{"id":23596,"date":"2020-04-30T22:23:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T22:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sayloveyoga.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/30\/mostly-healthy-no-prep-meal-plan-week-3\/"},"modified":"2020-04-30T22:23:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T22:23:05","slug":"mostly-healthy-no-prep-meal-plan-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sayloveyoga.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/30\/mostly-healthy-no-prep-meal-plan-week-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Mostly Healthy No Prep Meal Plan Week 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/228921_9ba285357f2a4765b91d28095e7eaaae~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fit\/w_600,h_399,al_c,q_80\/file.png\" title=\"Photo by Alexander Mils from Pexels\" alt=\"Mostly healthy no prep meal plan week 3\"><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been going low calorie lately and have felt my energy just go caput so I&#8217;m increasing my calories a bit again this week to the 1,500 &#8211; 1,800 calorie range. I&#8217;ve also had a difficult time keeping up with all of this meal prep lately so this week is virtually no prep. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve utilized overnight mason jar oats for breakfast, super quick and easy lunches, and slow cooker dump meals for dinners and desserts (yes, I&#8217;m having real dessert this week &#8211; I deserve it!). It is the ultimate, mostly healthy busy mom&#8217;s meal plan. If you want to make the plan healthier just skip the dessert (which, I probably will most nights) but I was cravin&#8217; me some sweets this week and I&#8217;m ok with a little indulgence. Everything in moderation right folks?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been too busy and too tired to keep up with my regular yoga and walking routine this week, but my hope is that by increasing my calories a bit more will give me more energy to do so. I know, excuses excuses. Don&#8217;t forget to check out my 10-minute<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howsitflowin.com\/www.howsitflowin.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">,,<u> yoga flows<\/u><\/a> this week to sneak in some quick workouts including my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howsitflowin.com\/post\/10-minute-plank-yoga-flow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>10-minute<\/u>,<u> plank yoga flow<\/u><\/a> and this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howsitflowin.com\/post\/10-minute-restorative-yoga-flow-for-runners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">,,<u>10-minute restorative yoga flow for runners<\/u><\/a>.  I&#8217;ll be revisiting these myself this week.<\/p>\n<p>So, without any further delay, here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s mostly healthy, no prep meal plan.<\/p>\n<p>Real Food Diet Menu Week Slow Cooker \/ low prep week 3<\/p>\n<p><em>Approx 1,500 &#8211; 1,800 calories \/ day <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(You can skip dessert to be in the 1,500 range)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Breakfast<\/p>\n<p>Peanut butter banana overnight oats with coffee<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twogreenpeas.com\/2015\/08\/peanut-butter-overnight-oats\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">,<u>http:\/\/www.twogreenpeas.com\/2015\/08\/peanut-butter-overnight-oats\/<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>420 Calories<\/p>\n<p>Lunch<\/p>\n<p>Veggie burgers with sliced tomato and avocado with fresh fruit or veggies with hummus<\/p>\n<p>Tuna salad with sliced tomato and avocado with fresh fruit or veggies with hummus<\/p>\n<p>Approx 450 calories<\/p>\n<p>Dinner<\/p>\n<p>Slow cooker chicken cacciatore with wide noodles<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/recipes\/contest-winning-chicken-cacciatore\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">,<u>https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/recipes\/contest-winning-chicken-cacciatore\/<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>450 Calories<\/p>\n<p>Italian sausage soup with white beans and spinach<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesuburbansoapbox.com\/italian-sausage-soup-with-white-beans-and-spinach\/?utm_content=buffer0bb98&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=pinterest.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">,<u>https:\/\/thesuburbansoapbox.com\/italian-sausage-soup-with-white-beans-and-spinach\/?utm_content=buffer0bb98&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=pinterest.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>288 Calories<\/p>\n<p>Honey garlic chicken and vegetables<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tipbuzz.com\/honey-garlic-chicken\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">,<u>https:\/\/tipbuzz.com\/honey-garlic-chicken\/<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>488 Calories<\/p>\n<p>Dessert<\/p>\n<p>Crockpot peach cobbler with whipped cream and 1 scoop of vanilla ice cream<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meatloafandmelodrama.com\/crock-pot-peach-cobbler\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">,<u>https:\/\/www.meatloafandmelodrama.com\/crock-pot-peach-cobbler\/<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>375 Calories<\/p>\n<p>Snacks<\/p>\n<p>Fresh fruit with peanut butter or string cheese<\/p>\n<p>Cottage cheese with strawberries<\/p>\n<p>Approx 150 &#8211; 200 calories<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been going low calorie lately and have felt my energy just go caput so I&#8217;m increasing my calories a bit again this week to the 1,500&#8230;<img src=\"http:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/228921_9ba285357f2a4765b91d28095e7eaaae~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fit\/w_600,h_399,al_c,q_80\/file.png\" title=\"Mostly Healthy No Prep Meal Plan Week 3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howsitflowin.com\/post\/mostly-healthy-no-prep-meal-plan-week-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been going low calorie lately and have felt my energy just go caput so I&#8217;m increasing my calories a bit again this week to the 1,500 &#8211; 1,800 calorie range. I&#8217;ve also had a difficult time keeping up with all of this meal prep lately so this week is virtually no prep. I&#8217;ve utilized overnight mason jar oats for breakfast, super quick and easy lunches, and slow cooker dump meals for dinners and desserts (yes, I&#8217;m having real dessert this week &#8211; I deserve it!). It is the ultimate, mostly healthy busy mom&#8217;s meal plan. If you want to make the plan healthier just skip the dessert (which, I probably will most nights) but I was cravin&#8217; me some sweets this week and I&#8217;m ok with a little indulgence. Everything in moderation right folks? I&#8217;ve been too busy and too tired to keep up with my regular yoga and walking routine this week, but my hope is that by increasing my calories a bit more will give me more energy to do so. I know, excuses excuses. Don&#8217;t forget to check out my 10-minute,, yoga flows this week to sneak in some quick workouts including my 10-minute, plank yoga&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[91],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sayloveyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23596"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sayloveyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sayloveyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sayloveyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sayloveyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sayloveyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sayloveyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sayloveyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sayloveyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sayloveyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}