I am currently making way way through my second round of the 75 medium challenge (a fitness challenge somewhere between 75 hard and 75 easy). For me now, week 8 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. I share all this 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:
Finished: Mostly What God Does by Savannah Guthrie
Currently Reading: Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg
Day 50
Breakfast: breakfast burrito with chicken sausage, egg, beans, and avocado + coffee with collagen
Lunch: protein wrap with chicken, lettuce, tomato, spicy ranch, and cheese
Dinner: Grilled salmon with tater-tot casserole, and asparagus fries
Exercise: gym for strength training (focused on assisted pull-ups, delt pull-downs, bent over-rows, lateral raises, and some other exercises to target the back muscles)
Day 51
Breakfast: breakfast burrito with chicken sausage, egg, beans, and avocado + coffee with collagen
Lunch: popcorn, apple, and string cheese
Dinner: grass-fed steak, roasted Brussels, and roasted sweet potatoes
Snack: non-fat plain Greek yogurt, honey, raspberries, dark chocolate, and chia seeds
Exercise: active recovery day
Day 52
Breakfast: breakfast burrito with chicken sausage, egg, beans, and avocado + coffee with collagen
Lunch: Peanut butter and jelly and string cheese
Dinner: chicken Caesar wraps
Exercise: stationary bike for 40 minutes
Day 53
Breakfast: breakfast burrito with chicken sausage, egg, beans, and avocado + coffee with collagen
Lunch: peanut butter and jelly sandwich and apple
Dinner: orzo bake– I did this recipe modified a bit! I followed the recipe from the reel below and used homemade bone broth and whole wheat orzo and omitted cream of mushroom soup and added quartered grape tomatoes.
Exercise: stationary bike for 35 minutes
Day 54
Breakfast: breakfast sandwich with egg whites and cheese plus a latte
Lunch: leftover orzo bake
Dinner: out for my birthday dinner! Had penne a la vodka and a slice of cake
Exercise: gym for strength training
Day 55
Breakfast: grits with cheese, chicken sausage, and egg white
Lunch: Leftover penne
Dinner: hamburger helper gnocchi with grass-fed beef and whole wheat gnocchi (I found mine at Lidl)
Exercise: stationary bike for 35 minutes
Day 56
Breakfast: sugar-free vanilla latte with non-fat milk and a turkey bacon egg white sandwich from Starbucks
Lunch: spinach wrap with chicken, cheese, lettuce, roasted chickpeas, and spicy ranch
Dinner: grass-fed beef burgers with homemade sweet potato fries
Exercise: gym for leg day
75 Medium Week 8 Recap
Still feeling confident on how this challenge is going! I feel like my meals are pretty good and relatively balanced (despite it being my birthday on day 54 and indulging on some treats). The one area I feel like I could really improve is cutting down on red meat. We do make an effort to buy organic grass-fed beef whenever we can because its leaner and higher in nutrients, but it’s still higher in cholesterol and fat than turkey or chicken. I also am making more of a switch to add egg whites in my breakfast instead of whole eggs to cut down on saturated fat.
I also need to get back on my kickboxing! My toddler has been taking less than ideal naps and I’ve also had so much to catch up with this blog, that sometimes it feels like I can multitask at least with the stationary bike!
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