Hi, guys!
I love seeing what other people eat and how they exercise because it gives me all sorts of great ideas for my own meals and workouts, so I thought I’d share mine on CNC. I also included some “throwback” workouts that are still some of my go-tos as well as some awesome fitness finds. I hope you find this round-up helpful for your own healthy living! 🙂
Monday
+ Overnight oats made with ground pumpkin seeds, SFH churro protein powder, collagen, almond milk, banana slices and sunflower butter
+ Protein shake made with SFH vanilla and iced coffee
+ Banza penne mixed with marinated artichoke hearts, feta, and baby spinach
+ Rice cakes spread with 1/2 cup fresh blueberries mixed with 1 tbsp peanut butter and nuked in the microwave for 35 seconds
+ Trader Joe’s Southwest Chopped Salad with shredded chicken
+ Pumpkin Spice Cheerios and Peanut Butter Puffins with unsweetened almond milk mixed with collagen
▪️Approximate macro total: P 122 C 164 F 67
Just a quick note: My macro totals are just estimates because I don’t count every little thing that goes into my mouth (i.e. unsweetened almond milk in my oats, ketchup with my fries, or an extra serving of veggies at dinner). MyFitnessPal is also a user-generated database, so sometimes the numbers aren’t 100% accurate – and this is totally OK with me. I find that tracking macros helps me make much more balanced food choices, which, ultimately, better satisfies my hunger and cravings, but it’s definitely not the “be-all and end-all” when it comes to my diet. In fact, I don’t “hit my macros” all that often – I just try to keep my macro ratio around 30/40/30-ish most days of the week – and the weekends are a whole different story – so you’ll see macro totals some days, but not every day.
Tuesday
+ Overnight oats made with ground pumpkin seeds, SFH Churro protein powder, collagen, almond milk, and sunflower butter
+ Banza penne mixed with marinated artichoke hearts, feta, and baby spinach and Trader Joe’s Southwest Chopped Salad
+ Rice cake spread with 1/2 cup fresh blueberries mixed with 1 tbsp peanut butter and nuked in the microwave for 35 seconds
+ Shredded chicken mixed with steamed zucchini, summer squash, fire-roasted salsa, and cheddar cheese
+ Birthday Cake ice cream from Hornstra Farms
▪️Approximate macro total: P 115 C 162 F 82
Wednesday
+ Overnight oats made with ground pumpkin seeds, banana slices, SFH churro protein powder, collagen, almond milk, and sunflower butter
+ Protein shake made with SFH vanilla and decaf espresso
+ Banza penne mixed with marinated artichoke hearts, feta, and baby spinach
+ Quaker Overnight Oats with collagen and sunflower butter
+ Rhythm Superfoods kale chips and cucumber slices with sea salt
+ Trader Joe’s Pork Chop Stuffed with Apple Almond Stuffing, sauted spinach, and a few bites of corn on the cob
+ 3 Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
▪️Approximate macro total: P 107 C 173 F 65
Thursday
+ Overnight oats made with ground pumpkin seeds, banana slices, SFH churro protein powder, collagen, almond milk, and sunflower butter
+ Protein shake made with Vega Protein + Shake and decaf espresso
+ Rhythm Superfoods kale chips + Ground chicken mixed with fire-roasted salsa, sautéed spinach and steamed zucchini and summer squash
+ Vega Chocolate Caramel Protein + Snack Bar
+ A few bites of Trader Joe’s Pork Chop Stuffed with Apple Almond Stuffing
+ Guacamole, rice crackers, and wine
+ Rice cake with Trader Joe’s Peanut Butter with Flax & Chia Seeds <— wicked good!
