Here is my meal plan.

Breakfast

Triple Berry Smoothie

Make ahead tips 

• This week I will make my smoothies in the morning. You can read more about green smoothies in my green smoothie tutorial.

Lunch

Antipasto Mason Jar Salad – this is kind of a new recipe. Really I just took all my leftovers and created a tasty salad. I linked to my smoked turkey mason jar salad in my PTE menu to give you a similar mason jar salad for your meal plan and/or grocery list.

Make ahead tips

I made all the salads yesterday.

raw almonds

greek yogurt

cheese and crackers

apples or bananas

Make ahead tips

• I will portion out the almonds tomorrow or tuesday.

Dinner

Quinoa Broccoli Cheddar Bake

Jalapeño Popper Stuffed Chicken

Healthy Mac n Cheese

Tomato and Mozzarella Pita Pizza

Ham and Swiss Stuffed Chicken

Make ahead tips

• I made the cheddar bake, jalapeño popper chicken, and macaroni and cheese on saturday. I portioned everything out and froze it.
• I also made a tomato and mozzarella salad on Saturday. That will be used for the pizzas.
• Ham and swiss stuffed chicken breasts were made a month or so ago. I have a couple left in the freezer.