Its gonna be a good week! :)

Determined to have a good week this week. :) Its all mental, and nothing's gonna get me down this week! BTW, there is snow on the mountains! CRAZY! I walked outside and the mountains were magically white. How does that happen?! At one point when I was walking to class, there were snow flurries falling. Never had that happen before!!!!

Breakfast:

• Quinoa with flax, wheat germ, and a spoon full of my cinnamon peach jam with chia seeds.
  
• Egg whites
  

Mid morning:

• 1 apple
  
• 2.5 oz tuna
  

Lunch:

• 3.5 oz chicken breast
• 1/2 sweet potato
  
• carrots
  

Mid afternoon:

• carrots
• 2.5 oz tuna
  

Dinner:

• steamed broccoli
  
• 1/2 sweet potato with honey and cinnamon
  
• 4 oz lean thin cut pork chop marinated in olive oil, a splash of balsamic vinegar, lime juice, lime zest, fresh garlic, and salt.
  

Not gonna lie, the pork chops were DUH-liscious. :)

Exercise:

• 35 minutes running
  

Half marathon on Sat!!!!!

Let's bring it back!

Well I went home last week...Sweet Home Alabama...and ate lots of Sweet Home Alabama food. Hehe :) I basically ate whatever I felt like...i.e. lots of really bad for me food. And lots of good ole sweet tea! Well I went to the grocery store last night and it is officially time to hit it hard.

Breakfast:

• 1/2 cup rolled oats with flax seed, wheat germ, and some homeade peach blueberry jam
• egg whites with spinach

So yeah, I've recently gotten into making jams. LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!

Mid morning:

• 1 honey crisp apple
• 1 scoop whey protein powder

Honey crisp apples are the best!

Lunch:

• 1 baked green pepper stuffed with Italian seasoned ground turkey
• 1/2 cup mashed butternut squash with honey, cinnamon, and nutmeg

Winter squash season!!!!!

Mid-afternoon:

• baby carrots
• 3 oz albacore tuna

Dinner:

• 1 green pepper stuffed with ground turkey
• 1/2 cup mashed butternut squash
• 1 cup steamed greenbeans

Exercise:

• 25 minute run before class this morning

I wish I could have gotten in more exercise but clearly I didn't do much work at all over the break. Shame on me, but whatever. Procrastination wins this time! SOOOOO much homework and studying to do the next few days. Boo!!!!! 12 days til the Halloween Half Marathon!!!!!!! :D :D :D

I don't mess around when it comes to food.

Okay, Okay, so its been a while. Sorry! Keep forgetting to post!

Breakfast:

• Oatmeal pancakes (rolled oats, egg whites, cinnamon, flax seed, wheat germ, vanilla, and milk all blended together!) with cinnamon apple sauce and cranberries.

Oatmeal pancakes are my favorite. They just make your day better. :)

Mid-morning:

• 1 gala apple
• 1 scoop Dark Chocolate Tera's Whey Protein with 6 oz milk
  

OMG! This protein is Ah-May-Zing! Check it out at http://teraswhey.com/ All natural! Made with stevia, NOT sucralose! Sooooooooo goood.

Lunch:

• baby carrots
• 1 red chili wheat tortilla (whole foods) with zesty sprouts, 3 oz turkey, and my homemade guacamole (avocado, onion, tomato, cilantro, green chili, lime juice, salt, pepper)

Yum!

Mid-afternoon:

• 1/2 cup stonyfield greek yogurt with a spoonful of my homemade strawberry/blueberry/rhubarb jam with chia seeds!
  

Dinner:

• 1 cup spinach salad with sauteed onion, green pepper, red pepper, 4 oz steak, and more guacamole.
  
• Mashed sweet potatoes (made with honey, cinnamon, vanilla, and milk), Serving size - roughly 1/2 potato.

I don't mess around when it comes to dinner time! :)


Workout:

• 40 minute run (and man did it feel good!)
  
• 30 minutes arms at the gym
  

I got a bike recently and have been riding it the past two days. The pack of my legs are crazy sore from it too! CRAZY! :)

Oh my Zumba!

Breakfast:

• Egg whites Florentine
• Oats with flax, wheat germ, black berries, and a little honey

Mid-Morning:

• Carrots
• Hummus

Lunch:

• Spinach salad with roasted red pepper and hearts of palm
  
• 1 slice of whole wheat bread plus 1 packet of Justin's Chocolate Almond Butter

OH MAN was that almond butter good! :) :) :)

Mid-afternoon:

• 1 scoop of protein powder with one glass of milk
• 1 pear

Dinner:

• 3.5 oz Coho salmon
  
• steamed green beans
• 1/2 sweet potato
• glass of milk
  

The salmon was pretty good! (Bought it at the Whoe) :)

Work out:

• 20 minute run before class
• Arms and abs
  
• Zumba (50 minutes)
  

So this was my first Zumba experience. Of course I looked like a complete idiot, but who cares! Maybe I'll actually gain a little more coordination if I keep going! haha So much fun! If you've never been to a class before, then you should definitely go!

What a day!

Breakfast:

• Southwestern Scramble: 1 whole egg, egg whites, onion, garlic, tamotillo, 2 oz green chili sausage from Whole Foods
  
• 1 slice of whole grain bread from a local bakery
  
• handful blackberries
  

Mid-morning:

• 1 container of coconut Greek yogurt

Oh man, it was the best yogurt EVER!

