Beginning Our Clean Eating!

So excited to say that I have started my clean eating meal plan with my husband and managed to roll out of bed at 6 am! I am so not a morning person, but I set my alarm for 5:30, 5:45, and 6:00. By doing this, it sort of helps me warm up to the idea it's about time to get up. I can't do snooze...I don't know why but I can't make make myself use it. haha Weird right?

Anyway, I woke up at 6am made my coffee with alabama honey and alabama organic milk and sat down to read a chapter in Deuteronomy. I had my health breakfast and then started getting ready for work. I love it! I felt so responsible, I even took a multi-vitamin! :)

I know all of that sounds so silly, but for me these are huge steps. This is just 1 day though, my goal is 30 days.

You can see my meal plan for the week here: Meal Plan Week 1
We are planning to stick with Week 2 as well, but we only bought groceries for week 1. We found that there is a great possibility that we will have left over fruit etc. that we can carry over into next week, so we wanted to take it 1 week at a time.

We also found that we could substitute more budget friendly items for this meal plan as well. For instance, my husband flipped when he saw they were using beef tenderloin for cheese steak. He said we might as well use filet mignon. So we traded that for Sirloin (I think). So check it out and see what you think, we found we love most of this food and ingredients so we will be satisfied.

The other issue (especially for my husband) will be portions. This meal plan sticks with 1600-1800 calories depending. Which this is kinda low for a grown man that is used to 2500 + calories. So we will see if he can manage with out being a grouchy pants. I personally know I will be a little hungry but within a week I will get used to the lower calories.

This week is also my official swaring off diet soda's soooo...hopefully we don't get too fussy. I am drinking coffee however, so it shouldn't be too awful in the morning.

Check how much water you should drink every day here. Mine said:

"113 ounces or 3.4 liters

If you eat a healthy diet, about 20 percent of your water may come from the foods you eat. If you eat a healthy diet you can drink 90.4 ounces of water today, or 2.7 liters.

Water is an obvious source for your daily fluid needs. Other good beverages include milk, herbal teas, low-sodium broth, or 100-percent fruit and vegetable juices. Soft drinks will also count toward your daily total of fluid, just remember that sugar sweetened soft drinks add extra calories to you daily diet that you don't need, while drinking water may help you lose weight."

This is 14-11 glasses a day...I will be in the bathroom if you need me...