I have to tell you again how happy I am to be back on the meal planning bandwagon. I’ve been visiting the farmers market on Saturdays and buying whatever looks good and then menu planning around the things that I’ve purchased. I’m having so much fun spending an hour or so on Sunday mornings browsing Pinterest, magazines and my favorite recipe sources in search of inspiration and menu planning has allowed me to be much more creative with our meals versus my standard “cook a protein and roast veggies” go-to.

I also took my runs out of the box this week. Instead of my normal neighborhood and treadmill runs, I ran outside on some old favorite routes.

On Tuesday I parked at the gym and ran a mixture of the Booty Loop and Little Sugar Creek Greenway.

And on Thursday I ran in my old neighborhood. I had to meet someone at my house to get an estimate for tree work so I decided to do my run around the neighborhood so that I could check out what was going on. After spending 6 years and thousands of miles running those streets, it was comforting to be back on them for the first time since we moved last fall.

It’s been a hot and humid summer of running so I switching things up really helped keep me motivated this week. I am looking forward to those cool and crisp fall morning long runs during half marathon training!

This Week’s Meal Plan

Sunday

Baja fish tacos with lime crema, Southwestern slaw and corn on the cob

Monday

Thai coconut green curry with a mix of farmers market veggies over jasmine rice (meatless Monday)

Tuesday

Ina’s Perfect Roast Chicken cooked over potatoes, carrots and onions (we’ll eat the thigh/leg quarters this night…I may also throw some brussles sprouts in the mix)

Wednesday

Grilled “BLAT” Burgers (Bacon, Lettuce, Avocado and Tomato) with roasted sweet potatoes and roasted radishes

Thursday

Leftover roast chicken breasts topped with a sauteed basil-peach sauce with herb-roasted potatoes and a veggie (probably roasted broccoli)

Friday

Pan-seared scallops with sauteed spinach and mushroom risotto

Saturday

TBD

Last Week’s Workouts

Monday

Hot yoga

Tuesday

4 mile run (outside) + lift + hot yoga

Super sets…3 rounds
12 bench press (70#)
12 push ups

10 pull ups (strict, no assistance)
10 lat pull downs

THEN

3 rounds…
10 Smith machine single leg split squat (each leg…25# plate on each side)
10 Smith machine squats (same leg)

10 single leg hamstring curls on the hamstring curl machine (each leg)

I did yoga later that evening because I had to audition a new teacher for our mentorship program.

Wednesday

REST

Thursday

4.3 mile run (outside) + 40 minute walk

Friday

Lift

500 meter row and then 5 rounds…
10 back squats (85#)
10 ring rows

500 meter row and then 5 rounds…
10 deadlifts (85#)
10 strict push ups

500 meter row and then 5 rounds…
10 walking lunges (each leg holding 25# dumbbells each arm)
10 burpees

500 meter row and then 5 rounds…
1 sled push down and back with 50# added to sled
10 sit ups

Saturday

Teach arm balance and inversions workshop (after Friday’s workout, teaching the workshop was all I had in me for a workout!) + 40 minute walk

Sunday

Teach Total Strength at the Y + hot yoga

Do you always run the same routes or switch them up? 

How do you get out of running ruts? 

What’s on your meal plan for the week? 

Best workout last week? Mine was definitely Friday’s!