Checking in for Week 3 on the Hungry Girl Diet! Similar to week 2, I came off a weekend where my husband and I were out of town so didn’t have much time to do food prep and was still recovering from my cold and getting some energy back so I could jump back into my workout routine 100%.
Here’s a few of the meals I had:
Grilled Cheese Platter (this was SO dang good- so creamy and cheesy!)
Ginormous Salad with Turkey (super filling for lunch!)
Fruity Fish & Potato Foil Pack with Side Salad (very good- the pineapple mango salsa was a nice pop of flavor with the fish!)
This week was also a busy one with work projects/events…oh, and a team building event in the city that consisted of this:
And this:
And of course, the infamous cupcake ATM at Sprinkles Cupcakes:
It was all part of a Chicago Chocolate Tour with stops at Sprinkles Cupcakes, More Cupcakes, Argo Tea, Teuscher Chocolates of Switzerland and a Belgian bakery (can’t remember the name). Delicious, but not so great for the diet. YOLO right?!
After indulging a bit at this event (and at Easter), I noticed how sluggish my body was after consuming sweets and candies versus how full/fueled I felt after eating fruits & veggies. Incredible how I can notice a difference and am more tuned into it as a result of this diet!
Anyways, despite the crazy schedule and chocolate awesomeness this week, I was down 1.2 pounds, bringing my total to nearly 5 pounds lost since I started. I’ll take it! Definitely room to improve and stick to the plan a bit more, but trying my best as I go!
And now that I’m feeling better, I am back full swing with my workouts and half marathon training (which is two weeks out by the way- ahh!)
Workout plan for this week:
Monday- Pure Barre class- done!
Tuesday- 6 mile run- done!
Wednesday- off/walk with Izzy
Thursday- Pure Barre class
Friday- Body Pump class
Saturday- 3 mile run
Sunday- 6-8 mile run
Check out my other Hungry Girl Diet recaps: Week 1 | Week 2
And check out this info from Hungry Girl that includes reader questions about the plan, including the HG Diet app and on substitutions, Weight Watchers tie-ins, and more!
I ordered the book a couple weeks ago and hopefully it will be delivered today! I’m excited to try out this meal plan!
Oh fantastic! Please let me know how it goes and if you like it! Good luck Maria!
Ooo! That chocolate tour sounds like so much fun! I love Argo Tea already, but the rest of them sound delicious too! I really need to make that salad and foil packet. I love foil packets, but haven’t tried fish in one yet!
It was SWEET (pun intended) :-) The fish turned out great but the potatoes weren’t as soft as I would like them. Maybe one packet with the fish filets and another you can leave in longer with the potatoes?
You have me very intrigued- so far I don’t seem much of her old “dredge every meat in egg whites and Fiber One” meals. ;)
Yeah I remember the Fiber One meals. She does use it (and offers alternatives to that brand of cereal) to top Greek Yogurt for breakfast and then I noticed one dish with chicken tenders and use it as breading but that still leaves TONS of non Fiber One options :-)
I’m loving this series! I have the book and am mulling over giving it a whirl in the future. Thanks for your thoughts on the program!
Glad you enjoy! I plan to try to stick to it for at least another week after the 4 weeks since I haven’t been as strict as I’d like to be on it. You’ll have to let me know what you think!
5 lbs in 3 weeks w/cupcakes! Now you are talking! Thanks for the updates. I agree with Katie this is looking way better than I expected!
LOL pretty nice huh?! Honestly, if I followed to plan the last couple of weeks, I bet I would have done better but sometimes life (and cupcakes) get in the way!