Thursday, October 6, 2011

#CleanEating - Days 1-4 Recap

Even with all the running around we've been doing this week, we've managed to stay mostly on track with the clean eating.  I have diverted quite a bit from the meal plan in this month's issue of Clean Eating, but only because I was trying to use the items that had the closest expiration dates first when cooking/preparing our meals.  Here's a rundown of our meals so far this week.

Day 1
Breakfast - 
  • 1 egg yolk, two egg whites, chopped baby spinach, scrambled
  • 1 whole wheat pancake (made with unbleached white whole wheat flour instead of regular flour- not exactly clean, but a better alternative, and they taste exactly the same as a regular pancake)
  • 1 apple, cut into wedges and dipped into 1 tbsp natural peanut butter

Morning Snack - 
  • 10-15 grapes
  • 1/4 apple

Lunch - 
  • 4 oz. white albacore Tuna mixed with 1/8 chopped red onion, 1 stalk celery chopped, 1 tsp dijon mustard and spread onto 2 Wasa whole wheat crackers (could have had 4 crackers per the meal plan, but this turned out to be very filling)
  • 1 carrot, cut into small pieces

Dinner - 
  • Flank steak, chopped and sauteed in olive oil with chopped yellow onion, broccoli, red pepper strips and 1 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
  • 1 cup brown rice
  • romaine lettuce salad with onions, cucumbers, tomatoes

Day 2 
Breakfast - 
  • 1 egg yolk, two egg whites, chopped baby spinach, scrambled
  • 1 whole wheat pancake (made with unbleached white whole wheat flour instead of regular flour- not exactly clean, but a better alternative, and they taste exactly the same as a regular pancake)
  • 1 apple, cut into wedges and dipped into 1 tbsp natural peanut butter
  • 1 slice Ezekiel sprouted grain bread, toasted

Lunch - 
  • 4 oz. white albacore Tuna mixed with 1/8 chopped red onion, 1 stalk celery chopped, handful of chickpeas (garbanzo beans), 1 tsp dijon mustard and spread onto 3 Wasa whole wheat crackers 
  • 1 carrot, cut into small pieces
  • 4 apple wedges, dipped into natural peanut butter

Dinner - 
  • Flank steak, chopped and sauteed in olive oil with chopped yellow onion, broccoli, red pepper strips and 1 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
  • 1 cup brown rice
  • romaine lettuce salad with onions, cucumbers, tomatoes

Snack - 
  • Granola Bar (real granola, not that Quaker stuff)

Day 3 - 
Breakfast - 
  • 1 egg yolk, two egg whites, chopped baby spinach, green pepper and red onion, scrambled
  • 1 whole wheat pancake 
  • 5 strawberries

Lunch - 
We were out on the town for lunch so we stopped at Sonny's BBQ - probably about the least "clean" to eat, but they have a great salad bar!  
  • Salad with lettuce, carrots, onions, peppers, etc.  The salad dressing was NOT clean (hard to resist the thousand island!), and...
  •  I did eat a piece of the garlic bread.  
  • We also had a small cup of the chicken and wild rice soup which after tasting was decidedly not clean...but it was pretty good.  I had about 4 spoonfuls of the soup, but my hubby finished off his cup.  

Dinner - 
  • Chicken, chopped into small pieces and sauteed in olive oil spray with fresh minced garlic, sea salt and fresh ground pepper. 
  • 1/2 cup whole wheat couscous (first time I've ever cooked or eaten couscous--it's not bad...not much of a taste at all to it, so we mixed it with the kale once on our plates to give it some flavor)
  • 1 cup fresh kale, brought to a boil in enough water to cover, and then simmered for 10 minutes after adding red pepper flakes, a little apple cider vinegar, and a little bit of organic, low sodium chicken broth.
  • romaine lettuce salad with onions, cucumbers, tomatoes

Day 4 - 
Breakfast - 
I was really bad today.  I skipped breakfast before we left the house this morning because I ran out of time.  Also, I knew we were picking up my son's smash cake, and the bakery we go to sells coffee and fresh muffins every morning.  
  • I had a cup of coffee and...
  • one blueberry muffin (which was delicious).  I paid for it later.  By lunch time, my sugar/caffeine rush really hit me and I started to get the shakes, paired with that feeling of being a little weak.  Hubby was feeling it too, even though he ate a bowl of Kashi Golden Goodness cereal with fresh strawberries and banana with some skim milk before we left.  

Lunch - 
We were still out for lunch, and needed something to eat, so we decided on Panera for lunch.
  • I ordered a Pick 2 combo with the cafe caesar salad and the 
  • smoked turkey breast on country sandwich.  I ended up eating the 1/2 sandwich, but only ate about 1/4 of the salad, and about 1/4 of the baguette piece that came with the lunch.  

Afternoon Snack - 
  • As I'm typing this I'm eating some apple wedges with some natural peanut butter.  Yummy!  This is definitely my favorite snack.

Dinner - 
We're doing leftovers from last night -  
  • Chicken, chopped into small pieces and sauteed in olive oil spray with fresh minced garlic, sea salt and fresh ground pepper (about 4 oz. of chicken). 
  • 1/2 cup whole wheat couscous (first time I've ever cooked or eaten couscous--it's not bad...not much of a taste at all to it, so we mixed it with the kale once on our plates to give it some flavor)
  • 1 cup fresh kale, brought to a boil in enough water to cover, and then simmered for 10 minutes after adding red pepper flakes, a little apple cider vinegar, and a little bit of organic, low sodium chicken broth.
  • romaine lettuce salad with onions, cucumbers, tomatoes

Wanna hear my results so far?
Weigh in on Day 4 143.8 pounds.  That's 3 pounds lost!!  I've still got a ways to go, but a wise woman told me to not focus on the number!

Next week is going to be a huge challenge for us since we're going to be on vacation.  I'd love to hear tips on eating clean while vacationing!



4 comments:

  1. I haven't heard of clean living before. The meals you had sounds wonderful.

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  2. Very impressive first week! Good luck on your vacation!

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