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February 28, 2024 · Leave a Comment

75 Medium: Week 9 Recap (Meal Ideas, Workouts, and Inspo)

75 Medium· Health

If 75 medium week 8 was my low point, week 9 is definitely my reception arc. I’ve had some really good workouts this week and with the weather getting nicer, I’m able to be outside more. I know my goal is to just do one workout a day but now that it is getting warmer, I definitely want to incorporate a long walk outside as well. In case you missed week 1, week 2, week 3 , week 4, week 5, week 6, and week 7 recaps, there are plenty of other meal ideas for 75 medium there. 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 and inspiration or (at the very least) solidarity!– 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!

75 Medium Week 9 Recap

Week 9 I definitely feel myself getting back on track. I had a really good leg workout with my husband on day 61 to the point that I was feeling dizzy and had to grab a bagel after. Do I regret it? No. 3 days post that workout and I’m still really sore! We have a trip planned for April and I really want to be feeling fit for it (partially because I will be in a bathing suit and partially because there is a lot of hiking involved). So now I feel even more motivation to work harder. I only have a couple more weeks left of the 75 medium challenge, so even with the extension I am doing (due to week 8 stomach bug challenges), this trip might further motivate me. Although at this point, a lot of these things feel like a habit and they don’t feel like a chore so much anymore, so I WANT to keep doing them!

Day 57/75 (2/21/24)

Exercise: Stationary bike for 45 minutes

Weight: 135 pounds (down 5 pounds from Day 1)

Reading: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo

Breakfast: breakfast burrito (chicken sausage, egg, avocado, hot sauce, spinach) + collagen coffee

75 medium week 9

Lunch: French onion dip (made with Greek yogurt) pretzels and fruit

Dinner: Crock pot pesto chicken thighs with broccoli and ditalini pasta

Crock Pot Pesto Ranch Chicken and Broccoli

Day 58/75

Exercise: Strength training at the gym– arm day

Breakfast: breakfast burrito

Lunch: apple and peanut butter + crackers and pimento cheese

Dinner: Chicken Cesar salad wrap (I just use a bagged Cesar salad mix, Cesar dressing, and rotisserie chicken) with roasted sweet potatoes

Day 59/75

Exercise: Stationary bike for 45 minutes

Breakfast: Kodiak cake waffles

Lunch: chicken salad with almond flour crackers (I made homemade chicken salad using rotisserie chicken, mayo, stone ground mustard, grapes, salt, pepper, and red onion)

Dinner: salmon with roasted cabbage

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/350295677282734286/

Day 60/75

Exercise: Strength training at the gym– leg day

Breakfast: Kodiak cake waffles with scrambled eggs

Lunch: chicken salad with almond flour crackers

Dinner: Meatloaf with okra and mac and cheese

Day 61/75

Exercise: Walked a lot but considered this my active recovery day!

Breakfast: Quiche (I made this one with bacon, tomatoes, caramelized onion, and spinach), but its otherwise similar to this recipe!

Sausage, Spinach, and Gouda Quiche

Snack: Bagel with cream cheese

Lunch: Turkey chili

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/11047961576787422/

Dinner: Crockpot pork carnitas with black bean, corn, avocado salad and rice

Day 62/75

Exercise: Gym for strength training– arm day + 45 minute walk outside

75 medium week 9

Breakfast: Whole grain toast with jam, berries, and leftover quiche

Lunch: Chicken salad on whole grain bread

Snack: Protein bar (loving these Fit Crunch ones!!)

75 medium week 9

Dinner: leftover carnitas

Day 63/75

Exercise: 45 minutes on stationary bike

Breakfast: breakfast burrito (per usual lol)

Lunch: leftover carnitas

Dinner: Ground turkey meat sauce and ravioli (I kind of wing my ingredients/recipe when I make this, but this is a great recipe from Macro Miranda!):

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/15551561204163934/
75 medium week 9

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With any leftover candy from handing out candy, or With any leftover candy from handing out candy, or if my toddler has a HUGE excess, we love making monster cookies every year! They’re always fun to make with my toddler and he’s always happy to contribute his candy for cookies!!! Goes without saying, but sticking to chocolatey candy works best!

HALLOWEEN CANDY MONSTER COOKIES 🍪 
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
assorted Halloween candy, chopped

* Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

* Cream the butter and sugars together well—at least 2-3 minutes until light and fluffy.

* Add peanut butter and mix well. Add egg and vanilla and mix.

* In a separate mixing bowl stir together the flour, oats, salt, baking powder and baking soda.

* Add to the wet mixture and mix to combine. Stir in chopped Halloween candy

* Scoop into 1 inch balls onto a parchment paper or silicone lined baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes

* Remove them from the oven and allow them to cool completely on the pan

#monstercookies #halloween #toddlermom #holidaytraditions
Catch me putting @fairlife chocolate milk in every Catch me putting @fairlife chocolate milk in every recipe while pregnant 🙂‍↕️

Without toppings, this clocks in at about 7 grams fiber, 12 grams protein, and 16 grams carbs, so it was a perfect bedtime snack for me when I had gestational diabetes!

