Tone It Up- Week 2
I’m currently following the Tone It Up Bikini Series which is an 8 week program of healthy meals and sweaty workouts! I’ve had great success with their plans in the past but this is definitely the longest challenge I’ve done. We’re only into week 2 but I’m already feeling more energized (and my jeans are a little looser) so it’s been great so far!
The meals basically focus on lean protein, fruits and vegetables. For me, the biggest change is cutting back on bread-type carbs. (Oh bread, how I love you.) So here’s what my meals looked like yesterday:
Breakfast
I’ve been eating Greek yogurt with frozen blueberries and fresh strawberries. It’s such a great combination!
Morning Snack
I made some protein muffins on Sunday so I’ve been packing them for a snack. I split them in half, smear some peanut butter in the middle, and pack them in a zipper top bag for easy snacking on the go. I haven’t had much luck with protein muffins in the past (most of them tasted like styrofoam) but I did some recipe tweaking on Sunday and I’m happy with how these turned out!
Lunch
I made this curried chickpea salad recipe and stuffed it inside a romaine leaf like a wrap. This is a perfect meal prep recipe because you can make it in advance and enjoy it straight from the fridge.
Afternoon Snack
If I’m really hungry, I might have some yogurt and berries but today I wasn’t too hungry so I had some homemade za’atar spiced hummus with carrots and cucumbers.
Dinner
I made these quick and easy burrito bowls with quinoa instead of brown rice and it was great for dinner! The quinoa and black beans make this recipe really filling.
I kept it really simple, just seasoning things with garlic, onion powder, salt and pepper. This was topped with some salsa after I snapped a picture.
Dessert
I’ve actually done pretty well cutting out most sugar. Other than a couple of bites from Alex’s donut on Saturday, I really haven’t had any “treats”. I was craving something sweet though and I was still a little hungry after dinner so I enjoyed some frozen yogurt bark.
The peanut butter and chocolate are such a tasty combination!
The Tone It Up plan is a challenge but I’m enjoying it! It’s making me try some new recipes and the workouts have been a great way to switch up my normal workouts. Yesterday’s workout was High-Intensity Interval Training so maybe that’s why I was still hungry after dinner! I definitely worked up a sweat.
Here are a few other Tone It Up posts you might enjoy:
- Tone It Up Meals Week 1
- My First Experience with the Tone It Up 7 Day Slim Down
- Tone It Up Studio App Review
Such yummy eats!
ooohh looser jeans? That’s always exciting & motivating. Your meals just shows others that you eating healthy food isn’t horrible. In fact, it’s quite delicious. You just need to pick recipes & work the flavors.
Everything looks really great! Yum:)
Banana ice cream is the best! I love adding cocoa powder and almond butter. So good!
I try to make healthy treats whenever my sweet tooth kicks in, but 99% of the time I just am left wishing I had gotten the real thing to begin with haha.
I always say I’m going to cut back on carbs, but it’s harder than it sounds! I don’t make a lot of the “healthified” desserts. I don’t crave sweets all the time, so when I do I go for the real thing. I’ve always wanted to make banana “ice cream” though, it sounds really good!
Your coworkers’ comment about cauliflower made me laugh because while there definitely are some ‘stinky’ vegetables – looking at you, brussels sprouts! – I hadn’t seen cauliflower as one of them.
I want one of your burrito bowls for lunch! Usually, the recipes I see on other blogs lure me in but I’m too lazy to prepare a sauce, cook beans a special way, … Your simple version, however, seems totally doable even for a single serving only.
My healthy “treat” is your breakfast – frozen blueberries in greek yogurt, but I add fine chopped dark chocolate, a drizzle of honey, and some puffed kamut for crunch! 🙂
Ohhh yum! Love it!
I’m loving the bikini Series workouts too! The HIIT workout yesterday was killer! (In a good way!). I had to modify a bit, but am looking forward to seeing my progress with them! Can’t wait for the protein muffin recipe. I have had little success with them too!
Oh my gosh, those burpees with the tuck jump almost killed me!
Oh that masala looks fantastic! I know what you mean about the bread carbs. Bread, why ya gotta be so delicious?!
Being on the “plan” has definitely helped me kick afternoon sugar cravings but I still crave breads/carbs!