21 Day Fix EXTREME - My meal plan... this week

Since doing the 21 Day Fix and 21 Day Fix Extreme, I totally think in containers when planning out my food for the day or week.  For those who have no clue what I'm talking about - 21 Day Fix and 21 Day Fix Extreme are programs with 30 minute daily workouts and they come with really awesome portion control color coded containers for your food.  The geek in me loves being able to be organized that way.

I don't count calories and I have everything memorized as to what is what and how much I can have each day.  No points for me!  Thanks but no thanks!

This week I didn't meal prep (whoops!), however I had some food left from late last week I could manipulate into my plan.  A couple extra grilled chicken breasts, some veggies, and even a couple fish filets.  Even without meal prepping (which I highly recommend), I've stayed on point with my nutrition.

Since I am following the countdown to competition plan, I have a meal prep list of what I should eat each day from my meal prep from last week.  It's been hanging around my kitchen, so each more morning I see it.  When I'm packing my bag for work, I see what I should be taking.

While making my breakfast, which is normally steel cut oats of some concoction and egg whites with veggies (1 yellow, 1 green, 1 red, 1 tsp, and sometimes 1 purple), I work on packing the rest of my food for the day.

This morning I grabbed a chicken breast, steamed up some brussel sprouts and rolled a sweet potato in a paper towel.  That was my lunch, I'm serious!

I had my Shakeo blended with spinach and strawberries for a morning snack (don't tell the hubby, his was the same), and I have a plan to have 2 small organic gala apples and a tsp of almond/cashew butter.  I rarely plan out dinner, but I have items on hand that are ready to be cooked at all times.  Tilapia, chicken breasts, asparagus, broccoli... the list goes on.  When you have a stocked kitchen it's easy to make good choices.

I'm actually OUT of any prepped food, so I'll be prepping up some tilapia, chicken and veggies to get me through the rest of the week.  No big deal.  :)

This week with the countdown to competition plan, I go two days with only one carb in the morning and no fruits, then I get to add those back in for a day and redo the cycle.  For me this is mindless since I do have this list to look at each morning.  For this week, I didn't plan or prep my food, but I knew how to stick to plan so far.  This is a total lifestyle change and not a short term diet.  Lifestyle changes become habits, which is obviously happening even with my lack of prepping.  However, next week I'm totally meal prepping everything on Sunday.  I love how I feel I have it all together when I have it all together.