Day 2

Well I've been cooking and baking up a storm in preparation for my coming work week.

I definitely think preparation is half the battle. If the food is ready you are more likely to stick with things.

I've struggled with deciding to what level I want to attack this experiment. Of course there's different levels of eating clean and you really have to know what you're goals are and what you want to get out of it.

Primarily I want to develop a lifestyle of eating clean. That means learning new ingredients, cooking new recipes and getting familiar with healthy portion sizes.

Because this is my main goal (to make this a lifestyle), I am forgoing any goals for weight loss this week as I familiarize myself with things. (Of course weight loss could still happen as a result of clean eats).

Of course my other goal is to shed the rest of my weight and build more muscle (not like a body builder but for a good metabolism and nicely shaped bod:)

I haven't yet gone organic but it's definitely in the plan. I'm taking little steps and as I get to know things I will gradually get myself over to that side of the grocery store. I plan on getting informed more about this topic by a friend soon!

Some of the foods I've made in the past 24 hours:

* homemade protein bars (they're delicious!! with chocolate - 71% dark of course)

* Bran muffins (only approx. 110 calories!! Haven t' tasted them yet).

* Chicken strips and Szchuanese (it's like a chicken stir fry - two thumbs up!)

* Mediterranean chickpeas (great for one of my 5 meals of the day - high in protein and fiber. Tasty as well)

* Porridge from old fashioned oats but still easy! I loved this for breakfast (along with my egg whites of course for protein).


Tonight Wally and I are having baked salmon on arugula with blanched asparagus and a blackberry sauce. I'll let you know how it tastes.

It's all about preparation.

If there's interest in recipes I'd love to share!