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A free 7-day, flexible weight loss meal plan including breakfast, lunch and dinner ideas and a shopping list. All recipes include macros and Weight Watchers points.

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Free 7 Day Healthy Meal Plan (July 6-12)

Can you say HEAT WAVE?? The summer heat is here and staying hydrated is more important than ever, ur bodies lose water quickly through sweat, making it essential to drink plenty of fluids throughout the day. Don’t wait until you’re thirsty, keep a water bottle nearby, add fresh fruit like lemon, lime, or berries for extra flavor, and have water-rich foods such as watermelon, cucumbers, and strawberries around to help you stay hydrated.

The last thing anyone wants to do on hot days is turn on the oven! This Tuna and White Bean Salad and Italian Sub Salad are easy recipes are packed with protein, full of flavor, and can be prepared without heating up your kitchen—making them perfect for lunch, dinner, or meal prep on even the hottest summer days.

If you’re new to my meal plans, I’ve been sharing these free, 7-day flexible healthy meal plans (you can see my previous meal plans here) that are meant as a guide, with plenty of wiggle room for you to add more food, coffee, beverages, fruits, snacks, dessert, wine, etc. or swap recipes out for meals you prefer, you can search for recipes by course in the index. Depending on your goals, you should aim for at least 1500 calories* per day. There’s no one size fits all, this will range by your goals, your age, weight, etc.

There’s also a precise, organized grocery list that will make grocery shopping so much easier and much less stressful. Save you money and time. You’ll dine out less often, waste less food and you’ll have everything you need on hand to help keep you on track.

Lastly, if you’re on Facebook join my Skinnytaste Facebook Community where everyone’s sharing photos of recipes they are making, you can join here. I’m loving all the ideas everyone’s sharing! If you wish to get on the email list, you can subscribe here so you never miss a meal plan!

Ultimate Skinnytaste Meal Planner

Get the Skinnytaste Ultimate Meal Planner! The 52 week spiral bound meal planner has weekly meal planning grids you can tear out and put on your fridge if you wish, a 12-week meal plan, 30 (15 new) recipes, and tear-out grocery lists. I love starting my week with gratitude, affirmations and intentions, so I included a space for that as well. I hope you will love this as much as I do!

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With grocery prices soaring, many of us are having to adjust, scale back and/or get more creative with our meals. One of the absolute BEST ways to stay within a budget and maintain healthy eating habits is to MEAL PLAN. You can get more 5-day Budget Friendly Meal Plans by signing up for Relish+ (get a 14-day free trial here!)

Meal Plan:

Breakfast and lunch Monday-Friday, are designed to serve 1 while dinners and all meals on Saturday and Sunday are designed to serve a family of 4. Some recipes make enough leftovers for two nights or lunch the next day. The grocery list is comprehensive and includes everything you need to make all meals on the plan.

MONDAY (7/6)
B: Tres Leches Overnight Oats
L: Grilled Chicken Salad with Cilantro Lime Dressing
D: Black Bean Burgers with Chipotle Mayo with Warm Mexican Corn Salad

Total Calories: 1,179*

TUESDAY (7/7)
B: Tres Leches Overnight Oats
L: Grilled Chicken Salad with Cilantro Lime Dressing
D: Carne Asada Steak Salad (recipe x 2)

Total Calories: 1,053*

WEDNESDAY (7/8)
B: High Protein Scrambled Eggs with Cottage Cheese (½ recipe) with 1 slice whole grain toast and 1 cup
strawberries
L: Grilled Chicken Salad with Cilantro Lime Dressing
D: Chicken Meatballs with Pesto White Bean Puree and Orzo with Zucchini and Tomato

Total Calories: 1,186*

THURSDAY (7/9)
B: Tropical Chia Pudding Breakfast Bowl
L: Grilled Chicken Salad with Cilantro Lime Dressing
D: Orecchiette with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe with 2 cups chopped romaine, 1 tablespoon shredded parmesan and 2 tablespoons Greek Yogurt Caesar Salad Dressing

