Week Four: Meal Ideas and Grocery List (AdvoCare 24 Day Challenge)

Wow...I can't believe it is the last week of the 24 day challenge.  I have enjoyed coming up with meal plans and sharing recipes with you all.  I hope you have found some new ones that you like and will continue to enjoy through your journey.

Here are a few new recipes for week 4.  For breakfast this week I will be eating hard boiled eggs and bacon.  (Something I never get tired of.)  Snacks will be about the same and for most lunches I will be eating left overs from the week or salads.

Mexican Pulled Chicken Stuffed Peppers

Paleo Zucchini Lasanga

Easy Fish & Veggies

Other ideas on our meal plan for this week are Crockpot roast and bunless burgers.

Grocery list for the above:
4 Bell peppers
4-5 zucchinis
1 onion
1 tomatoe
broccolli
carrots
1 lb lean ground beef
3-4 chicken breast
tilpia (can be frozen)
roast
eggs
bacon
jalapenos (jarred is fine)
small can of diced green chili peppers
2 28oz cans of diced tomatoes
6 oz can of tomato paste
salsa
taco seaoning
chicken broth
apples
beef jerky
grapes
(other snacks and veggies)

Kitchen Staples:
old bay seasonin
minced garlic
garlic powder
basil
oregano
minced onion
onion powder
chili powder
crushed red pepper flakes
cumin

Week Three: Meal Ideas and Grocery List (AdvoCare 24 Day Challenge)

 ✨Two weeks down and a week and a half to go.  I hope everyone is feeling more energized, less bloated, and your clothes are fitting a little bit more loose.✨

This week I have a couple new recipes.  A few I have never tried so I hope they turn out well. 

Breakfast:
Southwestern fritta

Snack Ideas:  Pretty much the same almonds, beef jerky, fruit.  I do have something new I want to try and I have most of the ingredients on hand.
Almond Butter Bites - I omit the coconut just because I don't care for it.

Lunch:  Some of the recipes I will be making will serve 3-4, so I will be having leftovers mainly this week.  I may throw a couple salads in here and there just to break up the monotony a little.

Dinner:
Oven Baked Chicken Fajitas
Paleo Goulash
Cajun Blacken Chicken
If you need a few more meals, grill some pork chops and/or salmon.

Veggies: 
Corn and Green beans or other veggies you may like with the blacken chicken, salmon, pork chops.

I love this recipe.  I do omit the potatos.
Summer Vegetable Bake

Grocery List:
1 Green bell pepper
1 cup sliced mushrooms (I will be omitting these from the chicken fajitas--personal preference)
3 Zucchini squash
3 yellow squash
2 onions (yellow)
1 tomato
1 jalpeno
1 sweet potato
corn
green beans or other veggies
1 1b chicken tenders
4 boneless chicken breast (if you are cooking for one just get this and use 1/2 for fajitas and 1/2 for blacken chicken
2 lb lean ground beef
1 lb pork sausage
bacon
pork chops (optional)
salmon (optional)
wheat tortillas
 salsa verde
2 cans 14.5 Rotel (cilantro/lime)
fajita seasoning
raisins
parmesean cheese
almond butter
sunflower seeds
almonds
coconut shredded


Staples:
Italian seasoning
cayenne pepper
thyme
garlic powder
minced garlic
cumin
chilli powder
onion powder
paprika
basil
oregano
cinnamon

Week Two: Meal Ideas and Grocery List (AdvoCare 24 Day Challenge)

✨Yay...for completing your first week of the 24 day Challenge.  If you are like me you probably have a lost a little weight, a few inches, and have gained a whole lot of energy.  Remember, this is a process and what matters most at this point is that you are feeling better.  The weight will come off in time!✨

Here are a few meals we will be making this week.  Just remember to keep it as clean and as non-processed as possible!

🔹Breakfast and snack ideas are about the same as last week.   You can change up your breakfast muffins if you would like.  You could do sausage instead of bacon, or ham.   Mix it up a little.  This week I am doing hard boiled eggs and bacon for my breakfast.

🔹Lunch-  I will be doing salads and left overs.  Here is a great BLT salad.

🔹Dinner- 

Broccoli slaw spaghetti (If you are not comfortable with this just yet use whole wheat noodles instead).  Another side note-  you may want to cook slaw a little longer than suggested.  Mine were still a little crunchy and I would have liked it to be more soft like a noodle.  I also skipped the cheese and added ground turkey or ground sirlon.