Lunch:

• Garlic and Olive Oil Cous Cous topped with ground lamb (prepared with fresh mint) and goat's milk feta cheese.
  
• Fresh Kale

Oh man was this sinful! A clean meal and absolutely YUMMY! I can't believe I actually cooked this!













Mid-afternoon: OOPS! Forgot to eat this one today!


Dinner:

• 1/2 sweet potato
  
• kale
• chicken
  

Standard dinner here. Nothing too special.

Workout:

• 4 mile run
  
• Legs at the gym
  
• 1 h 45 minute hike at Mt. Olympus
  

Okay, lets talk about this for a minute. HOLY CRAP! Next time I decide to go hike the most difficult trail I've ever been on (Now I'm not saying the trail was even realistically that bad, but it was just the hardest one I'VE ever been on) I need to remind myself NOT to kick the crap out of my legs before hand. I ran downhill for the first two miles of my run today (on purpose, mind you) down to State St and then back the rest of the way. I was dying the higher we got. I'm giving my legs a break tomorrow and not doing any running. CRAZY!

Super good clean day!

Oh man! Was today an awesome day of clean eating!!! Not necessarily following the hard corps eating plan, but clean, delicious, and healthy none the less!!! The Farmers Market was today and man did I stock up! Green beans, kale, peaches, nectarines, pears, basil, cucumbers, tomatillos, blackberries! So much good stuff!

Breakfast:

• Oatmeal with flax, wheat germ, and blueberry jam

• Egg whites Florentine

Mid-Morning:

• Banana Chai Smoothie from the farmers market

This smoothie was AWESOME!!! Holy cow! So Good! It had banana, chai, dates, coconut, almond milk, and protein powder. Such a great great clean meal. I'm a huge sucker for coconut and dates!

Lunch:

• Banana date power ball from farmers market

So that smoothie kept me pretty full, but I decided I needed to eat something before working out...thus the power ball! It was really good and had a lot of things like flax, wheat germ, dates, etc.

Mid-afternoon:

• Broccoli
  
• spinach feta chicken burger patty

Dinner:

• tuna/salmon avocado roll from Whole Foods

I had to run in and grab a few more groceries and it was late so I just grabbed. Delicious as always. Gotta love the Whoe!

Workout:

• 30 minute run around campus
• 45 minute hike in the mountains
• 45 minutes weights at the gym

Today was a great workout day too!!! I walked a LOT today on top of all that. I didn't make it to the gym yesterday so I decided to do arms & legs today. Rotating starts again tomorrow. Went up past Alta to do a little hiking with some of the guys. SO BEAUTIFUL! I can't wait to go back! :)

10.1

So now I remember why I don't eat out a lot once I really get into eating clean. My fingers are SOOOOO swollen today from all the sodium in the dinner at I had at Squatters! BOOOOOOOO! :)

Day 1()

Today was a pretty good day! Last first day of new classes for my first semester here at the U.

Breakfast:

• Oatmeal with flax, wheat germ, and blueberry jam

• Egg whites Florentine

So breakfast is pretty much the same every day, but you know what? I haven't gotten tired of it yet! ;)

Mid-Morning:

• Apple
• 1 scoop whey protein
  

Lunch:

• 1/2 sweet potato
  
• Polynesian turkey burger patty (with pineapple)
• Broccoli
  

SO this morning while I was eating breakfast I realized I didn't have any veggies cooked! Uhoh! So while eating I through a bag of frozen broccoli in the pot to cook. Turned out great! Through in a little garlic sesame seasoning, and you've got a nice side dish! :)

Also, I got to the music building and realized I forgot to pack a fork in my lunch cooler! Now I can hear you saying, but Lisa, you're only 3 blocks away. Well 20 minutes is not enough time to walk 3 blocks (just to get a fork), eat, and then walk back in time for rehearsal! So I just roughed it out and ate the primitive style today. With my hands! hahahaa

Mid-afternoon:

• spinach feta chicken burger patty
• broccoli
  

Again, with hands! EEK!

Dinner:

• Chili Crusted Ahi Tacos
• Black Beans
• Rice
  

So dinner tonight wasn't terribly bad for me, but still the opposite of good. :) Went to Squatters with a few people for dinner. So sue me! Everything in moderation, right?!

Day 9

Today's food is pretty much the same as yesterday's. That's the only problem with cooking for 1! You wind up eating the same thing over and over. Its a good thing I like the food I eat! :D

Breakfast:

• Oatmeal with flax, wheat germ, and blueberry jam

• Egg whites Florentine
  

Mid-morning:

• apple
• 1 scoop protein powder

Lunch:

• Fresh green beans
• 1/2 sweet potato
  
• spinach feta chicken burger patty (found at Whole Foods on sale)
  

Mid-afternoon:

• Lemon tarragon chicken
• Spinach salad with hearts of palm and roasted red peppers.

Dinner:

• Fresh green beans
• 1/2 sweet potato
  
• Polynesian turkey burger patty (with pineapple)

Work out-

• 25 minute run
• Arm weights
  

Time to start rotating the weights. Tomorrow will be core day!