Total Calories: 1,035*

FRIDAY (7/10)
B: Tropical Chia Pudding Breakfast Bowl
L: LEFTOVER Orecchiette with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe with 2 cups chopped romaine, 1 tablespoon shredded parmesan and 2 tablespoons Greek Yogurt Caesar Salad Dressing
D: Grilled Shrimp Tacos with Peach Salsa and Skillet Mexican Zucchini

Total Calories: 1,108*

SATURDAY (7/11)
B: Lemon Blueberry Buttermilk Sheet Pan Pancakes with 2 teaspoons maple syrup and ½ cup blueberries
L: Turkey Club (recipe x 4) with 8 baby carrots
D: DINNER OUT

Total Calories: 670*

SUNDAY (7/12)
B: LEFTOVER Lemon Blueberry Buttermilk Sheet Pan Pancakes with 2 teaspoons maple syrup and ½ sliced banana
L: Tuna Sub-in-Tub (recipe x 2)
D: Grilled Boneless Chicken Thighs with Charred Scallion Sauce with Instant Pot Jasmine Rice and Grilled Asparagus

Total Calories: 1,051*

*This is just a guide, women should aim for around 1500 calories per day. Here’s a helpful calculator to estimate your calorie needs. I’ve left plenty of wiggle room for you to add more food such as coffee, beverages, fruits, snacks, dessert, wine, etc.

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Shopping list

Produce

  • 1 (12-ounce) container strawberries
  • 2 dry pints blueberries
  • 1 medium kiwi
  • 3 small mangoes
  • 1 large peach
  • 2 large bananas
  • 4 medium lemons
  • 9 medium limes
  • 2 small avocados
  • 1 small container pre-made guacamole (or ingredients to make your own)
  • 1 large head garlic
  • 1 (1-inch) piece fresh ginger (or small tube ginger paste)
  • 1 medium jalapeno
  • 1 medium bell pepper
  • 3 mini (Persian) cucumbers
  • 1 ½ pounds zucchini
  • 1 small bunch celery
  • 1 small head broccoli florets
  • 1 large bunch broccoli rabe
  • 1 pound asparagus 
  • 1 small bag baby carrots
  • 4 large ears of corn
  • 5 medium bunches scallions
  • 1 small head iceberg lettuce
  • 2 medium PLUS 1 large head Romaine lettuce 
  • 1 (5-ounce) clamshell/bag mixed greens
  • 1 large bunch fresh cilantro
  • 1 small bunch/container fresh basil
  • 1 dry pint cherry or grape tomatoes
  • 4 medium PLUS 1 large vine-ripened tomato
  • 1 small plum or Campari tomato
  • 1 container fresh Pico de Gallo (or ingredients to make your own)
  • 1 small PLUS 1 medium red onion

Meat, Poultry and Fish

  • 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 ½ pounds (4) boneless, skinless chicken thighs
  • 1 pound 93% lean ground chicken
  • 1 pound Italian chicken sausage
  • 1 package center-cut bacon
  • ¾ pound sliced deli turkey breast
  • 1 ½ pounds (2) boneless strip steaks
  • 1 ½  pounds jumbo shelled and deveined shrimp

Condiments and Spices

  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Canola oil
  • Cooking spray
  • Olive oil spray (or get a Misto oil mister)
  • Kosher salt (I like Diamond Crystal)
  • Pepper grinder (or fresh peppercorns)
  • Vanilla extract
  • Ground cinnamon
  • Pure maple syrup
  • Regular or light mayonnaise
  • Red wine vinegar
  • Oregano
  • Cumin
  • Hot sauce
  • Chili powder
  • Onion powder
  • Crushed red pepper flakes (optional, for TK)
  • Dijon mustard
  • Tajin
  • Cayenne pepper
  • Toasted sesame oil
  • Rice vinegar
  • Reduced sodium soy sauce
  • Toasted sesame seeds
  • Balsamic vinegar

Dairy & Misc. Refrigerated Items

  • ½ dozen large eggs
  • 1 (16-ounce) container nonfat plain Greek yogurt
  • 1 (5.3-ounce) container whole milk plain Greek yogurt
  • 1 (5.3-ounce) container low fat cottage cheese
  • 1 small vanilla protein shake (such as Fairlife)
  • 1 (8-ounce) container unsweetened vanilla almond milk
  • 1 pint low fat buttermilk
  • 1 small canister light whipped topping
  • 1 small box unsalted butter
  • 1 package cotija cheese
  • 1 (8-ounce) bag shredded Monterrey Jack cheese
  • 1 large wedge fresh Parmesan cheese

