I hope you enjoy my 21-Day Fix meal plan post today! It feels good to be back to blogging after taking last week off. I really needed to take a moment of silence to process everything, and to decide how to move forward on the blog for the months of February & March while I rest before starting Follistim back up again. Thanks for hanging in there with me through my good times and my bad.

Right after I finished my first 21-Day Fix, I rolled right into a second round. I was originally going to slow down after my husband’s birthday, but I felt too good to stop, especially since I had lost 15 inches! When my Follistim cycle failed, I was glad I had continued on the Fix because it meant I had a distraction and something else to work towards. Plus, when you’re frustrated and upset, cardio is a great outlet to release that negative energy.

Oh, and I’m getting too skinny for my skinny jeans, which pretty much rocks.

In all seriousness though, this isn’t just about losing the weight so much as it is getting stronger and healthier for fertility. I’m slightly hoping I’ll be able to be one of those success stories of “I got pregnant while drinking Shakeology!” Not really counting on it, just bein’ real… but I’m still a little bit hopeful, even if it’s only a pin drop of hope.

So, all that to say, here is what I ate last week on the Fix, and what I am eating this week!

21-Day Fix Meal Plan {Round 2}

Week 5 & 6 Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks

Breakfast

Shakeology! After week 1, I no longer needed to mix it with coffee to wake up in the morning, and I got used to the flavor. I just ran out of the chocolate, but I had been mixing it with water, ice, and 1/2 cup of frozen berries. Sometimes I’d add a teaspoon of nut butter and it’s like drinking a PB&J shake in the morning. Delicious! I recently got my new order in and decided to try their new Cafe Latte flavor. YUM! I don’t like eating in the morning unless I’ve been up for a few hours, so this helps me get in a good breakfast that keeps me full for 3 hours before my morning snack time.

Lunch Options

• Leftovers as much as possible (especially tacos, my favorite!). I rely heavily on leftovers. I don’t like eating the same thing every day for lunch, but I don’t mind eating something for lunch that I had for dinner the previous night. I’m weird like that.
• Loaded salads w/ dark leafy greens, chicken or salmon (fresh cooked, not packaged/pre-cooked), lots of veggies, sometimes a carb like quinoa or beans, always drizzled with olive oil and red wine vinegar
• Morning Star Spicy Black Bean Burgers with avocado, and sometimes homemade pasta salad or a leafy green salad

Snack Options

• Plain Greek yogurt w/ tsp. of honey drizzled on top, and fruit (usually berries) mixed in. This is my favorite morning snack! I usually have strawberries, blueberries and raspberries on hand.
• Speaking of fruit, since I am required to eat two cups of fruit per day, and since Zoey and Glenn like fruit with their lunches every day, I keep quite a variety on hand. Besides the berries, we usually have red grapes (frozen are the best!), honeycrisp apples, tangerines, bananas, and either plums or peaches on hand. We are a fruity family, what can I say? 😉 Aldi is a lifesaver because we buy so much fruit every week, and they usually have a good variety on sale.
• Spicy red pepper hummus w/ carrots or peppers for dipping
• This 7-Layer Dip is phenomenal and my new love! I use the sweet mini peppers as my dippers; just cut them in half and they make the perfect scoop!
• Mini Babybel cheese with olives (seems random, I know, but delicious and on plan!)
• Fit & Active rice cakes with nut butter (this one is not common by any means because I mean, it is a packaged product, but they are good to keep on hand in a pinch when I am craving something sweet but don’t want to ruin my day, and they are fat-free and super low in carbs)

Week 5 & 6 Dinners

Week 5, M-F Dinner

• Monday: Sushi! I saved my carbs for the day and had a Japanese salad with a rainbow roll and hot, unsweet green tea for dinner. This was Glenn’s birthday so I also had a cheat: 1 very thin slice of this AMAZING banana pudding cheesecake, which I made for him from scratch! Banana pudding speaks to his soul, so we had to try it out. It’s not 21-Day Fix friendly by any means, but for a birthday cheat, it was worth every. creamy. calorie. I used Zulka Morena pure cane sugar (now sold at Aldi!) instead of white, so that counts for something, right? 😉
• Tuesday: Chicken Tacos w/ dark greens instead of lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, onions, fresh avocado, little bit of cheese. I use these tortillas since they are lower in carb, higher in fiber, and taste delicious! I’d like to try making my own if you have a recipe to recommend. I’m especially interested in trying grain-free…
• Wednesday: Grilled salmon w/ lemon, dill, sea salt and cracked pepper. Served with roasted garlic chick peas and homemade kale chips.
• Thursday: Bunless sirloin burger topped with sliced avocado and tomato. Served with organic roasted garlic potato wedges (hand cut, not frozen or packaged), and steamed asparagus.
• Friday: Baked lemon pepper tilapia. Served with brown rice and sauteed spinach with crumbled low-fat blue cheese.

Week 6, M-F Dinner

• Monday: Loaded salads w/ spinach, grilled chicken, strawberries, blueberries, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, feta, and the 21-Day Fix recipe for homemade balsamic vinaigrette
• Tuesday: Taco Tuesday!
• Wednesday: This Chicken Spinach Saute over brown rice is sooo delicious and makes wonderful leftovers for lunch the next day!
• Thursday: Spinach and feta chicken sausage (from Aldi!). Served with these delicious roasted sweet potatoes and steamed broccoli.
• Friday: We’re going to try this awesome looking 21-Day Fix approved jambalaya recipe, but switch the regular rice for cauliflower “rice” for less carb and more veggie.

So there you have it – my 21-Day Fix meal plan for most of round 2! Weekends I still stick to the plan, but I am more flexible when it comes to how we plan things, and it depends on what we have going on. Sometimes we go out to eat and I just make sure I choose wisely.

Round 2 ends on Sunday, so I will weigh and measure myself on Monday morning. On Tuesday, I’ll share my results. I can’t wait to weigh in and measure up! I feel so good right now and have confidence that my results will be worth the labors. So far my weight loss seems to be very healthy and not too rapid, which shows this program isn’t just a water weight program… we’re talking about real inch loss and converting fat to muscle, which is a win!