Friday
+ Overnight oats made with ground pumpkin seeds, SFH churro protein powder, collagen, almond milk, and sunflower butter
+ Protein shake made with SFH vanilla protein powder and decaf espresso
+ Pumpkin Spice Cheerios and Peanut Butter Puffins with almond milk
+ Ground chicken mixed with fire-roasted tomato salsa and sautéed spinach
+ Trader Joe’s PB & J Bar
+ Lime Leaf Noodles and wine
Sunday
+ Overnight oats made with chia seeds, ground flaxseeds, SFH churro protein powder, collagen, almond milk, and peanut butter (recipe on CNC) and decaf espresso with half & half
+ Cider donut
+ Spinach salad with blue cheese, pecans, dried cranberries, and dressing
+ Rice cake with Trader Joe’s Peanut Butter with Flax & Chia Seeds
+ Spinach & Kale Greek Yogurt Dip with veggies
+ Trader Joe’s Lemon Rosemary Chicken with red potatoes and green beans
+ Homemade apple crisp
WORKOUTS
Monday: Labor Day workout at Salt Shack CrossFit
Tuesday: 3.5 mile run
Wednesday: CrossFit
A. Strength
Split Jerks
3 x 5 @65%
B. Metcon
3 Rounds
Min 1: Bike (Cals)
Rest :30 sec
Min 2: Box Jumps (24/20)
Rest :30 sec
Min 3: Row (Cals)
Rest :30 sec
Min 4: Sit Ups
Rest :30 sec
Thursday: Rest day
Friday: CrossFit
A. Strength
Snatch Deadlift
5 x 5
B. Metcon
4 Rounds:
200M Run
4 Strict Pull Ups
8 Kipping or Butterfly Pull Ups
16 DB Snatch (50/35)
*scale 4 banded strict Pull Ups -> 8 Jumping Pull Ups
Saturday: CrossFit Partner WOD
AMRAP20
20 OHS (95/65)
20 Box Jumps (24/20)
20 Ring Dips
20 Front Squats (95/65)
20 Burpees
*split reps between 2 teammates
Sunday: Rest day
THROWBACK PINABLES
HEALTH & FITNESS FINDS
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14 Comments
What recipe do you use for your shredded chicken?
I use my Instant Pot. 4-5 pounds of chicken breast, 1 cup water, 22 minutes, cool, and shred. Super easy!
I want the Birthday Cake ice cream!
Clearly I need to get my hands on the churro protein powder – yum! I’m also all about that warm fruit life and am definitely trying your rice cake mix.
I’ve never heard of Banza, but I looked it up from your link. Is it good? I’m guessing it is if you ate it more than once in a week but how does is it compare to “regular” pasta?
It tastes just like regular pasta, but better for you! 🙂
Thanks much for this post-I have been trying to tweek/reset my macros on Fitness pal. Also like that your meals are uncomplicated and healthy.
Thanks for sharing those workouts! Other than running, I’m in a little bit of a workout rut and I needed some fresh ideas!
Enjoy you day!
I love these kind of posts. Also, those dark chocolate peanut butter cups from TJs are so amazing.
I’m totally a summer girl, but I’m so looking forward to adding pumpkin into my oats and eating cider donuts!! Your workouts look intense!!
I am just so happy you promote balanced eating but not “hitting” your macros spot-on daily. Unless you’re preparing for a competition, I don’t know why someone would stress themselves out so badly. I also track my macros on MyFitnessPal, but I do so loosely just to make sure I’m not too low on protein or fat or carbs, and I balance it with how my body is feeling and responding to nutrition. During the times I hit my macros as planned, there were days when my body felt off, I was overly full and even performing less in the gym, and I was also mentally losing it! Haha. So this is refreshing to see! Also I’ve got to try the nuked blueberry/nut butter combo. Yum, yum. I bet it’d be great with a sprinkling of chocolate chips or even crushed graham crackers!
I love these types of posts!! How do you do your macros for wine? All carb or carb and fat? Thanks!
I usually calculate carbs because I always use up my fat! 🙂
“A few bites of corn on the cob”???? Clearly, you’re not a Midwesterner, where we will have meals of nothing but… 😉