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February 9, 2024 · 3 Comments

75 Medium: Week 6 Recap (Meal Ideas, Workouts, and Inspo)

75 Medium· Health

Week 6 of the 75 medium challenge, is complete! In case you missed week 1, week 2, week 3 , week 4, and week 5 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
The 75 Medium Challenge: Rules and FREE Downloadable Checklist Tracker!

75 Medium Week 6 Recap

Overall, things continue to be going smoothly. I have been sick the past week, and that has definitely made things more challenging from a motivation perspective. Normally I would just take time off from working out, and I don’t think there is anything wrong with that. But because I’m stubborn and want to see this thing through, I still showed up for cycling and weight lifting even if they weren’t the best workouts I’ve ever done. I might be going slower, lower resistance, and lower weights, but I’m still doing SOMETHING and I figure that’s better than doing absolutely nothing! Plus it is reinforcing the habit of daily exercise, even if the exercise isn’t my best.

Also since being sick, I have been craving more sweets and comfort foods. The thing is, I never told myself sugar was off-limits, so I let myself have a little bit of a treat now and then, but I try to pair it with protein to minimize a blood sugar spike.

Day 36/75 (1/31/2024)

Weight: 136 pounds (down 4 pounds from Day 1)

Reading: Mindset by Carol S. Dweck

Exercise: Gym for arm day

Breakfast: collagen coffee and Kodiak cakes blueberry waffle

Lunch: leftover turkey burger with pepper jack cheese and sauteed onion + apple

Dinner: Tortellini soup. Used this recipe but omitted heavy cream. It was so good, it really wasn’t missing the cream!

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/46091596179271045/

Day 37/75

Exercise: 45 minutes on stationary bike

Breakfast: collagen coffee + breakfast burrito (egg, avocado, turkey bacon, spinach, hot sauce)

Lunch: Leftover soup

Dinner: Crock-pot pesto ranch chicken and broccoli with egg noodles

Crock Pot Pesto Ranch Chicken and Broccoli

Day 38/75

Exercise: 45 minutes on stationary bike

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

Lunch: leftover pesto ranch chicken and broccoli

Dinner: Creamy garlic pork chops with potatoes and green beans

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/224405993927777318/

Day 39/75

Exercise: gym for leg day– squats, dead-lifts, leg press, glute machine, glute bridges

Breakfast: french toast made with sourdough and fruit

Lunch: salad wrap with chicken, lettuce, tomato, beans, avocado, and chipotle ranch

Dinner: Went out to dinner and got BBQ with okra and mac and cheese

Day 40/75

Exercise: active recovery day

Breakfast: low-carb wrap with egg, spinach, and chicken sausage

Lunch: quesadilla with chicken, cheese, and avocado.

Dinner: Salad with lettuce, tomatoes, beans, avocado, pepper jack cheese, and salmon

Day 41/75

Exercise: Gym for arms (rows, delt pull downs, bent over rows, hammer curls, chest presses, shoulder press) and then the ab coaster

Breakfast: Breakfast burrito with egg, spinach, chicken sausage, and avocado

Lunch: pretzels with french onion dip (made with plain greek yogurt) and an apple

Dinner: Whole wheat spaghetti with ground turkey meat sauce

Day 42/75

Exercise: Stationary bike for 45 minutes

Breakfast: Breakfast burrito with egg, spinach, black beans, chicken sausage, and avocado

Lunch: Leftover spaghetti

Dinner: Crock-pot honey garlic chicken with broccoli and rice

75 medium week 6

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