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February 1, 2024 · 1 Comment

75 Medium: Week 5 Recap (Meal Ideas, Workouts, and Inspo)

75 Medium· Health

Week 5 of the 75 medium challenge, is complete! In case you missed week 1, week 2, week 3 , and week 4 recaps, there are plenty of other meal ideas for 75 medium there as well. If you are also doing the 75 medium challenge (or the 75 Hard or 75 soft challenge), hopefully these posts can give you some healthy meal ideas– I know that’s what I sometimes have the most difficulty with!

And just in case you have zero idea what the 75 medium challenge is, here is a video and a post to fill you in:

@saraannsutton My 75 medium rules ✨🫶🏼 started 5 days ago and feeling good! Follow along for meal ideas and updates ☺️ #75hard #75softchallenge #greenscreen ♬ original sound – Sara Ann Sutton
The 75 Medium Challenge: Rules and FREE Downloadable Checklist Tracker!

Day 29/75 (1/24/2024)

Weight: 136 pounds (down 4 pounds from Day 1)

Reading: Mindset by Carol S. Dweck

Exercise: 45 minutes on stationary bike

Breakfast: collagen coffee and breakfast burrito (egg, spinach, turkey bacon, salsa, hot sauce)

Lunch: leftover chicken, stuffing, and green beans

Dinner: Pot roast with potatoes and carrots– used this recipe:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/310044755611133658/

Day 30/75

Exercise: Gym for leg day

Breakfast: collagen coffee and breakfast burrito (egg, spinach, turkey bacon, salsa, hot sauce)

Lunch: Chick-fil-a grilled chicken sandwich and fruit

Dinner: (this picture is awful) Honey Garlic Chicken in the crock pot (I’m so close to getting the recipe how I want it and then I will share!) with broccoli and cauliflower rice

Day 31/75

Exercise: 45 minutes on stationary bike + 45 minute walk

Breakfast: collagen coffee and breakfast burrito (egg, spinach, turkey bacon, salsa, avocado, hot sauce)

Lunch: Leftover pot roast

Dinner: Cajun chicken pasta (this recipe is so good with protein pasta!)– I’ll need to share my recipe for this one soon but it has bell pepper, chicken, milk, cream cheese, onion, garlic, and a bunch of seasonings! It was really tasty and I added some spinach to it as well.

Day 32/75

Exercise: Gym for arms and abs

I’ve really been loving using this machine (I think called an ab coaster?) for abs at the gym. I will use it to do basic and intermediate scrunches as well as dynamic planks! It reminds me a lot of a reformer for Pilates, and it really gets my abs burning!

75 medium week 5

Breakfast: collagen coffee and Kodiak cakes blueberry waffle

Lunch: Salad wrap with rotisserie chicken, lettuce, grape tomatoes, avocado, black beans, and chipotle ranch

75 medium week 5

Dinner: Chick-fil-a grilled nuggets, mac and cheese, fruit, and diet lemonade

I really like the grilled nuggets, but my favorite way to make them them to the next level is to pour in some of the herb ranch and the zesty buffalo sauce into the container with them, shake the container to mix it up, and then enjoy! It’s so good! And the zesty buffalo and the herb ranch are both low in carbs!

Day 33/75

Exercise: Active recovery day– deep cleaned the house and went on a 45 minute walk around the neighborhood

Breakfast: collagen coffee and breakfast scramble (potato, bell pepper, spinach, egg, and chicken sausage topped with queso fresco, avocado, and hot sauce)

Lunch: Salad wrap with rotisserie chicken, lettuce, grape tomatoes, avocado, black beans, and chipotle ranch

Dinner: Salmon, brussel sprouts, and pan fried potatoes with onion and cheese

Day 34/75

Exercise: 45 minutes on stationary bike

Breakfast: Avocado sourdough toast with egg

Lunch: Salad wrap with rotisserie chicken, lettuce, grape tomatoes, avocado, black beans, and chipotle ranch

Dinner: Crock-pot salsa chicken thighs with corn, black beans, cauliflower rice, avocado, and cheese

75 medium week 5

Day 35/75

Exercise: Strength training– leg day

Breakfast: breakfast hash with chicken sausage, egg, potato, bell pepper, and spinach

75 medium week 5
75 medium week 5
I got this chicken sausage at Costco and really loving it! Clean ingredients too.

Lunch: Salad wrap with rotisserie chicken, lettuce, grape tomatoes, avocado, black beans, and chipotle ranch (are you getting sick of me eating the same thing every day?)

Dinner: Turkey burger with half of bun, avocado, lettuce, tomato, sauteed onion, and pepper jack cheese with roasted sweet potato

75 medium week 5

For 75 Medium Week 5, I feel like I am continuing to coast. I’m in such a rhythm that it doesn’t feel too bad anymore! Just something that I do. Because I give myself grace on food, I’m just trying to prioritize protein, fruits, and veggies, I don’t feel like I am depriving myself of anything.

If you have any healthy crock-pot meal ideas though, I would love to hear them! I’ve been using my crock-pot more lately, and I would love to get some new ideas.

75 medium week 5

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My husband and I were in NYC for a long weekend an My husband and I were in NYC for a long weekend and I knew I wasn’t going to be able to leave without trying the scallion pancake BEC at @winsonbakery 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️
📍Win Son Bakery (East Village)
We both got the BEC which had the CRISPIEST bacon, egg, and havarti cheese and it came with their ginger deluxe sauce. I NEED to figure out the recipe to recreate the sauce because it was amazing 🥲 
I also got their 5 spice latte which was so tasty and I loved that it wasn’t super sweet! #pregnancy #pregnancycraving #nyc
Guess who doesn’t have gestational diabetes? 🙂‍↕️ Guess who doesn’t have gestational diabetes? 🙂‍↕️
After having GD with my first pregnancy, I am SO relieved to not have to check blood sugars and be monitoring this time around— however, I’m still being mindful and conscious of my carbs, because I do think it’s better for me and baby (but I’m not being quite so restrictive now!!)