Day 8 8-)

SO here we are again. I've been bad about posting this go around.

Breakfast:

• Oatmeal with flax, wheat germ, and blueberry jam

• Egg whites Florentine

Mid-morning:

• apple
• 1 scoop protein powder

Lunch:

• Lemon tarragon chicken on top of fresh cabbage
  
• 1/2 sweet potato

Mid-day:

• Lemon tarragon chicken
• Spinach salad with hearts of palm and roasted red peppers. Yummy!
  

Dinner:

• Fresh green beans
• 1/2 sweet potato
  
• spinach feta chicken burger patty (found at Whole Foods on sale)
  

Workout:

• 30 minute run around campus
  
• 30 minutes circuit weight training at the Rec here.
  

I'm really excited to have a gym again!!!! I usually only do arms when I do weights (cause I figure my legs get enough of a work out from all the running I do), but this go around I've decided to do both! Let's see what kinda muscle I can build (especially with all this clean eating)! My legs sure did feel like jello after wards! Haven't done any leg weights in a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time. Gonna start rotating tomorrow. :)

Day 3 of the do-over.

Its amazing how easy it was to fall back into clean eating after how bad my eating habits became this summer. :)

Breakfast:

• Oatmeal with 1 tbsp flax seed, 1 tbsp wheat germ, and 1 spoonful blueberry jam
• Egg whites with spinach
  

Mid-morning:

• Pear
• 1 scoop whey protein powder
  

Lunch:

• 4 oz ground turkey with pineapple cooked in
  
• 1/2 sweet potato
  
• carrots
  

Mid-afternoon:

• celery
• 3 oz tuna
  

Dinner:

• 4 oz chicken breast
  
• steamed zucchini (with garlic and onion)
  
• 1/2 sweet potato
  

I absolutely LOVE the smell of fresh chopped garlic and onions. :) Yum!

Can I have a re-do please?!?!?!

Okay, so my summer was awesome. Incredible. A blast. Anything and everything you could think of. It quite possibly goes in the at least the top 3 of my best summers ever! Well here's the only problem. I ate like crap all summer. My body has gotten ticked off at me for it. Now I finally have my own kitchen again! Woohoo! Here's to a new year of clean eating in my new home, Salt Lake City!

Breakfast: You guessed it!

• Oatmeal (with one spoonful of homemade blueberry jam from the lovely Jeanna Caputo)
• Egg whites

Mid-Morning Snack:

• 1 pear
• 1 scoop chocolate protein powder

Lunch:

• Carrots
• 1/2 Sweet potato
• Salad with ground turkey (that was cooked with pineapple mixed in)
  

Cooking turkey with pineapple....Who knew!? Apparently, Whole Foods knew! ;)

Mid-Afternoon Snack:

• Granola bar

So I know its not on the cooler one plan, but its all I had available at the time. Choose your own adventure!

Dinner:

• Carrots
• 1/2 Sweet potato
• Ground turkey with pineapple (same from lunch)
  

Super excited about all the good, clean food I'll be eating! Check out all those veggies in that little fridge!

A case of the Mondays...

Last week of internship!

Breakfast:

• Oatmeal Pancakes with unsweetened applesauce and cranberries!
  

Yummy! :)

Mid-morning:

• Cup of left over deer chili

Tastes way better after sitting for a few days. Isnt that weird?

Lunch:

• Spinach Salad with red peppers, hearts of palm, and cucumbers
  
• 1/2 sweet potato
• Chicken on wheat crackers

Mid-afternoon:

• 1 scoop cinnamon roll protein shake with milk
  
• 1 bag 100 calorie popcorn
  

Jason was having pop corn when I got home and I decided to pop a bag myself!

Dinner:

• 2 sweet potato pancakes
  
• steamed zucchini
  
• Cod poached in a tomato basil sauce

One of my favorite clean meals to make! :)

Exercise:

• 15 minutes pilates this morning

Not a lot of exercise today. I kicked my butt yesterday so today was recovery. Even took a short nap. :)

4 interning days left! 21 days til the cruise!!!!!!!

Day 31: An entire month of eating clean

I didn't update yesterday, but it was because my food was pretty much the exact same as the day before. :) Today I realized my clothes don't really fit anymore. Considering that, and the fact that I'm nearing drum corps age-out skinny (some of you know what I mean), I decided to call off the diet-ing. I'm switching to maintaining, and gonna bump up my training. I feel great and don't feel the need to withhold anything from my diet anymore. :)

Breakfast:

• Oats with flax seed, bee pollen, and wheat germ
  
• Scrambled egg whites with 1 whole egg

Mid-morning:

• Venison
  
• Green beans

Lunch:

• Spinach Salad with red pepper and hearts of palm
  
• 4 boiled egg whites
  

Mid-afternoon:

• 1 chocolate peanut butter whey protein shake
• 1 pear

Dinner:

• garlic hummus with sweet potato tortilla chips
  
• Venison chili
  

Those sweet potato chips are AWESOME! Sooooo tasty and all natural. I decided to make some chili with the ground venison I have. Now, usually I am great about just throwing whatever into a pot and matching flavors really well. This might be the worst soup I've ever made. Now, that being said, it isn't inedible, but definitely needed a lot more salt to taste right. I tried using curry powder, and didn't really like it. Oops! Oh well! You win some, you lose some. (In the chili I used: onion, garlic, green pepper, tomatoes, red beans, pinto beans, curry powder, cumin, cayenne pepper, salt, and venison).

