Eating Clean Challenge Day 1

Today was the first day of my eating clean challenge and I have to say not bad, not bad.

One of the rules of eating clean is to eat every 2 -3 hours.  I focused on this today because I have not wanted to eat lately.  A lot of times, this is what keeps weight on me because I do not consume enough calories and my body does not like it.  Plus I have hypothyroidism, which makes this worse.  So how did I do with eating every 2 - 3 hours. Not bad.

Here is my day of eating:

I started my morning off drinking coffee with cream. (I will try and give the cream up at a later date) Cannot do everything at once.

9:00am - 10:30am

Plum, 2 hardboiled eggs, coffee, and 16 oz water

This meal was extremely hard for me to eat but I got it down.  Just did not want to eat.

Lunch at 1pm

Nutty chicken salad from Jason's Deli.  Delicious.

3pm snack

String Cheese

I also had four thin mint like cookies.  We had an ice cream social that I had to set up for and the cookie smell drove me nuts, so I ate a couple.  Not a sweet person so I was a little sad that I ate these.

5:30pm

Home from work and extremely hungry.  Ate 7 carrot sticks with light ranch dressing.

6:15pm 

Seafood salad with a slice of cornbread that I made.  The salad was yummy and purchased at Walmart. Good to have on hand for me when I just want something light.  

I also had several more 16 ounces of water to drink for a total of 80 ounces.  

Exercise:

Walked 20 minutes before work. 

Walked 20 minutes around 9pm.

I think overall I had a good day.

Eating Clean 7 Day Challenge

I returned from vacation a little over a week ago and I will tell you that I did not eat the greatest while on vacation or since I have returned. I know this happens to all of us but I will tell you that it really has made me not feel good since I have returned. I have a bit of a gluten intolerance and I ate bread, pasta, and lots of other goodies while I was home and my stomach has been paying for it.

So I decided at the end of last week to get back on track by completing a seven day challenge of eating clean. If you are not familiar with this term, check out Eat Clean Diet or Clean Eating Magazine. I got out my Clean Eating books and magazines and went to work on getting some motivation and my mouth was drooling by all the good eats.

I did some meal planning on Saturday and the today went to the grocery store and bought lots of goodies. Here are some of the items I purchased.

Meats:

Ground turkey
Tyson's grilled & ready chicken breasts (trying these for the first time)

Dairy:

Yogurt
Almond Milk
Coconut Milk
Cheese (Laughing cow)

Fruits:

Plums
Peaches
Strawberries
Bananas

Veggies:

Celery
Salad Mix
Zucchini
Squash
Peppers
Sweet Potatoes
Pre-made salads

Misc:

Walnuts
Dark Chocolate Chips
Natural Peanut Butter
Chocolate Hazelnut Spread
Brown Rice

After I purchased all of my groceries and got everything home, I washed and cut up all my fruits and veggies so they would be ready to use. Also I grilled chicken and browned three pounds of ground turkey, some for me and some for my dog Chloe. Yes, she is spoiled. I cooked rice and roasted veggies.  I also boiled six eggs for breakfast. I have been very bad about eating breakfast. I also made oatmeal.  Packed everything into glass containers. I am trying not to use plastic. Now I am ready for the week.

I am going to try and do a blog post everything with pictures of my meals. This way you can see what I ate and I can keep track too.  I also will discuss my workout plans in another post. I am hoping that this will jump start my weight loss again because I have been at a plateau.

One last thing, wish me luck because I am also trying to not drink any sodas.  This will be the hardest part!

Motivation, Where are you?

Lately I have been lacking motivation in all areas of my life but especially when it comes to eating and exercising. I am not sure if it is due to the heat in Oklahoma, which I love or something else. Maybe it is just enjoying the lazy days of summer. I am not really sure but I need my mojo back.

What do you do to get back on track or motivated to do something? I would love to hear any thoughts or ideas. I am doing a 5K on Saturday and I have not even wanted to train for it but maybe it will be the motivation that I need.