Berry Delicious

Berry Delicious...

Cheesy, I know, but it totally is. 

Summer! Summer is my absolute favorite time of the year, mainly because of the sun and I despise being cold, but also for the fresh veggies and fruit the season brings. When JW and I went shopping this weekend, we saw a great deal on berries so we snagged some up.

Since I HAVE to switch my food options up as much as possible, I mixed together blueberries, strawberries, and Stevia. 

Tada...that's it. I eat 1/2C for my fruit servings. Typically I save my fruit for either mid morning, or after my meals as dessert. 

Enjoy!

Meal Prep Sunday

For a while now "meal prep Sunday" has been super popular across my social media time lines and on Pinterest. Everyone is trying their best to get ready for summer, and by prepping all of their meals for the week, in one day, they are setting themselves up for success, saving money, and saving a boat load of time throughout the week. 

So, I gave it a try. Now, I didn't cook EVERY meal I was going to eat for the week, as you are well aware, an egg and toast takes no time cook in the mornings, but you could boil all your week long eggs for an easy grab and go. Here is what we did. 

The photo above shows a few different meals. 
- Taco Salad
- Hamburger Patties
- A LARGE tub of grilled chicken tenders
- Grilled Squash & cut up Cucumbers

In the Freezer:
Cooked shrimp,

Here's my menu for the week
Mon - Sun -- Egg & Toast for Breakfast 
Mon - Sun -- two servings of fruit each day

Monday
L - 5 oz Hamburger Patties 1 C sliced cucumbers
D - 5 oz Grilled Chicken 1 C grilled Squash -- Green Smoothie

Tuesday 
L - 5 oz Grilled Chicken 1 C sliced Cucumbers
D - 5 oz Hamburger patties 1 C Sliced Cucumbers -- Green Smoothie

Wednesday
L - 5 oz Grilled Chicken 1 C sliced Cucumbers
D - 7 oz boiled shrimp 1 C squash chips (these are just raw squash--I like the crunch)
-- Green Smoothie

Thursday
L - 7 oz boiled Shrimp 1 C squash chips
D - Taco Salad 1/2 C Salsa 1/2 other veggies on top of salad

Friday
L - Taco Salad 1/2 C Salsa 1/2 other veggies on top of salad
D - Orange Chicken, 1 C cauliflower 

Saturday 
L - Orange Chicken, 1 C cauliflower
D - Meal at a wedding we are attending (steak and veggies :) ) 

Sunday
L - Salad at a restaurant with friends after church
D - Spaghetti (zoodles, meat, spaghetti sauce)

-Meal prep for the next week

I know that was a lot, but I think prepping on Sunday's will not only save us a TON of time since we are extremely busy, but it will help set us up for success and help us save money by not going out to eat because we don't want to cook. 

Disclaimer*** My husband is in class Monday - Wednesday Nights so we typically have burgers, eggs, or chicken on those days because it's easy. If you don't like having the same meal more than once in the same week, you might want to get more creative with your cooking. This works for us though. Boiled shrimp is an EASY and fast meal on Wednesday's because I don't come home between work and church and I can thaw it out during the day and just measure it out at church and have a "no-brainier dinner".

Something else we do to set ourselves up for success is, we don't keep anything in the house that isn't Stimulock Protocol. This is easier for us I am sure since we do not have children and we are both eating the Stimulock Protocol meals. Once again, this works for us, but might not work for you. Find what does work for you and stick to it! You will reach your goal! 


Happy Monday everyone!

** a gazillion eggs, lime juice, meal prep containers for the work week, green tea sweetened with Stevia, Huge jug of salsa, Sugar free jellos, and a drawer FULL of veggies. YUM!
 

 

Quick & Easy Meal

My husband and I are two of the busiest people we know. Always in and out of our house, very few nights where we don't have anything to do, and we love it. Yes, sometimes we get a little worn out, and yes we have to say no to a lot of things in order to say yes to the things that are most important to us. So as you can imagine, most nights we scramble for an easy quick protein and veggie idea for supper.

Pre-made hamburger patties are one of our go to proteins. We get the frozen package of 85% Lean Ground Beef from Aldi (In the freezer section - not with the other meat) and we know that roughly two equal 5oz once cooked. 

We slap 4 of those puppies on the George Forman Grill with a little seasoning and wa-la, 5 minutes later supper is served! 

We serve the patties with salsa (counts as some/all of your veggies depending on how much you eat), or mustard, for dipping, and we choose a quick raw veggie idea for the fast nights like, cucumbers, squash chips, zucchini chips (dipped in the salsa - YUM-O), or, cut up tomato slices. It all depends on what we have in the fridge. Then for our leafy greens, if still needed for the day, we do a green smoothie or we create a salad. 

Living a busy life doesn't have to make your Stimulock journey unsuccessful, or if you haven't yet decided to begin the Stimulock System, don't let having a busy life hold you back from reaching your health/weight goals!

I have a lot of good ideas for quick easy meals, that we use weekly. I plan to post about as much of them as I think to, but if you need them sooner rather than later, comment below or ask your practitioner; that's what they are there for after all! 

(Beef Burgers we use are right in the middle under "Grill Central" in the blue bag)

Bye Y'all!