Breakfast: savory breakfast muffins (recipe on my page!)
Lunch: leftover sheet pan lasagna (recipe by @sara.haven) and raspberries
Snack: jalapeño chips, havarti, and dill pickles IYKYK
Dinner: fish, @brazi_bites, and roasted veggies
Bedtime snack: @fairlife chocolate milk always 🍫🥛

#gestationaldiabetes #pregnancy #pregnancycravings #whatieatinaday
Trying out the banana bread chocolate milk at Dutc Trying out the banana bread chocolate milk at Dutch Bros bc I literally drink chocolate milk daily while pregnant lol 🍌🍫🥛#pregnancycraving #dutchbros
So happy with how these It’s a Great Pumpkin, Char So happy with how these It’s a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown cut-out decorations for our yard turned out! 🎃
Hoping that these cut outs fare well outside in the elements to last for a few years, so I hope to add more characters next year 😉 #nostalgia #cozyhalloween #greatpumpkin #halloweendecoration #fallhome
IT ALL HAS TO GO 👹👹👹 #toddlermom #pregnancyhumor IT ALL HAS TO GO 👹👹👹

#toddlermom #pregnancyhumor #pregnancy #cleaningup
Making It’s a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown cut-out Making It’s a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown cut-out decorations for our yard! 🎃
I recommend priming your sheets of plywood FIRST, then tracing your outline of the characters and then cutting them out! It makes it easier to see the image if you’re using a projector, and then it’s also easier to see your outline when you start painting! 

Hoping that these cut outs fare well outside in the elements to last for a few years, so I hope to add more characters next year 😉 #nostalgia #cozyhalloween #greatpumpkin #halloweendecoration #fallhome
DIY FELT BIRTHDAY CROWN 🎉🥳🥹 I made two of these th DIY FELT BIRTHDAY CROWN 🎉🥳🥹
I made two of these this year, one for my dad for his 80th (lol) and another for my toddler! I thought it was super a cute keepsake, and not very difficult, so I’m definitely going to keep making these for kid’s birthdays! 🥹 #birthdaycrown #keepsakegifts #birthdaytradition #slowliving #toddlermom
DIY “Terracotta” Pumpkins 🎃 I love the look of th DIY “Terracotta” Pumpkins 🎃 
I love the look of the terracotta pumpkins, but knew I could DIY it for less 😌
Just mix up some baking soda into paint until it forms a gritty paste and apply a couple of coats to a cheap plastic pumpkin. On your last coat while it’s still a LITTLE wet, sprinkle on some additional baking soda and dust it around with a paint brush. #falldecorations #diyhalloween #halloweendecorations
#WalmartPartner My hack for simplifying meal prep? #WalmartPartner My hack for simplifying meal prep? Sparky, your AI assistant in the @walmart app! You can ask Sparky for recipe inspiration or upload your own recipe to easily add the items you need to your shopping cart without having to individually add them one by one. And you can easily make modifications whether it’s swapping for organic, a different brand, or a different price. Try Sparky in the Walmart app today to make the weekly meal prep so much easier! #WalmartSparkyAI #AskSparky
I really don’t think this is that strange of a com I really don’t think this is that strange of a combo but my mom definitely made it seem that way lmao #pregnant #pregnancy #pregnancycraving
I’ve never been super intentional about decorating I’ve never been super intentional about decorating my bedroom but with baby number 2 on the way, I now recognize that I need a lovely space to rot in the newborn bubble 👶 today I’m tackling bed styling (we have a king sized bed for reference). I tried my best to keep it on a budget bc WHYYYY are pillows so expensive??? #bedroomstyle #pregnancy #roommakeover
I made these carb-balanced/blood sugar friendly/hi I made these carb-balanced/blood sugar friendly/high protein breakfast muffins often in my first pregnancy and honestly have enjoyed them well beyond pregnancy! They’re only 5 ingredients and give the bready texture I was missing when I had gestational diabetes. It’s kind of similar to a sausage ball! I normally eat 2-3 muffins for breakfast as each muffin has about 7 grams of carbs and 12 grams of protein!

5-INGREDIENT SAVORY BREAKFAST MUFFINS
* 1 pound of turkey sausage (or whatever type you like)
* 4 eggs
* 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
* 1 cup Kodiak cake baking mix
* 1/3 cup cottage cheese

Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350℉ and spray a 12-cup muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray
2. In a pan over medium heat, add the sausage and crumble while cooking. Cook until no longer pink. Remove from heat and allow to cool briefly.
3. In a bowl, crack the eggs and lightly beat. Add shredded cheese, kodiak mix, cooked sausage, and cottage cheese and mix well (mixture will be thick)
4. Fill the 12 prepared muffin cups evenly with the mixture.
5. Bake for about 22-25 minutes or until golden brown on top

Recipe Notes
If meal prepping for the week, store leftovers in a container in the fridge. You can heat by microwaving for about 1 minute. I prefer to reheat them by microwaving a couple for 15-30 seconds and then pop them in the air fryer at 350 for 3-5 minutes.
#breakfastideas #gestationaldiabetes #highproteinbreakfast
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