Update! {Day 15 Eating Clean}

                     

So far I've lost a total of 5 lbs.  I really haven't felt better in my life.  I have a ton of energy and I even feel in a better mood.  I did cheat {again} over the weekend.  We had chicken fajitas, I did add a lil salt , and I had 2 margaritas.  I couldn't help it, I can't have Mexican food without a margarita?!? Who does that?? Lol .  I'm really ahoy with everything so far.  By now I'm used to the food and portions.  I feel like this is a lifestyle that I would live beyond the 3 weeks.  In thr future I probably won't be as strict, but I'll keep on the clean eating guidelines.  One a week left to go and I'm feeling pumped.  Just in time for Super Bowl!

Coffee Creamer {clean eats}

Since I've been on my clean eating kick, I haven't drank any coffee!!!! CRAZY, I know.  To be honest I feel like I don't really need it.  I do so miss the taste and the feeling I have while drinking my morning cup of Jo.  Makes me feel all warm and cozy inside.  Since I've started my clean eating I have switched to green tea, doesn't give me the warm fuzzies.  Now, I know I can drink it black.....hmmm that is no fun. I just cannot drink it alone.  I've tried light roast and it still doesn't work.  I need at least a lil creamer.   So I thought to make my own clean eating coffee creamer.

Coffee Creamer::

1 cup unsweetened almond milk

1 cup coconut milk

1 tablespoon agave

1 tablespoon maple syrup

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 

Combine all ingredients in a old {washed and dried} coffee creamer container and shake it.  

Done and done! {Adjust the agave, maple syrup , and cinnamon to your own taste.}

It's so delish and I have no guilt drinking my morning cup of Jo!

Why are you on a diet???

This weekend was jamm packed full of activites.  There was a goodbye party, a kids birthday party, a housewarming party, and to top it off it was a 3 day weekend!  I'm still on the cleanse so I didn't want to attend these parties.  I knew there would be lots of food and adult beverages, the temptation would be too much.  I dint trust myself to go and be good.  So I opted out of ALL the activites.  Since I sidn that I couldn't make it to all of them, I started getting questioned about not going.  I told everyone thr truth , I'm eating clean for 24 days and I really want to stay on tract.  Many people tried to talk me into it, mentioned that I didn't have to drink or eat, said I should just stop by, but the biggest question I got was "why are you on a diet?"  

I'm totally aware of what I look like. I know that for someone to just look at me , me saying that I'm on a diet is pretty laughable.  What everyone doesn't know is how unhealthy I was.  I would constantly drink coke, I hate vegetables, I eat whatever, I snack all the time, and have I no regarard for nutrion. I needed a lifestyle change.  How could I teach my kids too eat well if I didn't practice the same things?  That's when I decided to do a clean eating "diet" for 24 days.  It is strict, however I think it's the jump start I need to make a lifestyle change.  In the week that I have been doing this cleanse I see so much has changed.  Even just going to the grocery store, I read more labels and find myself generally only shopping on the perimeter of the store.  

My meals over the weekend were mostly the same.  I tried a couple new things.  I did buy a NuWave infrared oven!!  We've been trying it out with a couple recipes.  One of my faves was some sweet potato fries.  Even the kids liked them!  So easy and quick to make.

:: New Toy::

:: sweet potato fries | seasoned with cinnamon, ginger, and coconut oil ::

* ketchup was there for the kids :)

I CHEATED {Day 4 Eating Clean}

That moment when you are in the car and everyone else is eating McDonald's!!!!! Talk about a moment of weakness! I know some people out there may be disgusted, but I happen to love McDonald's! Especially the McDonald's in Japan!  They have the same staple menu items, but they always have new "featured menu".  The food here, actually looks like it jumped off the advertisement!  Oh and all the employees and restaurants are so clean and polite.   I would rather eat at an off base McDonad's rather then some on base restaurants. Hahaha Sad, but true.  

