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February 11, 2025 · 1 Comment

75 Medium: Week 3 Recap, Meals, Workouts, and Tips

75 Medium· Health

Week 3 of 75 medium is complete, so it’s time for a recap of what I ate, what workouts I completed, and how things are going, so that if you are in the same boat, you may get some meal inspiration and some solidarity. You all will be proud of me that I am trying something new for breakfast this week and even tried out the protein bagel recipe again this week. I am getting closer to perfecting the recipe so I hopefully can post a formal recipe to share with you all soon!

If you want to read more about my new rules and want your own free printable tracker, you can check it out here:

The 75 Medium Challenge: Updated Rules for 2025 + FREE Tracker

Reading this week for 75 Medium:

Finished reading: Star Spangled Jesus by April Ajoy

Liturgy of the Ordinary by Trish Harrison Warren

Currently reading: Fight Right by Julie and John Gottman

75 Medium Week 3 Meals & Workouts

Day 15

Breakfast: breakfast burrito with chicken sausage, egg, and avocado + coffee with collagen and colostrum

Lunch: leftover Mediterranean pasta salad

Mediterranean Orzo Salad

Dinner: Swedish meatballs with egg noodles + a cherry limeade Poppi

The Best, Simplified Crock Pot Swedish Meatballs (AKA IKEA Meatballs)
I didn’t use this exact recipe, but did somewhat of a twist on it!

Workout: gym for strength training for shoulders and chest

Day 16

Breakfast: breakfast burrito with chicken sausage, egg, and avocado + coffee with collagen and colostrum

Lunch: vegetable spring rolls and apple

Dinner: Mayo and Parmesan chicken and homemade green bean casserole

Workout: stationary bike for 35 minutes

Rev Up Your Ride: The Affordable Amazon Alternative to a Peloton Bike

Day 17

Breakfast: breakfast burrito with chicken sausage, egg, and avocado + coffee with collagen (I blended eggs with cottage cheese this time to up the protein in the scrambled eggs of my burrito and it’s super tasty!)

Lunch: air fried chicken nuggets and apple

Dinner: ground chicken with chow mein, cabbage, carrot, and spinach

Workout: active recovery day

Day 18

Breakfast: sausage egg muffins with apple and berries + coffee with collagen

This recipe is just 1 cup of bisquick + 1 lb of cooked and crumbled turkey sausage, 4 eggs, and 1 cup of shredded cheese baked at 350 for 15-20 minutes (makes 12 muffins)

Lunch: another egg muffin with smashed avocado on sourdough toast

Dinner: burger bowl with veggie tots

Workout: gym for “pull day” focused on back muscles

Day 19

Breakfast: sausage egg muffins with raspberries + coffee with collagen

75 Medium: Week 3 Recap, Meals, Workouts, and Tips

Lunch: protein wrap with air fried chicken nuggets, spinach, tomato, avocado, and feta cheese

75 Medium: Week 3 Recap, Meals, Workouts, and Tips

Dinner: Air fried salmon bite bowl (brown rice, shredded cabbage, carrots, avocado, and stir fry sauce)

Workout: stationary bike for 40 minutes

Day 20

Breakfast: sausage egg muffins with collagen coffee

Lunch: salad wrap with Taylor Farms Mediterranean crunch salad and chickpeas that I crisped up in the air-fryer and a protein wrap (Aldi brand)

Dinner: chicken teriyaki meatballs with roasted potatoes and Brussels sprouts

Workout: stationary bike for 35 minutes

Day 21

Breakfast: “everything” protein bagel with uncured turkey bacon, egg, pepper jack cheese, and avocado with collagen coffee

75 Medium: Week 3 Recap, Meals, Workouts, and Tips

I used 2 cups of flour, big pinch of salt, 2 tsp baking powder, 1.5 cups greek yogurt mixed together; divided into 4 balls and formed into bagels. Brushed with an egg wash and everything bagel seasoning and baked at 350 for 35 minutes. I’m going to trial one more modification next week and hopefully it will be what it needs to be so that I can publish a recipe for y’all!

Lunch: Chick-fil-a chicken strips and diet lemonade

Dinner: I wasn’t hungry because I had been traveling the whole day, so I just had an apple

Workout: gym for arms– did chest presses, hammer curls, tricep dips, and chest flys

75 Medium: Week 3 Recap, Meals, Workouts, and Tips

75 Medium Week 3 Recap

What is this like a little over a quarter way through (maybe a third through?) the 75 medium challenge? Things have been going well, but I plan on mixing up my workouts a bit next week to include kickboxing, so I am really excited about that! I feel like I’ve hit a wall with my current workout and I’m hoping this will help.

I was traveling for over 6 hours on day 21, so I wasn’t super hungry after stopping for food at lunchtime, and I managed to finish 1 of my audio books and make major progress on another one! I’ve been enjoying this way of absorbing non-fiction a lot more than I did in round 1 of 75 medium when I was forced to read a physical non-fiction book 🙂

Here’s a little tip if you are a soda drinker! I’m not big on soda, but I like it as a treat every once in a while. If you are a big soda drinker, I really recommend cutting back for this challenge and swapping for sparkling water or a prebiotic soda! I love the cherry limeade Poppi but I recently found that they have an Aldi brand prebiotic soda that is a little bit cheaper. It’s actually a bit less carbs and calories than the Poppi one. It tastes a little less sweet and fruity to me, but my husband actually preferred the Aldi one (but they taste SUPER similar and close!).

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