Day 29: Who says eating healthy has to be boring!

Breakfast:

• 1/2 cup oats with flax, wheat germ, and bee pollen. Also some cinnamon
• 2 Egg whites with 1 whole egg
  

Mid-morning:

• 1/2 cucumber
  
• 2 oz tuna (Tomato Pesto Albacore by Starkist)
  

Lunch:

• 1/2 cucumber
  
• Spinach
  
• 2 oz tuna (Tomato Pesto Albacore by Starkist)
• 1/2 sweet potato

Mid-afternoon:

• 1 pear
  
• 1 scoop BSN Cinnamon roll protein powder
  

This protein powder is yummy!

Dinner:

• 1/2 (mashed) sweet potato
  
• steamed green beans
  
• Venison tenderloin
  

My mom gave me a whole lot of venison when I went home. I thought I would try grilling it. It wasn't bad. First time I've really had venison, and it was pretty interesting. (see the picture above!)

Exercise:

• 2 mile run!
  
• Weights in the gym
• Ab Ripper X

My ankle is feeling great! It felt so good to run 2 miles today! Can't wait to get stronger and stronger!!!!!

Oops! Its been a while!

I haven't posted in quite a few days! Uh oh! Went to visit my lovely friend Laura, and did my best to eat clean, but had a few slip ups. No worries though! It is a new day of clean eating! I'm back on Cooler 1 for the week (taking some pictures on Sunday and want to look my best)! Here is what I ate yesterday!

Breakfast:

• 1/2 cup oats with flax, wheat germ, and bee pollen. Also some cinnamon (which btw helps keep cravings away according to Oxygen magazine).
• Egg whites

Mid-morning:

• celery
• 2 oz tuna

Lunch:

• Carrots
• Spinach with tuna
• 1/2 sweet potato

Mid-afternoon:

• 1 scoop of chocolate peanut butter whey protein
• 1 red pear

Dinner:

• Grilled salmon salad with feta, strawberries, and dried cranberries.

We took David Maslanka to dinner last night at the Cypress Inn. This was the cleanest thing on the menu I could find. It was very good. I drank water with lemon and avoided the disastrous (and by disastrous, I mean delicious) looking bread bowl.

Day 24

Breakfast:

• 1/2 cup rolled oats with bee pollen, wheat germ, flax seed, blueberries, and a little less than 1/2 scoop of protein powder.
  
• egg whites with one whole egg
  

Mid-morning:

• celery
• peanut butter
  

Lunch:

• Carrots
• Spinach
  
• Mediterranean chicken salad

Mid-afternoon:

• 1 apple
  
• 1 scoop whey protein powder

I got my new protein in today! Chocolate Peanut butter! Yum!

Dinner:

• Tarragon Cranberry Chicken Salad on toasted Ezekiel bread
• steamed broccoli

Day 23

Ankle felt good today! I went to bed early last night (like before 9), so I felt much better today.

Breakfast:

• 1/2 cup rolled oats with bee pollen, wheat germ, flax seed, blueberries, and a little less than 1/2 scoop of protein powder.
  
• egg whites

Oh man, the oatmeal was good today! I know that seems like a lot of stuff, but it was absolutely delicious!

Mid-morning:

• 1/2 cup yogurt with blueberries and honey
• 1/4 cup cashews
  

Lunch:

• Carrots
• Spinach
  
• Mediterranean chicken salad

Mid-afternoon:

• 1 apple
  
• 1 scoop whey protein powder
  

Dinner:

• Tarragon Cranberry Chicken Salad on toasted Ezekiel bread
• steamed broccoli

Exercise:

• 10 minutes yoga
• Ab Ripper X
• 1.5 miles
  

It feels so good to be running again! You have no idea!

Day 22

I forgot to blog yesterday! Oops! Today was a good day, I'm just sleepy!

Breakfast:

• 1/2 cup rolled oats with bee pollen, wheat germ, and flax seed
• egg whites
  

Mid-morning:

• celery with 2 tablespoons peanut butter

Lunch:

• Carrots
• Spinach
  
• Mediterranean chicken salad

This was the other awesome chicken salad I made! I used chicken breast, sprouts, roasted red peppers, hearts of palm, shallots, kalamata olives, and garlic. This one is really good too!

Mid-afternoon:

• 1 apple
  
• 1/4 cup cashews
  

Dinner:

• Tarragon Cranberry Chicken Salad on toasted Ezekiel bread
• steamed broccoli
  

Exercise:

• 10 minutes pilates
• 1 mile run
  
• 20 minutes weight lifting
  

I got to run today!!!!!! I can't tell you how excited I was about it (even if it was just one mile)! Physical therapy has been going really well so I was told I could start easing back into running. Let's just see how I feel tomorrow! :)

Day 20

Breakfast:

• Quinoa
• boiled egg whites

Lunch:

• salad bar at Jason's Deli
  

Mid-afternoon:

• 1 scoop whey protein with milk
  

Dinner:

• Tarragon Cranberry Chicken Salad on toasted Ezekiel bread
  
• carrots with hummus

I made this awesome chicken salad! I used the chicken from the rotisserie I got at Sams the other day. Ingredients: Chicken, 1 cup yogurt, cranberries, tarragon, cinnamon, 1/4 cup apple sauce, pinch of salt, celery. So good!

