Day 10

Totally forgot what to document today. It was my wedding anniversary so I went pretty much off the diet. But I was happy with the smarter choices I made.

Meal 1- Breakfast buffet- eggs, chicken, green beans, croissant, bacon, cupcake, cookie, mimosa, 2 alcoholic drinks

Meal 2- Ann. dinner- spinach dip with chips/ pork chop/ mashed potatoes/ 1 alcoholic drink (no dessert)

Day 9

Meal 1- 8am- Really bad for you oatmeal from McDonalds. That stuff had 30g of sugar in it. Should of read the label first. Total fail.

Meal 2- 10:30am- Think thin protein bar- I know it has too many ingredients in it, but it was handy and I was hungry/ 1 pancake.

Meal 3- 4:00pm- 2 eggs/1 piece of bread/ pineapple

Day 8

Workout- 6am- 60 min fire yoga class

Meal 1- 8am- 2 eggs/ 1 piece of bread

Meal 2- 11:30am- Pork carnitas/ 2 slices avocado/ 2 tortillas

Meal 3- 2:00pm- 3 samoas

Meal 4- protein balls/ more samoas

feeling under the weather today. allergies are killing me and all i want is chocolate.

Day 7

Workout- Yoga 60 minute wood class (focus on core and abs)


Meal 1 7:45am- Protein Shake (Mango, strawberry, banana, flax seed, protein powder)

Meal 2- 12:30pm- 2 eggs/ 1 piece of bread/ cantaloupe/ yellow squash

Meal 3- 4:45pm- Protein balls/ Cantaloupe

Meal 4- 8pm- Freebirds chicken burrito in a red bell pepper tortilla

Day 6

Totally slept through my alarm this morning and missed yoga. Kicking myself big time. Either have some super bad allergies or the start of a cold. So maybe rest was needed. Feeling much less bloated this week. Also taking some coconut oil daily (3-4 capsules). Gives me some extra energy and makes my skin feel great.

Meal 1- 8am- Protein balls/ pear

Meal 2- 11am- Grilled Chicken/ 1.5 c Quinoa

Meal 3-2:30pm- South Beach Protein Bar/ 2 Samoas

Meal 4- 4pm- 2 eggs/ 1 piece oatnut bread/ banana

Meal 5- 8pm- Fajita (3 strips of beef, 2T guac, 2 flour tortillas) 1cup chips and salsa

Day 5

Super hungry today for some reason. Hard to resist the sugar craving. Eating some extra fruit to try and get rid of the sugar cravings. Must resist the girl scout cookies!!!

Yoga was awesome today. I think taking the two days off was good for my back. I was able to hit some poses today that I haven't been able to do the last week bc of my back.

Workout- 6am- 60 minute Fire class yoga

Meal 1- 7:45am- Protein shake with strawberries, mango, banana, flax seed, oatmeal/ oatmeal w/drizzle of agave nectar and cinnamon and a pat of butter

Meal 2- 10:15am- Pears and apples with protein dip/ banana/ Somersault crunchy nugget snack w/sunflower seeds and toasted grains and cocoa (1/2 serving)

Meal 3- 12pm- Chicken/ Broccoli/ Cauliflower/ 1/4 c of mac and cheese Kraft

Meal 4- 3pm- Protein ball

Meal 5- 6:30- 1 c cooked quinoa/ cheese panini with avocado/ french fries

day 4

No workout. Giving my body a bit of a break, back on the yoga wagon tomorrow.

Meal 1- 8am- two eggs/1 lg pear/ 2 Tbsp Protein dip

Meal 2- 11:30am- Protein balls (3)

Meal 3- 1:00pm- Chicken and veggie soup/ 2 strips fajita beef/ 1 Tbsp guac/1 tortilla/ pineapple and grapes/ sm margarita (I know I have had a lots of drinks this weekend but now that the celebrating is over, I should be back on track)

Meal 4- 3:45pm- Grilled chicken/ Broccoli and Cauliflower/2 Tbsp no fat greek yogurt

Meal 5- 7pm- 5 cookies- Samoas

Go check this out

I was totally wrong. With the protein balls 1 ball = 1 serving. Deanna posted the recipe on her site with a little more detailed info than I gave out.

Thanks Deanna!

She also suggested that I just add in the healthy foods and slowly edit out the bad ones. I think that will make this transition a little easier. Also if you want to follow her on twitter here is her twitter acct.

This girl has it all going on. Love you!

Day 3

Total failure of a day. But tomorrow is the real beginning to our diet. I knew this weekend would be bad with family in town and the twins birthday. So please don't laugh at what I ate today.

Meal 1- 12pm- 1 beef fajita with guac no cheese/ 3 beef nachos with beans and cheese
Meal 2-  2pm- Banana/ 5 samoas girl scout cookies
Meal 3- 5:30pm- cauliflower / Protein balls
Meal 4- 7pm- Protein shake w/berries, bananas, flax seed, oatmeal

And no exercise today. Went to yoga but the studio was closed. Will try again tomorrow.

Recipes

These recipes are from Deanna and taste really good!:

Protein balls:

2 tbsp natural crunchy peanut butter
2 tbsp agave nectar
1 scoop vanilla whey protein powder
1-2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder, adjust to your taste
You can also add raisins, slivered almonds, pecans, coconut,

Mash together all ingredients with a fork then form into about 3 balls. These count as 1 serving of protein and also 1 serving of healthy fats. I use mine as a movie snack because it reminds me of a pb cup :)

Protein dip:

1/2 cup plain fat free Greek yogurt 

2 teaspoons natural peanut butter

1 tsp raw agave nectar

3/4 scoop vanilla protein powder 

cinnamon, to taste 

Day 2

Today was the twin's birthday party. So I can tell you right now I did not do so well but I don't think I did that poorly either. I really made sure I only ate small portions of all the "bad for you" stuff.

8:15am 1hr hot yoga
Meal 1-10:00am- protein balls
Meal 2- 12:30pm- 1 slice pizza/ 1small slice birthday cake/ Handful of tortilla chips
Meal 3- 3:00pm- 1slice of pizza/ 1/2 serving of protein dip/ 1 lg apple/ nibbles of leftover birthday cake
Meal 4- 8:00pm- 3 slices of steak/ 1 Diet Dr P w/ vodka
Meal 5- 11pm- Apple pie and a margarita

This day should seriously not count. But I told Deanna I would write it all down so I am. :)

First post- Day 1

So the time seriously has come. I am keeping this blog to document my entry into the world of clean eating.  I'm tired of not eating well and stuffing myself full of junk. I'm in my early thirties and my body is starting to rebel. So here goes my journey. My friend Deanna is helping me through it all. This blog is mainly for me to document my daily log on eating and exercise.

I'm working off a 4-5 meal a day plan. And planning on doing hot yoga 5 days a week. My diet will mainly consist of whole foods and clean eating. My goal is to avoid any processed foods on a daily basis. But I will allow myself a splurge from time to time. This food change has to be livable in order for it to be a permanent change. I know I will fail but I can always keep on going. So here we go.

Day 1- I didn't make it to the grocery store until after lunch time so todays meals will be off a little, just bear  with me.

6am hot yoga (1hr)- Fire

Meal 1(7:45am)- 2 eggs/ 2 pieces of toast/ triangle of toblerone chocolate

Meal 2(11am)- Handful of pistachios/ banana/ couple of bites of pb and honey sandwich- kids

Meal 3(3:00pm)- Chicken/ 2c broccoli/ banana

Meal 4(5:30pm)- protein balls (protein powder, crunchy pb, agave nectar, coco powder, coconut)

Meal 5- Margarita (does that count as a meal?) :)