Grains*

  • 1 small package corn tortillas 
  • 1 loaf sliced whole grain bread (I like Dave’s Killer Bread)
  • 1 small package quick oats
  • 1 small package unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 small package white whole wheat flour
  • 1 package whole wheat 100 calorie hamburger buns
  • 1 package dry orzo pasta
  • 1 package orecchiette pasta
  • 1 small bag dry jasmine rice

Canned and Jarred 

  • 1 small can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 small can evaporated reduced fat milk
  • 2 (5-ounce) can light tuna in water
  • 1 small can/jar anchovy fillets
  • 1 small jar pickled jalapenos
  • 1 small jar dill pickles 
  • 1 small jar/can chipotle peppers in adobo
  • 1 small jar banana peppers or pepperoncini
  • 2 (16-ounce) cans black beans
  • 1 (15-ounce) can low sodium cannellini beans
  • 1 (14-ounce) can low sodium chicken broth

Misc. Dry Goods

  • 1 small package chia seeds
  • 1 small package dried shredded unsweetened shredded coconut 
  • 1 small package granulated sugar
  • Baking powder
  • Baking soda
  • Monk fruit sweetener

*You can buy gluten free, if desired

The Case for Putting Watermelon in Everything This Summer


The Case for Putting Watermelon in Everything This Summer

Watermelon is naturally sweet, incredibly refreshing on a hot day, and surprisingly versatile. It can anchor a salad, become the base of a smoothie, or blend into a refreshing summer cocktail. If you’re only slicing it into cubes, you’re missing out!

a bowl of watermelon salad with feta, mint, and red onions

It’s watermelon season and I am here for it!

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Every summer, I buy at least one watermelon that’s far larger than I intended. It looks reasonable in the store, but then I get it home and remember that a whole watermelon is a whole lot of watermelon.

Luckily there are endless ways to put it to use. I cut it into cubes (here’s the best way to cut a watermelon!), then I add it to salads, blend it into smoothies and cocktails, snack on it with Tajin sprinkled on top, and if I’m feeling really wild, I dice it up really small and add it to guacamole. (Seriously, you have to try it.)

Watermelon is my favorite for summer because:

  • It’s at its Best Right Now. Watermelon is sweetest during the summer months, which means you don’t have to do much to make it taste great.
  • Watermelon Is Budget-Friendly. A whole watermelon can stretch across breakfasts, snacks, salads, and even drinks, making it one of the more economical summer fruits.
  • It Keeps You Cool. Watermelon is more than 90% water, so it’s super refreshing on hot days.
  • You Can Do It Sweet or Savory. Pair it with feta, herbs, lime, chili powder, or blend it into smoothies and cocktails. Its mild sweetness makes it surprisingly versatile.
Slicing watermelon into triangles on cutting board

How to Pick a Good Watermelon

Choosing a ripe watermelon doesn’t have to be a guessing game. A few things I look for:

  • Creamy Yellow Field Spot. This is where the melon rested on the ground. The deeper yellow it is, the longer the watermelon had to ripen.
  • Heavy Feel. A ripe watermelon should feel heavier than it looks because it’s full of juice.
  • Dull, Not Shiny, Rind. Glossy watermelons are often less mature than those with a more matte finish.
  • A Symmetrical Shape. Round or oval is fine, but avoid melons with large flat spots or irregular bumps.

3 Ways to Use Watermelon This Week

Two glasses of a creamy watermelon smoothie with strawberry and mint

Watermelon Smoothie

Watermelon practically makes itself into a smoothie. Blend it with fruit and yogurt for a refreshing breakfast or afternoon snack that's especially welcome on hot mornings.

Check out this recipe

a bowl of watermelon salad with feta, mint, and red onions

Watermelon Salad

This is the recipe that convinces people watermelon belongs outside the fruit bowl. Sweet watermelon, salty feta, and fresh herbs create a combination that's bright, refreshing, and right at home next to anything coming off the grill.

Check out this recipe

A spicy watermelon margarita with lime slices and jalapeño in a glass rimmed with chili powder, next to a halved lime.

