I am currently in the thick of the 75 medium challenge (a fitness challenge somewhere between 75 hard and 75 easy. For me now, week 5 of 75 medium is now 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 whether you are participating in 75 easy, 75 medium, or 75 hard (or just trying to start making healthier choices without putting a label on it!).
If you want to read more about my new rules and want your own free printable tracker, you can check it out here:
Reading this week for 75 medium:
Mostly What God Does by Savannah Guthrie
Finished: Fight Right by Julie and John Gottman
75 Medium Week 5 Meals & Workouts
Day 29
Breakfast: breakfast burrito with chicken sausage, egg, beans, and avocado + coffee with collagen
Lunch: leftover soup
Dinner: Grilled salmon with tater-tot casserole, and asparagus fries
Exercise: gym for strength training
Day 30
Breakfast: breakfast burrito with chicken sausage, egg, and avocado + coffee with collagen
Lunch: turkey sandwich on homemade whole-wheat sourdough
Dinner: salad wrap (protein wrap with crispy chicken nuggets, Taylor Farms Mediterranean crunch salad, and crispy chickpeas)
Exercise: active recovery day
Day 31
Breakfast: breakfast burrito with chicken sausage, egg, and avocado + coffee with collagen
Lunch: leftover Mediterranean crunch salad, crispy chickpeas, and crispy chicken nuggets
Dinner: Chicken pot pie
Exercise: stationary bike for 35 minutes
Day 32
Breakfast: breakfast casserole (hash-browns, eggs, turkey sausage, and cheese)
Lunch: leftover chicken pot pie
Dinner: Made these herby Greek chicken meatballs (recipe from the Culinary Cartel) with quinoa, roasted carrots, roasted zucchini, and some cherry tomatoes
Exercise: gym for strength training (pull day: rear delt pulls, hammer curls, lat pull downs, and bench rows + some weighted reverse crunches for abs)
Day 33
Breakfast: breakfast burrito with chicken sausage, egg, and avocado + coffee with collagen
Lunch: leftover meatballs, quinoa, and veggies
Dinner: chicken stir fry with onion, carrots, spinach, and zucchini and brown rice ramen noodles with a kung pao sauce
Exercise: stationary bike for 40 minutes
Day 34
Breakfast: everything protein bagel with egg, avocado, turkey bacon
Lunch: skipped because I was so full from breakfast!
Dinner: homemade spaghetti with a short rib ragu sauce
Dessert: ice cream and Ina Garten’s chocolate pudding cake (it was Valentine’s day ok!!!??) + glass of red wine
Exercise: kickboxing (I did this circuit and my own warm-up)
Day 35
Brunch: shrimp and grits and egg
Dinner: leftover spaghetti
Exercise: gym for leg day with my husband (a rare occurrence that we get to work out together!)
75 Medium: Week 5 Recap
Overall, this week went well. It’s been fun to incorporate some different movement into my workout routine with kickboxing, and I really liked following the YouTube circuit by Fight Camp. Day 34 was Valentine’s day, so of course I ate some yummy dessert, but I had great workouts the day before and after! I also didn’t gorge myself on it, I tried to eat a reasonable amount. Sometimes I feel like it’s all about pacing yourself and cutting your portion size a bit!
The day after Valentine’s my husband and I went to the gym together because we had childcare for our son and we had a great workout, so that was a lot of fun!
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