Day 19

I forgot to update last night so I am doing it this morning! :)

Breakfast:

• cashews
  
• oatmeal pancakes topped with cinnamon applesauce and dried cranberries
  
• coffee

Mid-morning:

• cucumbers with hummus
  

Lunch:

• 1/2 grilled sweet potato
  
• 1 slice of Ezekiel bread with 2 tablespoons peanut butter

Mid-afternoon:

• almonds
  

Dinner:

• Spinach salad with roasted red peppers
  
• rotisserie chicken

Went to Sam's and bought one of those $5 rotisserie chickens. I'm going to make chicken salad with it later!

Exercise:

• 8 mile hike at Lake Lurleen
  

Today was awesome. Went out to the lake with one of my friends and just hiked and enjoyed nature. :) I can't wait to go back and hike some more!

Day 18

FRIDAY! FRIDAY! FRIDAY! I couldn't be more excited that its the weekend! :)

Breakfast:

• egg whites
• oatmeal pancakes topped with cinnamon applesauce and dried cranberries
  
• coffee

Mid-morning:

• Suzie's Spelt Puffed Cakes (think rice cakes) with 2 tablespoons of fresh ground peanut butter.

This is probably one of my new favorite things.

Lunch:

• spinach
  
• herb and garlic tuna
• carrots
• chunks of pineapple in juice
  

Mid-afternoon:

• cucumber
  
• garlic hummus

Okay, so the garlic hummus is WAY better than the red pepper hummus. :)

Dinner:

• 4 oz Bison tenderloin
  
• 1/2 sweet potato (grilled)
  
• grilled zucchini
  

I'm gonna have to find some more bison to eat next week! Yum!

Exercise:

• Ab Ripper X
• 25 minutes cycling
  
• 20 minutes weight lifting
  

Somehow, I made it through the entire Ab Ripper X without any breaks! Made me feel really good about myself!

Day 17

Okay, this might sound really odd. Since I've taken simple sugars out of my diet, I can taste natural sugars more than I ever have been able to before, and I'm absolutely lovin it! I don't know how to describe it, but it is awesome! I crave apples and sweet potatoes.

Breakfast:

• egg whites
• oatmeal pancakes topped with cinnamon applesauce and dried cranberries
  
• coffee

Mid-morning:

• 1/2 cup plain yogurt with blueberries and honey
  

This same snack did not taste as good to me about 6 weeks ago. Isn't that weird?!

Lunch:

• 4 oz turkey
• 1 slice Ezekiel bread
  
• Cucumbers
  
• 2 tablespoons red pepper hummus

This was a great lunch. I love hummus. :)

Mid-afternoon:

• 1 apple with fresh ground peanut butter
  

One of the favorite childhood snacks is reborn!

Dinner:

• Steamed green beans
  
• Grilled sweet potatoes (1/2 potato)
  
• 3 oz chicken breast topped with applesauce
  

When you eat sweet potatoes almost every day, you have to come up with new ways to eat them! Today I baked the potatoes for about 20 minutes to soften them, then chopped them up, seasoned them (with tarragon, allspice, and salt), and threw them on the grill! They were really good that way. Almost like a smokey flavor. What can I say, I'm diggin applesauce these days. :) Yummy!

Exercise:

• 15 minutes of pilates
  

I was bad again today. Crap!

Day 16

So I was pretty tired yesterday and I couldn't figure it out. When I looked back over my food for the day I realized I had eaten too many complex carbs from whole grains and starches! Little change to my menu today and felt MUCH better! :) Physical therapy went REALLY well today. Starting to get to feeling back to normal! So close to being able to run again! :)

Breakfast:

• egg whites
• oatmeal pancakes topped with cinnamon applesauce and dried cranberries
  
• coffee
  

I'm gonna be eating on those pancakes for the next few days. The recipe made a lot, but I don't mind cause they taste really good.

Mid-morning:

• celery with 2 tablespoons of fresh ground peanut butter

Lunch:

• Spinach
  
• Turkey salad (same as yesterday)
  
• Banana
  

Mid-afternoon:

• Apple
  
• 1 scoop whey protein powder
  

Dinner:

• 1/2 Sweet potato
  
• Grilled zucchini
  
• 4 oz Bison tenderloin
  

I decided to go ahead and cook the rest of the bison tonight. I'll save the frozen chicken for another night. I'm tellin ya, if you haven't tried bison before you really should!

Exercise:

• 15 minutes pilates
  

So I didn't make it to the gym today. Oops!

Day 15

Today was a pretty nice day. The weather is beautiful! It makes me wish the summer started right now! So my food journal starts getting really interesting now! I'm excited about all the food I get to eat from here on out. :) :) :)

Breakfast:

• Hard boiled egg whites
• Oatmeal pancakes topped with organic cinnamon applesauce.
• Coffee

I made these awesome pancakes for breakfast! They were sooooooo good. I used rolled oats, egg whites, etc. Here is a link for the recipe: oatmeal pancakes.

Mid-morning:

• Suzie's Spelt Puffed Cakes (think rice cakes) with 2 tablespoons of fresh ground peanut butter.
  