Watermelon Margarita

Watermelon brings natural sweetness and vibrant flavor to frozen margaritas without making them taste overly sugary. It's the kind of cocktail that disappears quickly at summer gatherings.

Check out this recipe

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The Summer Ingredient That Makes Everything Better

Baked Salmon in Foil with Lemon and Herbs

How to Cook Salmon – Tips and Recipes for Perfect Salmon

Healthy Creamy Cucumber Salad with Greek yogurt, radish, and dill. A light, bright, and refreshing version of old-fashioned cucumber salad that’s perfect for summer potlucks and BBQs!

Sometimes You Need to Eat a Whole Cucumber

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208: What Mold Is Really Doing to Your Health and How to Find It with Brian Karr

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Hi friends!

I have a brand new podcast episode live, and today we are talking all about mold and how it can silently be affecting your health.

I’m sitting down with Brian Karr, second generation indoor environmental consultant and co-founder of We Inspect and The Dust Test. Brian has helped thousands of people create healthier living environments and has become a go-to expert for medical professionals nationwide on mold and biotoxin issues.

If you’ve ever wondered whether your home could be affecting your health, or if you’ve been dealing with mystery symptoms that nobody can explain, then check out what we chat about:

  • Why mold is not a new problem, but why we are only now starting to connect the dots between it and so many chronic health conditions
  • The surprising reason why dried out mold colonies can actually be more dangerous than wet ones
  • Why new builds are not automatically safe and the three ways mold can get into a brand new home before you even move in
  • Why you do not have to gut your entire house, and how having the right data makes the process far less overwhelming and expensive
  • The most common spots in your home where mold is hiding that you are probably not checking
  • Why those little mold testing pucks from the store can give you both false positives and false negatives and what to do instead
  • What The Dust Test is, how it works, and why it gives you a much more accurate picture of what is happening in your home
  • How The Dust Test can actually cross-reference mold in your home with mycotoxins found in your body
  • The free Mold Exposure Score tool Brian created and how to use it as your starting point

And so much more!!

It was so great getting to talk with Brian and I hope you love this episode!

 

Brian Karr, a second-generation indoor environmental consultant, specializes in assisting hypersensitive individuals with complex medical conditions by identifying and addressing mold, mycotoxins, and other indoor pathogens in their homes, leading to significant improvements in their health. As the co-founder of We Inspect and The Dust Test, Brian has become a recognized authority on indoor environmental mold and biotoxin issues for medical professionals nationwide, having assisted over 10,000 hypersensitive individuals in creating healthier living environments. Beyond his consulting role, Brian is dedicated to education within the environmental and health industries and among consumers. He accomplishes this through speaking engagements at international health conferences and industry training symposiums. Additionally, Brian democratizes knowledge through his popular podcast, #moldfinders: RADIO, and comprehensive training programs that empower both consumers and health practitioners to properly navigate mold and biotoxin issues.

Check out their website here and book a free consultation call here.

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If any of my fellow health professional friends are looking for another way to help their clients, I highly recommend IHP. You can also use this information to heal yourself and then go one to heal others, which I think is a beautiful mission. You can absolutely join if you don’t currently work in the health or fitness industry; many IHPs don’t begin on this path. They’re friends who are passionate to learn more about health and wellness, and want to share this information with those they love. You can do this as a passion, or start an entirely new career.

You can use my referral link here and the code FITNESSISTA for up to $250 off the Integrative Health Practitioner program. I highly recommend it!



Can Exercise Counteract a High-Fat Meal?

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There is a window of time in which sufficient physical activity can help mediate some of the damage caused by eating an unhealthy meal.

I’ve previously discussed studies that show a single meal high in saturated fat can impair artery function in men, as measured in the arm, but what is more concerning is blood flow to the wall of the heart. Researchers randomized men to eat either a high-fat meal that was more than 60% fat, half of it saturated, with more than an egg’s worth of cholesterol, or a low-fat meal that was mostly carbs, less than 10% fat, and had 50 times less cholesterol.