Anyways, I digress .  I couldn't help myself!  I had a moment of weakness and ate 1 chicken nugget and a few French fries.    I know it's not much, but I felt so guilty and dumb about it.  Ugh I need to train I myself better.  I need to get it together!  Time to put on my big girl panties!!! Lol

Everything I ate today::

Breakfast | chocolate protien shake with a handful of almonds, 1/2 banana and 1/4 avocado

 *it was super tasty*

Snack | 1 hard boiled egg and baby carrots

Lunch | avocado egg salad over spinach! chard and baby kale

*found the recipe for the egg salad on Pinterest, SUPER tasty*

Snack | Apple and cucumber

Dinner | I liked my egg salad so much I had some more with some left over cilantro lime chicken 

Phew day 4 down...

Day 2 Eating Clean

Well day 2 is down for the books.  I think it was a lil easier.  We stayed at home all day so I had all my snacks and food readily available.  Not a shabby day...

Everything I ate today::

Breakfast | 2 egg omelet with 1 yolk, filled with spinach, tomatoes, and red onion

Snack | 1/2 apple sliced with a side of almond butter

Lunch |  baked tilapia with lemon juice, green onion, and Mrs. Dash garlic -herb seasoning

             brown rice

             green beans and mushrooms

Snack | 5 oz protein shake

Dinner | flank steak season with Mrs. Dash spicy southwest

             sautéed bell peppers and onions

             brown rice

And 40 oz of water throughout the day.

Day 1 eating clean

Wow, first day has been rough!  We didn't really clean out our fridge and pantry like we planned.  Our weekend accidentally got busy and we forgot about it.  So there is temptation all over.  I can't really be ok with throwing all that food away either.  It's not that we have a ton of processed food,but we do have a lot of snacks.  I'm a snacker!  I didn't realize how much process food and drinks I consumed in a day.  Kind of disgusting! 

Everything I ate today::

Breakfast | 1 hard boiled egg and oatmeal

Snack | 1/2 banana and almonds 

Lunch | hard boiled egg with a salad

Snack | 8 oz protein shake

Dinner | baked tilapia seasoned with pepper, lemon, crushed red pepper, paprika, and topped with green onions.  With a side of green beans and mushrooms 

All in all,  it was a big adjustment.  This is the cleanest I've ever eaten, it's a total 360 from where I was the day before.  I've been on Pinterest all day looking up meal plans and recipes.  Some people are so creative with their plans.  It's very inspiring ! It helps to see all the recipes, I thought that eating clean would be eating boring.  I have been proven wrong! 

On to day 2...  

24 days of clean eating

Welp, the time has come for me to actually go on a diet. Morgan and I have planned this since December, w're going on a 24 day cleanse.  I know what you are thinking.....why are they starting in the middle of the month and not on the 1st??  The reason we are stating this diet in the middle of the month is because my birthday and we planned a cookout for Morgan's junior sailors , taking up the first two weekends in January.  

So here we are on the verge of this diet/ cleanse.  To be honest I have never dieted or worked out.  I've been blessed with an incredibly fast metabolism .  After both kids I just breasted them and the weight literally melted off.  But I know I'm getting older and they way I eat is super unhealthy.  I want to change my lifestyle.  I keep reading about people changing their diets and they feel so much better and their health has improved dramatically.  Morgan was originally going to do this on his own, but I wanted to be supportive and do it with him.  What better time to change things then in January and after your birthday??

Our diet is about eating clean and portion control.  We are going to plan out weekly meals , hopefully that will increase our success.  A couple of my biggest challenges will be soda and wine. Haha sounds nuts?!  During this diet there will be no alcohol, no juice or soda, and only 1 cup black coffee a day.  Just typing that out freaks me out.  I just have to keep in mind that I want to be healthy.  I don't think I can abstaine from those for the rest of my life, but I do want to cut down.

To keep accountability and motivation, I'm going to write a diet journal here.  Maybe even post recipes and meal plans.  Hopefully that we keep me honest.  Wish me luck!