• 1/2 banana
  

The spelt cakes were awesome. I've never been so excited to eat peanut butter!

Lunch:

• 1 slice of Ezekial bread.
• Turkey salad made with turkey breast, plain yogurt, and mango salsa
  
• Spinach
• 1/2 sweet potato

I would have never ever thought to have used yogurt to make turkey (or chicken) salad, but it was really good! The turkey salad was really simple and really good. (Plus yogurt is way better for you than mayonnaise!)

Mid-afternoon:

• 2 tablespoons red pepper hummus
• cucumber

I love hummus! :)

Dinner:

• 1/2 banana
  
• 4 oz Bison tenderloin
  
• Steamed broccoli

Exercise:

• 10 minutes yoga
• 20 minutes cycling
  
• 20 minutes weight lifting
  
• Ab ripper X
  

oops! It has been a few days, but here's Day 14!

Well I made it to the end of my two weeks of cooler 1! So I cheated here and there, oh well. But I feel like its gone really well! I feel much healthier, my skin looks better than ever, and I have tons of energy. Anyone looking for a health overhaul should definitely look into Eating Clean. I start Cooler 2 tomorrow and I have never been so exited to eat peanut butter, hummus, and yogurt! :) My food journal will probably start looking a lot more interesting starting tomorrow.

Breakfast:

• 1/2 cup Quinoa with bee pollen, flax seed, and wheat germ
  
• Egg whites
  
• Coffee

Same old, same old!

Mid-morning:

• turkey
  
• celery
  

Lunch:

• turkey on spinach
  
• celery
• carrots

Mid-Afternoon:

• Apple
• 1 scoop whey protein
  

Dinner:

• 4 oz Bison tenderloin
  
• broccoli
  
• sweet potato
  

Bison tenderloin = my new favorite meat! So good! I couldn't believe how good it was! If you've never had bison, you need to try it!

Exercise:

• 20 minutes of pilates
  
• 25 minutes on the elliptical
  

Physical therapy went really well today. I'm on the path to recovery!

Day 9

Well here's day 9!

Breakfast:

• 1/2 cup Quinoa with bee pollen, flax seed, and wheat germ
  
• Egg whites
  
• Coffee

Mid-morning:

• carrots
• 2.5 oz sweet and spicy tuna
  

Lunch:

• 2 oz sweet and spicy tuna
• steamed green beans
  
• 1/2 sweet potato
  
• carrots
  

Mid-afternoon:

• 1 scoop whey protein blended with ice
  
• 1/2 pear

Why is it that vanilla protein powder taste better when blended with ice?!

Dinner:

• 1 tablespoon of smuckers natural peanut butter
• 3.2 oz chicken breast
  
• steamed green beans
• 1/2 sweet potato

The peanut butter is not apart of cooler 1 (these two weeks), but I decided to cheat anyway. :) Natural nut butter is a "clean food" but it is one of the things to stay away from for now. But whatever! Not the first time I've cheated in the past 9 days. The chicken I made was DELICIOUS! I bought a pound (5 pieces) of thinly sliced chicken breast today at Publix. I seasoned it with salt, tarragon, and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice. Wow, was it good! Idk, maybe its all the fish I've been eating, but I really, really enjoyed the chicken tonight! Tarragon- Who knew?!

Exercise:

• 20 minutes Pilates
• 25 minutes on the elliptical machine
• Ab Ripper X!
  

Day 8

I'm tired tonight! Looking forward to relaxing tomorrow night. Physical therapy has been good. My PT is really stretching the fire out of my Achilles! Maybe I'll be running in a few weeks!

Breakfast:

• 1/2 cup Quinoa with bee pollen, flax seed, and wheat germ
  
• Egg whites
  
• Coffee

You know, you would think breakfast would get old after eating the same thing day after day, but I really have no problem with it!

Mid-morning:

• 4.5 oz tuna
• carrots

Lunch:

• Baby carrots
  
• 1/2 Sweet potato
  
• 4oz ground turkey burger patty
• Spinach
  

Mid-afternoon:

• 1 scoop whey protein
  
• 1 pear

Dinner:

• 4oz ground turkey burger patty
  
• 1/2 sweet potato
• 1 cup steamed green beans
  

Exercise:

• 20 minutes of yoga
• 20 minutes of weights in the gym
  

Day 7- The end of week 1!

Holy cow! I can't believe I made it through an entire week of this! Not like it was hard, but I'm still excited. :) Today seems like a whirlwind.

Breakfast:

• 1/2 cup Quinoa with bee pollen, flax seed, and wheat germ
  
• Egg whites
  
• Coffee

Mid-morning:

• Celery
• 1 scoop whey protein
  

Lunch:

• Baby carrots
  
• 1/2 Sweet potato
  
• 4oz ground turkey burger patty
  

Mid-Afternoon:

• 1 scoop whey protein
  
• 1 pear
  

Dinner:

• Broccoli, cauliflower, and carrot steamer bag- 1 cup
• 4oz ground turkey burger patty
  
• 1/2 sweet potato

Exercise:

• 20 minutes pilates in the morning
• Ab ripper X

Did not have a lot of time for exercise today. Disappointing. Had to go to physical therapy right after school and the played a concert with Tuscaloosa Winds tonight. Hopefully I'll be able to sneak some gym time in tomorrow. We will see!

