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). I just completed 75 medium week 9, 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:
Currently Reading: Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg
Day 57
Breakfast: everything protein bagel with turkey bacon and egg white + coffee with collagen
Lunch: Baked potato with cheese, sour cream and turkey bacon
Dinner: chicken fajitas with peppers, onion, lettuce, tomato, and refried beans
Exercise: gym for strength training
Day 58
Breakfast: breakfast burrito with chicken sausage, egg, beans, and avocado + coffee with collagen
Lunch: chicken Caesar wrap
Dinner: stir fry with brown rice noodles, chicken, cabbage, carrots, snow peas, peppers, and spinach in a kung pao sauce
Exercise: active recovery day
Day 59
Breakfast: breakfast burrito with chicken sausage, egg, beans, and avocado + coffee with collagen
Lunch: Greek yogurt with granola and berries and chia seeds
Dinner: chicken pitas with roasted zucchini, tomatoes, roasted chickpeas, lettuce, cucumber, and tzatziki sauce
Exercise: stationary bike for 35 minutes
Day 60
Breakfast: breakfast burrito with chicken sausage, egg, beans, and avocado + coffee with collagen
Lunch: Peanut butter and jelly on Dave’s Killer Bread and cheese stick
Dinner: BBQ chicken and roasted sweet potatoes
Exercise: stationary bike for 35 minutes
Day 61
Breakfast: breakfast burrito with chicken sausage, egg, beans, and avocado + coffee with collagen
Lunch: wrap with leftover BBQ chicken, spinach, cheese, and spicy ranch
Dinner: Pizza and Caesar salad
Exercise: stationary bike for 35 minutes
Day 62
Breakfast: breakfast burrito with chicken sausage, egg, beans, and avocado + coffee with collagen
Lunch: wrap with leftover BBQ chicken, lettuce, tomato, cheese, and spicy ranch
Dinner: ground turkey lettuce wraps with cabbage and carrot and quinoa
Exercise: gym for strength training
Day 63
Breakfast: Kodiak cake blueberry waffle + coffee with collagen
Lunch: wrap with rotisserie chicken, avocado, lettuce, cheese, tomato, and spicy ranch
Dinner: sheet pan lasagna made with turkey sausage
Exercise: Gym for strength training (leg day!)
75 Medium: Week 9 Recap
This week is going well! As of this week, I am down 7 pounds as of this week. I started this challenge at 143 pounds and am now down to 136. Like I said in previous weeks, weight loss is not my goal in this, but my goal was to feel better and be stronger, and if that means shedding some weight, then that’s fine by me!
This week was admittedly crazy personally as we accepted our first foster placement. But I still managed to eat well and work out all the days I committed to. My schedule for working out may get a little bit changed while we are adjusting, but so far so good! The toughest part was some changes to my sleep (understandably), but its not too bad.
I am moving so slowly through my daily audiobook– not really doing more than my required 10 minutes as of late, but maybe it will hook me soon!
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