I have to say it has been a pretty awesome week! The Pats won the Super Bowl, and lots of snow in New Hampshire means snow days for the kids and work from home for mom and dad so that is a bonus.  I usually workout in the morning but I had this crazy idea about starting a new program the day after the Super Bowl.  Let’s just say I was not up at 5:00 am working out like I typically am. I am actually finding that I like doing this program in the evenings after the kids go to bed.

As I am sharing this I am 4 days into week 1 of my journey through the 21 Day Fix exercise program and meal plan and it is going great! Each time I start a new routine or introduce new foods to the family I learn something new; like my husband… apparently not a big fan of asparagus.

So, I am not quite through week 1 yet but I wanted to share my meal plan and shopping list for week 2 before going into the weekend. My son’s 6^th birthday party is this weekend so I need to do my meal planning early and figure out when I am going to meal prep all while cleaning my house for a bunch of crazy five and six-year-olds.  I haven’t figured out how yet but I will make it all happen.

Upcoming challenge for this week – Besides the birthday party for my 6-year-old this Sunday we have a family birthday party for both my kids next Saturday. I need to avoid the cake…and the ice cream!!! Wish me luck!

Week 2 Meal Plan

Sunday

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, whole grain toast with coconut oil and cinnamon

Snack: Mixed berries

Lunch: Vanilla Shakeology, ½ banana, spinach, almond milk

Snack: pistachios

Dinner: Zucchini noodles with shrimp, Garden salad

Monday

Breakfast: Gluten free waffle (I like Natures Path Buckwheat Wildberry)

Snack: Vanilla Shakeology, ½ banana, spinach, almond milk

Lunch: Modified Cobb Salad (spinach, hard-boiled egg, turkey bacon, feta (I don’t like blue cheese but if you do, then go for it!), cherry tomatoes, and dressing of choice (I am going to try out a Lemon Dijon dressing I found and if I like it I will share)

Snack: green apple with peanut butter

Dinner: Steak tips, baked sweet potato, steamed green beans

Tuesday

Breakfast: Gluten free waffle, grapefruit

Snack: Vanilla Shakeology, PB2 or peanut butter, chia seeds

Lunch: Garden salad with leftover steak

Snack: Tangerines, cashews

Dinner:  Macaroni and cheese with broccoli and chicken

Wednesday

Breakfast: Gluten free waffle

Snack: Vanilla Shakeology, ½ banana, spinach, almond milk

Lunch: Modified Cobb Salad (spinach, hard-boiled egg, turkey bacon, feta, cherry tomatoes, and dressing of choice

Snack: green apple with peanut butter

Dinner: Crockpot beef stroganoff

Thursday

Breakfast: Gluten free waffle

Snack: Vanilla Shakeology, peanut butter

Lunch: Turkey, lettuce, tomato, in a pita

Snack: Tangerines, cashews

Dinner: Leftovers. I made a lot of big meals this week and I am sure I will have some leftover.

Friday

Breakfast: Gluten free waffle

Snack: Vanilla Shakeology, ½ banana, spinach, almond milk

Lunch: Modified Cobb Salad (spinach, hard-boiled egg, turkey bacon, feta, (cherry tomatoes, and dressing of choice

Snack: green apple with peanut butter

Dinner: Flatbread pizza (Friday is pizza night at our house so I will make up a flatbread pizza mostly likely with veggies (spinach, mushrooms, red peppers), chicken, and mozzarella cheese.

Saturday

Breakfast: scrambled eggs, turkey bacon, grapefruit

Snack: Vanilla Shakeology, peanut butter

Lunch: Tuna on whole grain bread, fruit (depends on what I have left in the house and if I grocery shop before or after lunch)

Snack: Tangerines, cashews

Dinner: Most likely eating out…but I will do my best to keep to my portions and as healthy as possible (you need a cheat every once and while!)

As you can see I alternate many of my meals with dinner really being the only unique meal of the day. It just keeps things simple.

I have many things left over from last week’s shopping list but I will include here if I used in this week’s meal plan.

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Now for the grocery list!

Dairy

• Sharp cheddar
• Eggs
• Feta cheese
• Unsweetened almond milk

Produce

• Baby spinach
• Cherry tomatoes
• Grapefruit
• Tangerines
• Broccoli
• Green Apples
• Mushrooms
• Onion
• Broccoli florets
• Banana
• grapefruit

Meat

• Boneless skinless chicken breasts
• Stew beef
• Steak Tips
• Shrimp
• Canned Tuna
• Turkey bacon

Grain

• Whole grain bread
• Whole grain flatbread
• Nature’s Path Gluten Free Buckwheat Wildberry Waffles
• Whole wheat macaroni pasta
• Whole wheat egg noodles

Misc.

• Peanut butter
• Worcestershire
• Beef Broth
• Brown mustard
• Whole wheat flour

I am going to be trying some of these recipes for the first time so if I like them I will share them.  Let me know if you would like to see more recipes, and meal plans with grocery shopping list. I am only doing the 21 Day Fix for 3 weeks and then moving on to a new program but I always have to do a meal plan in order to stay on track with eating clean (most of the time!) and keeping to my portions.

If you haven’t already, check out week 1 and week 3 of my 21 Day Fix journey!