{"id":1274,"date":"2014-02-20T15:00:59","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T15:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/?p=1274"},"modified":"2015-01-03T23:45:06","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T23:45:06","slug":"week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/week-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 4!"},"content":{"rendered":"

So who are my challengers that are still out there?\u00a0 Anybody?\u00a0 Bueller?\u00a0 Bueller?\u00a0 Next week is the last week!\u00a0 But here is the kicker, this week there is no grocery list or meal plan for you.\u00a0 I know, I am sorry.\u00a0 It is not because I am too lazy to make one for you OR that I want you to fail.\u00a0 This next week is about testing your ability to plan for yourself.\u00a0 I know you can do it.\u00a0 But I won’t hang you out to dry completely…below are some more of my favorite recipes to check out:)<\/p>\n

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Picture above is low sodium tomato soup from Trader Joes and whole grain tortillas with some shredded chicken, Colby jack cheese and black beans.\u00a0 Easy peasy and YUMMY!<\/em><\/p>\n

Speaking of challenges, remember how I told you Shain and I were doing our own challenge?\u00a0 Well, technically it was supposed to end today but Friday night we called a truce.\u00a0 Both of us had a bit of a rough week and I came home to him eating pizza and drinking beer…and I could not even be mad because I caved and had a fair amount of sweets that day AND had full intentions of downing a bottle of wine.\u00a0 I know, weak sauce.\u00a0 So we called an “even truce” and agreed to still eat extra clean the rest of the time.\u00a0 Both of us have seen some pretty good gains still, or losses depending on how you look at it.\u00a0 Truth is, you cannot be perfect all of the time.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because we are HUMAN.\u00a0 But it is still important to be consistent.\u00a0 80% clean, 20% of the time have that beer and pizza you deserve.\u00a0 Sometimes, greasy carbs and alcohol really do make everything better.\u00a0 It is when you start telling yourself you “deserve” it all the time that you get into trouble.\u00a0 Allow your self a couple cheat meals a week, but stay on track with everything else and you will be golden.<\/p>\n

Pizza Pie <\/a><\/p>\n

Cauliflower Casserole <\/a><\/p>\n

Meat Crust Quiche <\/a><\/p>\n

Tomato Soup<\/a><\/p>\n

Oatmeal Breakfast Casserole <\/a><\/p>\n

Sorry for the lack of posts these past two weeks, I know how exciting my life is to read about and all (sarcasm).\u00a0 February has kicked my royal behind.\u00a0\u00a0 More to come!<\/p>\n

Stay BLESSED in the mess!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So who are my challengers that are still out there?\u00a0 Anybody?\u00a0 Bueller?\u00a0 Bueller?\u00a0 Next week is the last week!\u00a0 But here is the kicker, this week there is no grocery list or meal plan for you.\u00a0 I know, I am sorry.\u00a0 It is not because I am too lazy to make one for you OR that I want you to fail.\u00a0 This next week is about testing your ability to plan for yourself.\u00a0 I know you can do it.\u00a0 But I won’t hang you out to dry completely…below are some more of my favorite recipes to check out:)   Picture above is low sodium tomato soup from Trader Joes and whole grain tortillas with some shredded chicken, Colby jack cheese and black beans.\u00a0 Easy peasy and YUMMY! Speaking of challenges, remember how I told you Shain and I were doing our own challenge?\u00a0 Well, technically it was supposed to end today but Friday night we called a truce.\u00a0 Both of us had a bit of a rough week and I came home to him eating pizza and drinking beer…and I could not even be mad because I caved and had a fair amount of sweets that day AND had full intentions of downing a bottle of wine.\u00a0 I know, weak sauce.\u00a0 So we called an “even truce” and agreed to still eat extra clean the rest of the time.\u00a0 Both of us have seen some pretty good gains still, or losses depending on how you look at it.\u00a0 Truth is, you cannot be perfect all of the time.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because we are HUMAN.\u00a0 But it is still important to be consistent.\u00a0 80% clean, 20% of the time have that beer and pizza you deserve.\u00a0 Sometimes, greasy carbs and alcohol really do make everything better.\u00a0 It is when you start telling yourself you “deserve” it all the time that you get into trouble.\u00a0 Allow your self a couple cheat meals a week, but stay on track with everything else and you will be golden. Pizza Pie Cauliflower Casserole Meat Crust Quiche Tomato Soup Oatmeal Breakfast Casserole Sorry for the lack of posts these past two weeks, I know how exciting my life is to read about and all (sarcasm).\u00a0 February has kicked my royal behind.\u00a0\u00a0 More to come! Stay BLESSED in the mess!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[18,17],"class_list":["post-1274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","category-uncategorized","tag-clean-eating","tag-recipes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1274"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1796,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1274\/revisions\/1796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}