Below and at 0:47 in my video Exercising to Protect Your Arteries from Fast Food, you can see a Doppler recording of the left anterior descending coronary artery, known as the widow-maker, before the high-fat meal (top). Its nice strong signal was squeezed down within hours after eating; the image (bottom) was taken five hours after the high-fat meal.

The coronary flow reserve decreased after a single high-fat meal, but not after a low-fat meal with the same number of calories.

What does “coronary reserve” mean? When part of a coronary artery is blocked for any reason, the surrounding vessels expand. That extra expansion capacity is called the coronary flow reserve, and it’s clamped down within hours of eating a fatty meal, undermining the heart’s ability to compensate for clogged arteries. That’s how a high-fat meal affects blood flow to the heart.

In extreme cases, you can even witness it in the back of someone’s eye. Below are before-and-after images of a retina, which you can also see at 1:34 in my video.

The first image shows milky-colored blood vessels, and the second shows what happens after a low-fat diet and drugs help clear the fat from the bloodstream. Can you see the difference? In the first photo, the blood looked like a milkshake.

What happens if you exercise right after eating that high-fat meal? Post-meal inflammation following the extended elevation of fat in the blood after high-fat meals is a likely explanation for increased cardiovascular disease risk, but substantial evidence suggests that acute exercise is an effective way to clear out some of that fat after a meal. However, the beneficial effects of acute exercise on postprandial lipemia (after-the-meal fatty blood) appear to be relatively short-lived. Going a few days without exercising may completely negate any benefit, no matter how fit you are. The time window appears to be between 18 hours before the meal and around 90 minutes after the meal. And how much exercise do we need? About an hour of moderate-intensity exercise should do it.

In another study, it only took 20 minutes of stair climbing, broken up into five-minute intervals every hour for four hours after a McDonald’s breakfast of hash browns, eggs, pancakes, an English muffin, sausage, and a milkshake. Following such a meal, artery function significantly decreased when the subjects just sat around after eating, but not when they did the hourly stair-climbing exercises. So, hourly exercise may attenuate the negative effects not only of prolonged sitting but also of eating a high-fat meal, “suggesting that stair climbing should be incorporated as an easily accessible lifestyle strategy to protect vascular [artery] function.” Of course, it goes without saying that the other way you can protect artery function is to not to eat breakfast at McDonald’s in the first place.

Such a meal would also have more than 2,000 mg of sodium. That’s more than the 1,500 mg the American Heart Association recommends we stay under for an entire day. Give someone a meal with less salt, even a third less, and that alone can still impair artery function within an hour of consumption, even independent of the increase in blood pressure.

When it comes to blood pressure, some people are “salt-sensitive,” meaning they suffer a large bump in blood pressure when they eat salt, but others are said to be “salt-resistant.” Their blood pressure doesn’t really depend much on their salt intake. So, is salt okay for these people? No. High dietary sodium intake reduces artery function regardless of whether your blood pressure is salt-sensitive or salt-resistant. Your artery function is impaired either way, going from a low-salt diet to a high-salt diet, which you can see below and at 3:53 in my video.

There is an influence of dietary salt beyond blood pressure. Despite the “seemingly unanimous consensus,” some researchers (too often funded by the salt industry) claim that it’s actually not good to cut down on salt, but the evidence is against these dissenters. Like the saturated fat in meat, dairy, and junk, the science indicates that sodium—not sodium reduction—is “the real villain.”

Doctor’s Note

This is the second in a three-part series on saturated fat and artery health. The first was How a Single Meal Can Cripple Your Arteries and Lungs. Up next is Protect Your Arteries from Saturated Fat with These Foods.

Still not sold on the dangers of salt? Check out The Evidence That Salt Raises Blood Pressure.



CPGET 2026 MSc Nutrition & Dietetics: Full Syllabus, Best Books Preparation for CPGET 2026

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Are you preparing for the CPGET 2026 MSc Nutrition and Dietetics entrance exam? In this video, we break down everything you need to know to secure a seat in Osmania University and other top universities in Telangana.

What we cover in this video:

Detailed Syllabus: Units covering Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, Vitamins, and Clinical Dietetics.

Exam Pattern: 100 MCQs, 90 Minutes, No Negative Marking.

Best Books: Top recommendations like “Nutrition and Dietetics” by Shubhangini Joshi, B.srilakshmi books
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