Day 2: 28-Day Clean Eating Challenge

Two days into the clean eating 28-day challenge and I can say it’s going good.  The main points I’m following is: eat every two-three hours (so five-six meals a day), drink one gallon of water a day, no added sugars and no alcohol.  

This is what I’ve been eating for the last two days and for the next three days. 

Meal 1: oatmeal with chopped apple and 10 almonds sprinkled with cinnamon

Meal 2: 1 whole egg scrambled with 3 egg whites, peppers and Chohula sauce

Meal 3: grilled tilapia with broccoli and ¼ C quinoa

Meal 4: Protein Muffin

Meal 5: chicken with broccoli

Meal 6: 1 TBS almond butter, 1 C strawberries

I’ve had two really busy days and I was a little worried in the beginning about being able to plan and prepare for not eating all my meals at home. Sunday night I portioned out all of my meals and got them ready to put in the cooler. A big part of the Eat Clean lifestyle is prepping and carrying your meals in a cooler so there are no excuses. That turned out to be easy so far–I avoided French fries at the zoo, ice cream at home and doughnuts at the gym (seriously?  Who brings donuts to the gym??).  The hard part has been the water. One gallon of water is a lot. It takes a few days for the body to regulate that and it can be really tough hitting the bathrooms every ½ hour with a toddler in tow. I can do about a ½ gallon right now and I will be up to one gallon by the weekend.  

I’ve found the following websites to be super helpful in making this work for me:

Smoothie Girl Eats Too

She has an amazing recipe for a protein muffin that honestly has been carrying me through each day.  It is pretty close to chocolate cake for only about 155 calories, 12 g protein, 16 carbs, 4.5 fiber, and 1.75 g fat. 

She has a lot of great recipes that are all clean.  And she is great at experimenting with ingredients–I am not! 

The Get In Shape Girl

Kyra has great fitness tips and recipes and shares a great story about her own transformation.  She is great at experimenting with recipes while still keeping them clean.

The Gracious Pantry

More clean eating recipes–I love it that she’s a mom too! 

Here’s to two days down and 26 to go!