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

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

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:

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!

Breakfast: collagen coffee and Kodiak cakes blueberry waffle

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

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

Day 35/75

Exercise: Strength training– leg day

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

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

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.

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