Update: ChaLEAN Extreme Week 7 and Meal Plan

This past week was just nuts.  Monday was a holiday, but we got a boat load of snow.  Tuesday was a snow day because the district I work in has a lot of rural back roads that were not safe for travel.  So you would think that a three-day work week would be pretty sweet, right?  Nope.  The kids were bouncing off the walls, hopeful for another snow day later in the week.  Both of my preps turned in essays, and I’ve been feverishly trying to get them graded before the other assignments come in; I just hate to be backlogged!  But if you’ve ever graded copious amounts of writing, there is only so much you can grade before your eyes begin to cross.  I usually pull ten a day to grade because beyond that, I either get frustrated because some of them are pretty awful and I start grading too hard, or I start to get tired and I grade too easy.  So I look for balance and to actually be consistent.

On top of that, I had appointments two days after work this week (I cannot wait for my root canal in two weeks!  Where is the sarcasm font?!) which led to late dinners and not getting all of my workouts in this week.  Hey, it happens.  I have a choice here:  I can let it defeat me, give up because I had a crazy week, and put the 25 pounds back on that I have kept off for a year now; or, I can dig in, recommit, make my meal plan, schedule my workouts, and vow to make this week better than last week.

Guess which one I picked?

This week is a little more “normal” for me; I don’t have a whole lot of obligations on top of the usual this week, so it should be easy to stay on track (famous last words).

I’ve spent at least forty minutes this week on hold with the United States Postal Service because they STILL cannot locate my 21 Day Fix Extreme.  They swear it was delivered to me.  Unless someone stole it from my porch (which is not entirely impossible), it was not delivered.  I can be frustrated (well, I am) because if I had received it when I should have, I would almost be finished with the program right now.  And yes, it is sort of killing me to see all the other coaches do their shiny new workouts with their cool new recipes and get totally shredded...but...I still get to do ChaLEAN Extreme in the meantime, and you know how I love Chalene!  I’m starting the 3rd week of the push month, and this is when you start lifting REALLY heavy.  Last week I upped the weights on nearly every exercise, and I made notations to increase again this week because I felt like I could have done more.  I just have to say that I really love this program.  I feel so STRONG and ACCOMPLISHED.  I supposed just like anything else in life, there are trade-offs.

Anyway, this is the end of the month and the end of our grocery budget, so I was using up things I still had in the freezer, like the minestrone soup I made a few weeks ago and froze. I’ve decided that for my cheat meal this week, I want my mom’s fried chicken, so I will be making that on Sunday.  

Here is my meal plan for this week:

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Meal Plan for 2.23
Workout	Push Circuit 1	Push Circuit 2	Burn Intervals and Extreme Abs	Push Circuit 3	Rest	Burn it off and Recharge	Rest
Breakfast Protein, CCFV, protein	Shakeology, almond milk, and frozen fruit	Shakeology, almond milk, and frozen fruit	Shakeology, almond milk, and frozen fruit	Shakeology, almond milk, and frozen fruit	Shakeology, almond milk, and frozen fruit	Shakeology, almond milk, and frozen fruit	Shakeology, almond milk, and frozen fruit
Snack Protein, CCFV,	Oranges and cheese stick	Oranges and cheese stick	Oranges and cheese stick	Oranges and cheese stick	Oranges and cheese stick	Oranges and cheese stick	Oranges and cheese stick
Lunch CCFV; protein; CC-S; HF	Leftover meatloaf muffins, salad, dressing	Taco casserole; salad	Minestrone, salad, dressing, bread (2	Spaghetti and turkey meatballs; salad, dressing	Chicken, spinach, mozzarella rolls ups; salad, dressing, cous cous	Leftovers	Leftovers
Snack Protein, CCFV,	Carrots  and hummus	Carrots  and hummus	Carrots  and hummus	Carrots  and hummus	Carrots  and hummus	Carrots  and hummus	Carrots  and hummus
Dinner CCFV(2); protein; CC-S(2); HF(2)	Taco casserole; salad	Minestrone, salad, dressing, bread (2)	Spaghetti and turkey meatballs; salad, dressing	Chicken, spinach, mozzarella rolls ups; salad, dressing, cous cous	Salmon, veggies (2); baked sweet potato; bread; olive oil	Leftovers	Cheat:  fried chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn.
Snack Protein, CC-S,	Apple and almonds	Apple and almonds	Apple and almonds	Apple and almonds	Apple and almonds	Apple and almonds	Apple and almonds

What's your plan?

Will you BE FIERCE?