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Ho-Lee Crap you guys.

I’m going to be the first to admit I didn’t think this plan would work (and maybe it’s just helping me drop water weight and the rest remains to be seen but I’ve already dropped almost 7 lbs and I’m only on day 12. Today though, my sodium is much higher than average, just due to my recipes, so we’ll see if I actually see a drop tomorrow.

Quick catch-up: I started at 176.6 on March 19th and now I’m at 169.8 on March 30th. Damn. For serious. Just a reminder that I did start this the week after that delicious week of St. Patty’s day salty corned beef goodness. #justsaying

Just a reminder, this meal plan is around 1600 calories per day as is: this may be too much for some people who are far less active than I am. I DO NOT GUARANTEE ANY WEIGHT LOSS ON THIS MEAL PLAN. I made it for ME and I’m sharing it with you for FREE. I am not a registered dietician, I’m simply a woman who cooked herself thin and lost 100+ lbs, so it’s all experiential evidence. Fair warning. Ultimately, each one of us is responsible for what we put into our bodies, what we expend with exercise and have only ourselves to blame for the results of our efforts. However, if you like my meal plans, please feel free to donate a few bucks to help support AML so I can fund the AML Cookbook. There are many ways to do so on my support page!

Here’s week three! A couple notes: Read through all the recipes because there are a few you have to do some prep the night before, but many of these preps can be done on the weekend to save yourself some time. Also, a few of the recipes use pea protein powder. The one I have has NOTHING in it. Just pure pea protein. If you can’t find it or don’t want to, you can use any PLANT-BASED PROTEIN, but not whey. Whey will not work. Unless you like chewing rubber. If you don’t want to use protein powder at all, just sub almond flour.

You can access the recipes and the shopping list HERE. (Please let me know if I need to tweak anything.)

Let me know what you think, please! Is anyone out there trying this with me? 😀 Is there something I need to change to make it easier to follow? Thanks!

Wowza! I’m just over halfway through week one of my mostly clean meal plan and it’s going really well! It’s not perfect (I went to my Sci-fi book club and had a bowl of soup and some saltines) but it’s been going quite well! I’ve been fighting a case of acute sinusitis due to the lousy weather we’ve been having and I think it’s helped me not be very hungry, so next week might be more of a challenge. As I mentioned, I’ve been supplementing my plan with a protein shake most days or some fruit. I had originally mentioned I wanted to take daily belly photos but I’ve decided to go with weekly instead.

 

Just a reminder, this meal plan is around 1600 calories per day as is: this may be too much for some people who are far less active than I am. I DO NOT GUARANTEE ANY WEIGHT LOSS ON THIS MEAL PLAN. I made it for ME and I’m sharing it with you for FREE. I am not a registered dietician, I’m simply a woman who cooked herself thin and lost 100+ lbs, so it’s all experiential evidence. Fair warning. Ultimately, each one of us is responsible for what we put into our bodies, what we expend with exercise and have only ourselves to blame for the results of our efforts. However, if you like my meal plans, please feel free to donate a few bucks to help support AML so I can fund the AML Cookbook. There are many ways to do so on my support page!

Here’s week two! A couple notes: remember that Potato & Sausage casserole made 8 servings? I froze half of them after I cut it up so that is a repeat from last week. And if you don’t like rabbit or don’t want to spend the money just substitute bone-in skinless chicken pieces.

You can access the recipes and the shopping list HERE. (Please let me know if I need to tweak anything.)

Let me know what you think, please! Is anyone out there trying this with me? 😀 Is there something I need to change to make it easier to follow? Thanks!

It’s March, people! Do you know what that means? The holidays are over. You’ve made (and probably already broken) your resolutions. The “new year new me” excitement has probably faded a bit and you’ve realized that summer is a mere 3-ish months away. Are you panicking? I might be, a little. For the first time in my adult life I’m going to be spending Memorial Day Weekend “down the shore” for a girls’ weekend, and I now own FOUR bikinis. *begin panic mode* I’ve been eating at maintenance level since the beginning of the new year, and the experiment has gone okay, but I’m ready to shed a few pounds before summer. Just a few. Enter A Measured Life’s MOSTLY CLEAN 4-Week Meal Plan!

I’ve mentioned in the past that I was working on a meal plan to share and it’s finally ready to go! This will be what I’m eating for the entire 28 days of the plan. Each day will be about 1600 calories, and I will be supplementing mine with whey protein to compensate for the large amount of strength training I do.

For the duration of the meal plan, I will be posting my weekly menus on THURSDAYS along with links to recipes and a full grocery list in case you want to follow along. Now this meal plan is “mostly clean”, meaning I’ve really reduced the amount of processed foods within reason. I won’t be eliminating dairy from my diet completely, and I’ll be keeping my morning coffee routine of cashew milk and aspartame. I’m leaving your morning coffee routine entirely up to you: you are responsible to track any additional calories you may consume from sweetened or creamified beverages.

Also, this meal plan is around 1600 calories per day: this may be too much for some people who are far less active than I am. I DO NOT GUARANTEE ANY WEIGHT LOSS ON THIS MEAL PLAN. I made it for ME and I’m sharing it with you for FREE. I am not a registered dietician, I’m simply a woman who cooked herself thin and lost 100+ lbs, so it’s all experiential evidence. Fair warning. Ultimately, each one of us is responsible for what we put into our bodies, what we expend with exercise and have only ourselves to blame for the results of our efforts. However, if you like my meal plans, please feel free to donate a few bucks to help support AML so I can fund the AML Cookbook. There are many ways to do so on my support page!

For my own accountability, I’m going to be taking notes about how I’m feeling and I’m going to TRY to take a daily photo of my belly to see if I can see changes. Whether or not I share them here I’ve not yet decided, but I will share my notes for sure.

Here’s week one!

You can access the recipes and the shopping list HERE. (Please let me know if I need to tweak anything.)

Let me know what you think, please!