Balsamic Chicken

Shrimp/Sausage

Steak pinwheels- These are in the meat section at Kroger.  Your local grocery store may have something similar.

Taco meat-  We used ground deer meat we had in the freezer.  This is to keep on hand through out the week for taco salads or burritos (using wheat tortillas with guacamole). 

Grocery list:

Broccoli slaw

Salad mix

Avocados

2 onions

1cucumber (more if you want for salads)

Tomatoes

Green bell pepper

Red bell pepper

1 zucchni

Fruit for snacks

Eggs

Bacon

6oz pre-cooked smoked sausage

1lb shrimp med/large

Ground turkey or ground sirloin

Ground sirloin (if you don't have deer meat) for taco meat

Steak pinwheels

8oz tomato sauce

Chicken stock

Feta cheese

Taco seasoning

Green beans or other veggies 

Balsamic vineragertte 

🔸almonds or any other snack ideas that you may have ran out of from last weeks trip to the grocery store🔸

Other staples you may or may not have.
Old Bay seasoning

Garlic powder

Italian seasoning

Olive oil

Dried basil

Minced garlic

🔶 Have fun.. Stay focused.. And always be prepared! 🔶

Week One- Meal Ideas and Grocery List (Advocare 24 Day Challenge)

After facing a few road blocks these past couple of months I am excited to start back my training and healthy eating lifestyle.  The 24 day AdvoCare challenge is a great jump start.  I will be starting this on April the 13th and I am excited to have a great group of people on this journey with me and to help me stay motivated.

Each week I will post meal ideas and a grocery list for the following week.  I will do a lot of my meal prepping the Sunday before and will post tips through out the week on how to stay on track and keep motivated. 

At the end of each day I will post everything that I have eaten that day so you can get an idea of portion size and meal plans.  I will have breakfast, a mid-morning snack, lunch, a mid-afternoon snack, and dinner. 
I also don't like food to go to waste so lots of times I will have left overs as my lunch.  So here goes...enjoy...have fun...and stay focused!! 

Breakfast Ideas: 
Mini vegetable and egg frittatas 
Oatmeal with 1/2 banana and tablespoon of almond butter

Snack Ideas:
Beef jerky
Apple and a handful of almond
1/2 avocado with sunflower seeds ( trust me...it's good)
Popcorn- I like Sea Salt and Butter Skinny Girl
Hard boiled egg and 1/2 avocado
Cuties

Greek Yogurt
                
Lunch Ideas:  
Avocado Chicken Salad in lettuce wraps (or whole wheat tortillas if you are trying to
wean yourself off carbs
Salmon, guacamole, bacon wrap - with left over salmon.
Salads-  Salads are great during the summer time. 
I also love all the mason jar salads that allow you to pre-make them and take to work.
Left overs....    

Dinner Ideas:
Southwestern Stuffed Peppers and side salad
Salmon This is just an idea on how to cook, but you can cook anyway just keep it 
healthy.
Bunless Hamburger- Again this is just an example. Be creative!
                       
Side Ideas: 
Garlic Roasted broccoli
Sweet Potatos
Side Salads
Veggies, veggies, veggies


Here are a few things you can meal prep on Sunday.  Click on the link for recipes.

Avocado Chicken Salad
Southwestern Stuffed Peppers
Mini vegetable and egg fritatas-  Sounds fancy but they are really just egg muffins!
Hard Boiled eggs to have for snacks
Bacon-  I always fry it up and then regrigrate it.  When I go to warm it up, I wrap it in paper towels and cook in microwave for about 45secs to 1minute to get it crispy again.
Grill a batch of chicken... you can even grill your hamburger pattys for later in the week. 

The key is to just be prepared and have a game plan so you won't get side tracked as easily when you are tired or don't have a lot of time.  By doing this you will soon find what works for you!

Grocery list:
Chicken breast- (2-3 for chicken salad or more if you plan a grilling to use in salads or for other
meals through out the week)
Salmon
Ground Chuck- for burgers
Ground Turkey- 1(lb)
Bacon
Steak (lean)
1dozen eggs
3-4 avocados (will be used in chicken salad and for snacks)
guacamole
onion

limes

cilantro
quinoa (or brown rice)- this is for stuffed peppers

salsa
1 can of black beans
1 can of corn
taco seasoning
wheat tortilla wraps
broccolli
sweet potato
Mixed veggies (frozen)- for egg muffins
almonds
Beef Jerky
Greek yogurt-  I like Chobani's strawberry Greek yogurt
Apples
Oranges or cuties
Popcorn
Any other fruit or veggies that you my like