Day 6

Today has been a great day and I barely left my apartment! I've just been relaxing and getting some work done at home. It was pretty out side today so I took my computer and did some of my work laying in a hammock.

Breakfast:

• 1/2 cup cooked quinoa
  
• egg whites
  
• coffee
  

It was nice to sit around and drink coffee this morning. When I was making the quinoa I accidentally spilt the little grains all over my kitchen!

Mid-morning:

• 4 oz mango chipotle salmon from Starkist
  
• Celery
  

Lunch

• Left over cod from last night!
  
• baked zucchini
  
• 1/2 sweet potato
  

Mid-afternoon:

• Pear
  
• 1 scoop whey protein blended with ice
  

Dinner

• Left over cod from last night!
• baked zucchini
  
• 1/2 sweet potato
  

Exercise:

• 25 minutes on the elliptical machine
  
• 15 minutes of weights
  

Day 5

Today has been a little weird, but definitely great food day. I went to work a fundraiser with the school I'm student teaching with and did not have time to fix every thing the right way. I still followed the plan, just a little differently. I did my grocery shopping for the week today and am really excited about what I have to eat the next week! Obviously I got lots of sweet potatoes and pears, but I also bought some quinoa (which I can't wait to try), wheat germ, and turkey burger patties. I got the turkey burgers cause they are already in 4 oz portions and that will be really easy!

Breakfast:

• 1/2 cup rolled oats with 1 tablespoon of flax seed and 1/2 tablespoon of bee pollen
• Scrambled egg whites Florentine
  
• Coffee

Nothing really different here!

Mid-morning:

• 1 scoop whey protein powder

All I had time for was the protein shake here because of the fundraiser.

Lunch:

• Spinach salad with 5oz canned tuna.
  
• Broccoli, cauliflower, and carrot steamer bag- 1 cup
• water
  

Mid-afternoon:

• 1 scoop whey protein powder
• 1 gala apple

Had to be quick again because of the fundraiser.

Dinner:

• 1 sweet potato cut and baked into sweet potato fries.
  
• Broccoli, cauliflower, and carrot steamer bag- 1 cup
• 1 piece cod poached in tomato-basil sauce
  

I decided to go ahead and eat a whole sweet potato tonight because I was unable to eat 1/2 of one earlier today. My friend came over and I cooked dinner for us. I cut up two sweet potatoes and brushed them with a little olive oil and sea salt and baked them until they were crispy. I purposely made them early so we could have them as an appetizer. The cod was excellent. I found the recipe on the Whole Foods recipe app on my iphone (just another reason why I love Whole Foods)! I've never poached fish before so I didn't know what to expect, but it was delicious! For the sauce I started with a small sweet onion and then added 1/4 cup wine, diced tomatoes, basil, and fish stock. After that simmered I put in the fish and about 12 minutes later it was done. Quite possibly the flakiest sigh I've ever had. After I took the fish out of the sauce, I squeezed in some fresh juice from an orange and let it simmer for about 10 more minutes in order to thicken up. Wow, it was really good! I put a picture of my plate on here, but the picture does not do it justice! It was delicious! Can't wait to eat the left overs tomorrow! :)

Exercise:

• 25 minutes on the elliptical at the gym
• Ab ripper X
  

Day 4

TGIF! Wow, it really felt nice to not have to leave town today. I came home and relaxed and cleaned my apartment! I cheated again tonight, but I've decided that sometimes you have to cheat for the sake of friendship. One of my friends is moving pretty soon and we all decided to go to Midnight Sushi tonight. I really think it isn't necessarily the cheating, but the choices you make that count the most.

Breakfast:

• 1/2 cup rolled oats with 1 tablespoon of flax seed and 1/2 tablespoon of bee pollen
• Scrambled egg whites
  
• Coffee

There was almost a breakfast disaster this morning! When I went to grab my carton of egg whites from the fridge, I couldn't find them. Turns out, I left them sitting on the counter the day before. What a waste! Luckily I had some fresh eggs in the fridge, so I just cracked them and threw away the yolk.

Mid-morning:

• 2 oz of Sweet and Spicy tuna. Another good one!
  
• Celery
• water

Lunch:

• Spinach salad with celery and 2.5 oz Sweet and Spicy Tuna (The rest of the packet.)
  
• 1/2 sweet potato
• Water

Mid-afternoon:

• 1 scoop whey protein powder
• 1 gala apple

Today, since I finally got to eat this meal at home, I decided to use my blender to blend my protein powder with ice. How bout its my new favorite way! Isn't it funny how texture can really change something like that?

Dinner:

• 3 oz chicken
  
• 1/2 sweet potato
  
• Broccoli, cauliflower, and carrot steamer bag- 1 cup

Snack:

• 2 pieces nigiri tuna
• 2 pieces nigiri salmon
  
• Wakame seaweed Salad

I love sushi. Haven't had it in forever. It was good, but it kinda just made me want to eat more. Another time though! Looking forward to tomorrow!

Exercise:

• 10 minutes of Yoga to wake up in the morning
• 25 minutes on the elliptical at the gym
• 10 minutes free weights
  

Definitely do not feel as sore today as I did the first time I did Ab Ripper X. I guess that's good!

