Two 7-Day Slim Down Meal Plans
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The first step of any health and wellness journey is preparation. You need to prepare for success, plan your execution, and take the necessary steps to follow through. This journey can be overwhelming if you don’t know where to start, if you aren’t sure what to cook, or if you don’t have the skills to make healthy dishes.
That is why I am giving you these Two FREE 7-Day Slim Down Meal Plans. I call it a 7-Day Meal Plan, but this plan actually contains over two weeks-worth of recipes. That’s right, it contains 52 tasty, healthy, whole food recipes!
Enjoy these Meal Plans to kick start your nutritional journey. You will learn how eating healthy doesn’t have to be difficult or boring. The ingredients are not rare or difficult to find and can be purchased from any grocery store or whole food’s market.
Each of the 52 recipes contain pictures of the dishes beautifully presented, so you can see what the end results will look like.
Each recipe also contains the calories and the macronutrients along with a myfitpal code to enter if you are tracking your calories or macros in the app. Check out how myfitpal works and download a free version of the app to help you with your weight wellness journey.
You will find a Key like the one above in the Table of Contents page. Each recipe will list the items from the Key that pertains to it, eg., the meal is vegetarian and contains nuts.
In this meal plan you will find breakfasts, lunches, dinners, snacks and smoothies that can be interchanged. There are also two weekly meal plans, so you can actually follow the plan for two weeks. This plan includes grocery lists for your convenience, so you can easily purchase the ingredients and do your prep for the week.
Although these dishes are not difficult or complicated to make, if you are new to cooking, read this post on 9 Kitchen Tips for Beginner Cooks to help give you the confidence to put these dishes together.
Many of these recipes are high protein. Protein is very important, even more so if you are entering menopause. A woman needs protein to maintain muscle mass, hormone regulation, satiation, blood sugar control, bone health, brain and mood health. Read more on Protein for Menopausal Women in this post and learn how much protein you should be getting in your daily diet.
Fun fact: Did you know that the ‘happy hormone’ Serotonin is made from Tryptohpan and that Tryptophan can be found in turkey, chicken, nuts, seeds. You can find tryptopah in several of the recipes in the meal plans.
And Serotonin is converted into Melatonin, your sleep hormone. So sufficient protein can also help with sleep, which many women begin having difficulties with during the menopause transition.
A health and weight management technique I recommend is to ensure your plate is Complete in 3 – meaning each meal has protein, fibre, and healthy fat. For example, look at recipe 1 Spanish Zucchini Tortilla. The eggs are the protein, the zucchini and onions are the fibre, and the olive oil is the healthy fat. You have a Complete in 3 Meal!
Following this plan will help you kick start your weight wellness journey. For more help on your journey, check out the Weight Loss & Hormone Health Transformation Program for one-on-one coaching with a Certified Holistic Nutritional Consultant and Hormone Health Coach.
