Breakfast A - Eggs, Spinach & Avocado (default; every day, 7/7 days, 9:00 AM)
Estimated nutrition.
- 2 large eggs
- 150 g liquid egg whites
- 60 g spinach
- ½ large avocado
- 10 g extra virgin olive oil
Preparation notes
- Cook eggs, egg whites and spinach using the allocated olive oil, or bake them together as portioned egg muffins.
- Serve with ½ large avocado. Add avocado fresh on the day of eating.
- Refrigerate early-week cooked portions and freeze later portions promptly.
Breakfast B - Costco Veggies Made Great Spinach Egg White Frittatas with Mozzarella (optional replacement; any day, up to 7/7 days, 9:00 AM)
Estimated nutrition.
- 4 Veggies Made Great Spinach Egg White Frittatas with Mozzarella (premade, purchased at Costco)
- ½ large avocado
Preparation notes
- Replace the 2 eggs, 150 g egg whites and 60 g spinach from Breakfast A with 4 ready-made frittatas; do not eat both breakfasts.
- These Costco frittatas are already fully cooked. Reheat according to package instructions; no preparation from scratch is needed.
- Serve with ½ large avocado. Do not add olive oil to this breakfast; the frittatas are already cooked.
- On a rest day, retain the additional ½ avocado listed separately under the rest-day additions.
Product-provided nutrition per frittata: 70 kcal; 4 g fat; 5 g carbs; 5 g protein. For four frittatas only (excluding avocado): 280 kcal; 16 g fat; 20 g carbs; 20 g protein. The meal contains no added breakfast olive oil and is not macro-equivalent to Breakfast A. Brand: Veggies Made Great; retailer: Costco. Nutrition values are those supplied by the user, not independently verified.
Morning Snack - Greek Yogurt, Walnuts & Raspberries (every day, 11:00 AM)
Estimated nutrition.
- 250 g plain Greek yogurt, 2% fat
- 15 g walnuts
- 10 g chia seeds
- 70 g raspberries
Preparation notes
- Add raspberries, walnuts and chia seeds to yogurt.
- Store walnuts separately until serving if preferred. Softened walnuts can also be used.
Lunch - Mediterranean Chicken Thighs (training days, 4 of every 5 days; 12:30 PM)
Estimated nutrition.
- 170 g cooked boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- 250 g roasted mixed vegetables
- 25 g feta cheese
- 35 g walnuts
- 30 g extra virgin olive oil
Preparation notes
- Season and roast the chicken thighs.
- Roast mixed vegetables such as zucchini and bell peppers.
- Portion 170 g cooked chicken with 250 g vegetables; top with feta and softened walnut pieces.
- Use the measured olive oil for cooking or dressing.
- Refrigerate portions for the first three days and freeze later portions.
Lunch - Mediterranean Chicken Thighs (rest day, 1 of every 5 days; 12:30 PM)
Estimated nutrition.
- 170 g cooked boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- 250 g roasted mixed vegetables
- 25 g feta cheese
- 15 g walnuts
- 10 g extra virgin olive oil
Preparation notes
- Use prepared chicken and roasted vegetables.
- Add feta and walnut pieces, with olive oil for cooking or dressing.
- The additional rest-day avocado, olive oil and walnuts are recorded separately so they are not double-counted.
Afternoon Snack - Cottage Cheese & Walnuts (every day, 3:30 PM)
Estimated nutrition.
- 250 g low-fat cottage cheese, 2% fat
- 40 g walnuts
Preparation notes
- Place cottage cheese in a bowl and add walnuts.
- Use walnut pieces; soak to soften if desired. No cooking is needed.
Batch-preparation and food safety:
- Cook chicken, turkey and vegetables during one main prep session; portion into containers.
- Make egg muffins only if choosing the original-egg breakfast. Veggies Made Great frittatas from Costco are premade and only require reheating.
- Refrigerate first three days of cooked portions and freeze later portions promptly.
- Thaw in the refrigerator. Reheat leftovers to 165°F; cook poultry to 165°F and fish to 145°F initially.
- Prepare Cream of Rice around 7:00 PM, mixing in the pre-workout whey serving and keeping a separate serving for after training; add avocado fresh.
- This pattern repeats every five days regardless of weekdays.
Early Dinner - Ground Turkey, Sweet Potato & Broccoli (default training dinner; 5:00 PM)
Estimated nutrition.
- 180 g cooked 93%-lean ground turkey
- 300 g cooked sweet potato
- 200 g broccoli
- 10 g extra virgin olive oil
Preparation notes
- Batch-cook ground turkey and roast sweet potatoes.
- Steam or roast broccoli.
- Portion turkey and sweet potatoes by cooked weight; include measured olive oil for cooking or dressing.
- Freeze later-week portions promptly and reheat cooked leftovers to 165°F.
Early Dinner - Salmon, Sweet Potato & Broccoli (optional training-day alternative; 5:00 PM)
Estimated nutrition.
- 200 g cooked salmon
- 300 g cooked sweet potato
- 200 g broccoli
Preparation notes
- Cook salmon and prepare sweet potatoes and broccoli.
- Substitute this plate for the default turkey dinner whenever desired; it is not assigned to Tuesday or Friday.
- Omit the 180 g cooked turkey and 10 g dinner olive oil from that day.
- Weigh salmon and sweet potato cooked. Freeze later portions promptly.
Pre-Workout - Cream of Rice & Whey (training days; 7:00 PM)
Estimated nutrition.
- 40 g Cream of Rice, dry weight
- 30 g whey protein powder
- Not specified water
Preparation notes
- Cook Cream of Rice with water according to the package instructions.
- Remove from heat and stir in 30 g whey, adding water as needed.
- Reserve the banana for the post-workout shake.
- Eat about 60-90 minutes before the 8:00-8:30 PM workout start, as tolerated.
- Keep the separate 30 g post-workout whey serving: training days include 60 g whey powder in total.
Post-Workout - Whey Shake & Banana (training days; after finishing at 10:00-10:30 PM)
Estimated nutrition.
- 30 g whey protein powder
- 1 banana
- Not specified water
Preparation notes
- Mix whey with water in a shaker after training, and eat the banana alongside it or blend them together.
- This 30 g serving is in addition to the 30 g whey in the pre-workout Cream of Rice.
- Dinner and cottage cheese are now eaten earlier; this is the only scheduled post-workout meal.
Protein Shake (rest day, 1 of every 5 days; time flexible)
Estimated nutrition.
- 30 g whey protein powder
- Not specified water
Preparation notes
- Mix whey with water in a shaker.
- This replaces the training-day whey shake. No Cream of Rice or banana is scheduled on rest days.
- No amount of water was specified.
Dinner - Turkey, Broccoli & Extra Vegetables (rest day, 1 of every 5 days; about 8:30 PM)
Estimated nutrition.
- 180 g cooked 93%-lean ground turkey
- 150 g additional non-starchy vegetables
- 200 g broccoli
- 20 g extra virgin olive oil
Preparation notes
- Heat the cooked turkey, broccoli and additional vegetables.
- Use the measured olive oil for cooking or dressing.
- Do not include sweet potato on the rest day.
Rest-Day Additional Fat Portions (rest day only, 1 of every 5 days; distribute with other meals)
Estimated nutrition.
- ½ large avocado, in addition to breakfast
- 20 g extra virgin olive oil, in addition to other meals
- 30 g walnuts, in addition to other meals
Preparation notes
- Distribute these across rest-day meals as preferred.
- The original plan did not assign each addition to an exact meal.
- No extra nut butter or dark chocolate remains after the final cottage-cheese-and-walnuts substitution.