3-INGREDIENT CHIA SEED PUDDING
2 tablespoons chia seeds
1/2 cup Fairlife chocolate milk
(optional) 2 tablespoons low-carb vanilla Greek yogurt (such as Two Good)

1. Mix the chia seeds and milk together well— cover and refrigerate for at least 6 hours or overnight.
2. Remove from fridge and stir well, taking care to break up any clumps
3. Stir in yogurt and, if desired, top with whatever toppings you want (I love fresh raspberries and chocolate chips, granola, mashed cherries, etc) #fibermax #carbconscious #highproteinlowcarb #hyperfixation #pregnancy
me reading A Court of Splintered Harmony rn #acota me reading A Court of Splintered Harmony rn #acotar #acosh #fantasybookseries
Sorry y’all maybe next year 💕😘🪽 #pregnancyhumor #3 Sorry y’all maybe next year 💕😘🪽 #pregnancyhumor #3rdtrimester #toddlermom
BABYMOON IN NYC: DAY 3 🏙️🌙 And final day! We had s BABYMOON IN NYC: DAY 3 🏙️🌙
And final day! We had so much fun on this trip but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t ready to be home lol my feet HURT 🫩

Highlights of the day:
📍Grand Bazaar Flea: I believe this is only on Sundays but they had so much cool vintage clothing and fun things being sold!
📍Deluxe Green Bo: scallion pancakes YUM
📍Mei Lai Wah: the pineapple pork bun is worth all the hype
📍Jin Mei Dumpling: I think we paid $5 for 15 chive and pork dumplings— so good
📍Comedy Cellar: we actually went to the smaller location next door, but they share a lot of the same comedians for the night! @godfreycomic dropped in at ours which was such a fun surprise!! #nyceats #babymoon #travelvlog #nycvlog
I mean a margarita sounds nice but I’m much more e I mean a margarita sounds nice but I’m much more excited for a cold sub sandwich from @jerseymikes #pregnancy #pregnancyhumor #3rdtrimester
BABYMOON IN NYC: DAY 2 🌙🏙️ The lesson of the day: BABYMOON IN NYC: DAY 2 🌙🏙️
The lesson of the day: drink lots of water when touristing around NY or else you might nearly pass out on the subway which will give you a big fright when pregnant 🤪

Some highlights of the day:
📍Win Son Bakery: the scallion pancake BEC is *chefs kiss*
📍Feste: super cute gift store in SoHo 
📍Central Park and The Met: duh
📍& Sons Steakeasy: before 7 pm they have an “adult happy meal” deal with a burger, the tastiest shoestring fries, and a martini— I got their French dip which was SO good
📍Pasticceria Rocco: the tiramisu and cheesecake were ok, but the cannoli was worth stopping for!

#babymoon #nyceats #pregnancy #travelvlog
BABYMOON IN NYC: DAY 1 🌙🏙️🍕 Some highlights of th BABYMOON IN NYC: DAY 1 🌙🏙️🍕

Some highlights of the day:
📍Ole & Steen: a danish bakery with a few locations; their cinnamon social pastry was really tasty and their turkey sausage, egg, and cheese on a focaccia roll was honestly so good!
📍Met Cloisters: depending on where you are staying, this may be a hike to get to, but it wasn’t nearly as crowded and overwhelming as the Met in UES and the gardens were so beautiful 
📍Casey Rubber Stamps: old-school rubber stamps with a huge catalogue to choose from— or you can order a custom stamp!!
📍Veniero’s Pastry: this cannoli was so good— wish I had tried more things because the cheesecake looked phenomenal 
📍MoMA Gift Shop: you don’t have to go through the museum and have a ticket to go in— they have a lot of unique gifts and souvenirs worth checking out!
📍Pasta de Pasta: fast casual homemade pasta tossed in a cheese wheel— only around $9-15 per serving 

#babymoon #nyceats #travelvlog
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It is formulated with powerful skincare ingredients, including Niacinamide, BHA, Collagen Peptide,
Vitamin C, and Shea Butter. Olay Super Serum Body Wash is going to help reveal luminous, glowing skin after just one use. If you want to upgrade your nighttime routine, grab Olay Super Serum Body Wash and reveal your glow ✨ #olay #nighttimeroutine #showerroutine
I get my most creative with meals when I’m going o I get my most creative with meals when I’m going out of town and trying to use up everything in the fridge and freezer to avoid buying more food 🙂‍↕️ I think there’s something there with the crockpot beef and broccoli!! I was winging it but maybe I need to work on a recipe 👀

Breakfast: lavash breakfast wrap with egg, @jonesdairyfarm chicken sausage, avocado, tomato, salsa, and hot sauce
Snack: no-bake energy balls with oats, PB, honey, chia seeds, flax seeds, m&m’s 
Lunch: baked potato soup
Snack 2: apple and PB
Dinner: crockpot pot roast turned into “beef and broccoli” (kind of) with noodles and @traderjoes scallion pancakes
Bedtime snack: @fairlife chocolate milk always
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