Clean Eating

Did you enjoy your view of my fridge? I don't think I have ever seen so many fruits and vegetables in it there at one time. Why so many? In attempt to lose a few of those extra baby lb and better my eating habits I decided it was time to try clean eating. My dear friend over at Dear Mushka inspired me with this blog post. I knew I wanted to try something similar, but I was at a loss of how I would figure out what to cook every night. I love cooking, but only with lots of dairy and lots of salt. Two things clean eating does not allow.

Enter in Beautiful Habits. She is a friend of a very dear friend of mine and, while I don't know that much about the author, I joined her challenge and received a free copy of her meal plan. Free! I like that. Plus, it mapped out exactly what I could eat for breakfast/lunch/dinner for an entire week! Perfect. It also included a balanced amount of proteins and fats. The RN in me was happy.

So there you have it. Two weeks of clean eating has commenced. In an act of sweet encouragement The Farmer even agreed to join me on this adventure. We are on day 3 now and still going strong.....for the most part. I might have added a bit of salt to the soup last night. Oops. I just love salt!

But today is a new day. Cheers to a Wednesday filled with veggies, fruit, whole grains, and peanut butter! I'll check back in with you over the next few days and at the end of our challenge to let you know the final results.

Note: Beautiful Habit's challenge is supposed to last 21 days. However, we have a trip planned to the infamous family Hog Farm over Memorial Day weekend. Do you remember my first post about my sweet Mother-in-Love? About amazing a cook she is? Needless to say, we are only doing the plan for 12 days. But 12 days is better than none right? Hopefully, I will learn a lot by then and I won't gain all of my lost weight back.

Happy "clean" eating!