Day 3

Day 3 felt pretty good! I'm looking forward to what the results will be like after a week or 2!

Breakfast

• 1/2 cup rolled oats with 1 tablespoon of flax seed and 1/2 tablespoon of bee pollen
• Scrambled egg whites Florentine
  
• Coffee

This morning I added spinach to my eggs white. Some people may not like the sound of that, but I love it!

Mid-morning:

• 1 scoop whey protein powder
  
• 1 red pear

I really am gonna have to start buying more pears! So yummy!

Lunch:

• Spinach salad with chicken breast
  
• Cucumbers
  
• 1/2 sweet potato
• Water

Afternoon:

• 3 oz chicken
  
• Cucumbers
• Water

Dinner:

• 3 oz chicken
  
• 1/2 sweet potato
  
• Broccoli, cauliflower, and carrot steamer bag- 1 cup
  

Snack:

• One small slice of homemade margarita pizza

Okay, okay! So I cheated today. But it was kind of a planned cheat, if you know what I mean. My friend made pizza and I didn't feel bad about eating it. Now this definitely won't be a re-occurring thing, but I refuse to beat myself up about it happening once. :) Besides, it was good!

Exercise:

• 15 minutes of pilates in the morning to wake up
• 25 minutes of the elliptical at the gym
• 20 minutes of weight lifting (arms/back)
  
• 15 minutes of Ab Ripper X (from P90X)

This is the second time I have done the Ab Ripper workout. Man! I think it is worse the second time!

Day 2

Today was just as easy as yesterday! It is such a different feeling eating all day. I feel like all I do during the day is eat!

Breakfast

• 1/2 cup rolled oats with 1 tablespoon of flax seed and 1/2 tablespoon of bee pollen
• Scrambled egg whites
• Coffee

This morning I added some pumpkin spice to my rolled oats for a little change in flavor. I think I might try it again tomorrow! :) I also added dried basil and garlic to my egg whites. Delicious!

Mid-morning:

• 3 oz Tuna
  
• Celery
  
• Cucumbers
• Water
  

Lunch:

• Spinach salad with 3 oz tuna
• Celery
• Cucumbers
  
• 1/2 sweet potato
• Water

I really struggled with finishing my lunch today. I was just really full, but ate it all anyway!

Afternoon:

• 1 scoop whey protein powder
• 1 gala apple
  

Dinner:

• 3 oz fillet of wild Cod
  
• 2 cups steamed green beans
• 1/2 sweet potato
  
• Unsweetened iced tea

Leftovers from last night.

Exercise:

• 10 minutes of yoga in the morning to wake up
  
• 10 minutes pilates in the morning
  
• 27 minutes of cycling at the gym
• 20 minutes of weight lifting (arms/back)

My abs were definitely burning from the Ab Ripper X yesterday. I went to physical therapy for my ankle for the second time today, so I'm hoping I will be running again in just a few short weeks! See ya tomorrow!

Day 1

Well I think I have done it. I've finally found a "diet" that I can live with and follow day to day. Over my Spring Break, in Washington D.C., my friend Jennifer introduced me to The Eat Clean Diet. The Eat Clean Diet was created by Tosca Reno. A trip to www.eatcleandiet.com is definitely worth your time. I would explain the whole process here, but Tosca does it way better then me! The main purpose of this blog is to keep me honest! I'm going to keep a journal of everything I eat here and any exercise I do during the day...starting right now!

Breakfast:

• 1/2 cup rolled oats with 1 tablespoon of flax seed and 1/2 tablespoon of bee pollen
  
• Scrambled egg whites
  
• Coffee
  

Turns out rolled organic oats are super cheap! I was a little nervous about just eating egg whites, but they were pretty good. This meal was definitely satisfying. I did not feel hungry at all the entire morning.

Mid-morning:

• 3 oz Herb and Garlic Tuna (You know, those little packets they sale that come in different flavors. The are awesome!)
  
• Celery
  
• Water
  

My biggest concern here was having enough time to eat this meal in between changing classes at school, but it was no problem at all. The biggest thing for me was that I was not hungry at this meal, but chose to eat anyway. I need to get my metabolism going, and I think Tosca knows best!

Lunch:

• Spinach salad with celery and 3 oz Herb and Garlic Tuna (The rest of the packet.)
  
• 1/2 sweet potato
• Water
  

No complaints here at all! Very filling, and I just love sweet potatoes anyway.

Mid-afternoon:

• 1 scoop whey protein powder
  
• 1 red pear

I have not had a fresh pear in a really long time. It was so good!

Dinner:

• 3 oz fillet of wild Cod
  
• 2 cups steamed green beans
• 1/2 sweet potato
  
• Unsweetened iced tea
  

This was a great dinner. I was not sure if I would like the cod, but I really enjoyed it! 3 oz might not sound like much, but it was a good sized fillet.

Exercise:

• 15 minutes of pilates in the morning to wake up
• 25 minutes of cycling at the gym
• 20 minutes of weight lifting (arms/back)
  
• 15 minutes of Ab Ripper X (from P90X)

So my roommate, Jason, bought P90X. I do not plan on doing the program, but I have no problems doing the ab workout a couple of times a week. It completely kicked my tail! I'm sure I will be plenty sore in the morning!