For the Record

GAME ON FOLKS!  Today was the first day of my own 60 Day Challenge ~ mainly focusing on eating super, hydrating, sleeping and, of course, EXCEL!

GAME PLAN:  Eat right, drink a lot of water & tea, exercise 4-6 times a week depending on life, staying active when not actually at a gym class (i.e. walking, jogging, biking, hiking, playground, etc.)

Looks like Jonah is officially done breastfeeding (bittersweet!) so that means I will aim for roughly 1800 calories daily.  I am not a calorie counter to the extreme ~ I am more of someone who pays attention to her portion size.  Making sure those calories are good ole fashion non-processed food ~ YUM!  Really pay attention to your body telling you ITS HUNGRY ~ we seem to forget that feeling of hunger.  I know when I am eating right and eating 5-6 smaller meals a day my body tells me it's hungry and when I wake up in the morning I am READY for breakfast!  Not feelings of bloating from whatever I ate the day/night before.

I also make sure I eat 3 hours before bed so that overnight my body does it's own personal detox magic!

Other rules I am incorporating for the next 60 days (from experience over the last year I have really discovered what I run best on ~ it could be different for you depending on your metabolic type):

  • Lean meat (minimal red meat) More chicken, fish, turkey
  • Eggs (hardboiled, etc.) good to go!
  • No cow's milk 
  • No cheese
  • No salt added to meals (watch for high sodium in things like soups, sauces, etc.)
  • No butter
  • Minimal sauces 
  • Use herbs!
  • Lemon water (especially first thing in the morning)
  • Peppermint tea (especially at night after dinner)
  • No food after 7pm (make dinner last meal unless I am ACTUALLY hungry from physical activity that day ~ listen to my body)
  • No processed foods 
  • Tons of fruits and veggies
  • Occasional sprouted grain or goodhearth bread (rice cakes as substitutes ~ unsalted)
  • Take a multivitamin, vitamin C, omega, and probiotic
  • No alcohol
  • A little dark chocolate (cocoa 75% or higher) if desired once in a while
  • No coffee
  • No junk food
  • No ice cream

For a couple of weeks I am going to record what I eat and if I do an Excel class in a list below (mainly for me to keep accountable and see what I am taking in ~ making sure I am very balanced in my diet).  If you wanting to eat what I eat keep in mind that I buy mainly organic, local ~ meat, eggs free range no hormones, etc.~peanut butter is JUST PEANUTS!  Nature's Fare is my food haven!  I also drink water all day long.  If I write lemon water or tea down it's simply to inform you I veered away from straight water for that meal.  I don't have a specific meal plan per say ~ I know what to stock up on in my cupboards and fridge and I will make stuff day to day depending on what I feel like:)  This shouldn't be work ~ it is a lifestyle ~ and over the last year I have learned a lot so I like throwing something together using all the good stuff I have kicking around.

FEB 1

BREAKFAST
Lemon water
Smoothie

  • 1 cup almond milk
  • 1 cup mixed berries
  • ½ scoop Vega (scoop provided)
  • Squirt Omega swirl oil
  • ½ banana
  • 1 tbsp ground golden flax
  • 1 tsp peanut butter
  • ice
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SNACK
Banana
Rice cake (thin non-salted) with tbsp peanut butter

LUNCH
4 tbsp Tuna topped with some chopped up celery and avocado
Mushrooms, carrots, cucumber, blueberries
Scant of sliced almonds
Lemon water

SNACK
Granola bar 

DINNER
1 cup vegetable spiral noodles
½ cup extra lean bison
½ cup vegetable pasta sauce
1 cup steamed broccoli 
Lemon water

I WOULD NORMALLY DO PEPPERMINT TEA AFTER DINNER but I went to make some and there was none left SO will buy tomorrow and drink tomorrow:D   It is SUPER for digestion!!

Feb 2
B: mixed berry smoothie with almond milk, flax, omega oil
S: veggies (peppers, cucumber, carrots)
L: Hard boiled egg, mixed veggies, handful blueberries, avocado on rice cake with a touch of honey
S:  Granola bar and half a banana
D:  Ground turkey, mixed veggies, cauliflower mashed potatoes with a little garlic
Peppermint Tea

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WENT TO LIBRARY AND FOUND SOME GREAT RESOURCES ~ one nutritionist author I really love is named Joey Shulman ~ I ended up finding one of her books called "The Metabolism Boosting Diet"  ~ after reading a bit of it I decided I will incorporate it into my 60 Day challenge:)  CHECK RESOURCES TAB for exact info on this book and this great author!

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Feb 3
B:  chocolate peanut butter and banana smoothie (check out resources ~ I am using (to some degree) a balanced meal plan for 7 days from Dr. Joey Shulman:)
S:  veggie sticks
L:  Mixed salad (lettuce, hardboiled egg, cucumber, peppers, mushrooms, sprinkled with a mix of nuts and seeds ~ lightly drizzled with Lemon Thyme balsamic dressing
S:  Cliff protein bar and banana
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D:  1 cup Homemade chilli (1 can of diced tomatoes, 1 can chickpeas, 1 can kidney beans, 1 can small red beans, ground turkey, vegetarian chilli spice mix from Nature's Fare ~ my husband claims it was bland so he added hot sauce to his but I liked it:), half a cucumber
Peppermint Tea
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Feb 4
Lemon water
B: Apple Pancake, handful of blueberries (recipe in The Metabolism Boosting Diet book) SO GOOD!
S: Veggies sticks
L: hardboiled egg, 1/4 avocado, mixed chopped veggies, mixed berries, rice cake with peanut butter and honey
S: Cliff bar and banana
D: Salad - ½ cup mixed wild rice.quinoa mix on lettuce, chicken breast, avocado, cucumber, tomato, peppers drizzled with tiny bit Balsamic
Peppermint Tea
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Feb 5
Lemon water
B: Antioxidant Smoothie (TMBD book)
S:  Veggie Sticks
L:  Same as Feb 4
S:  Cliff protein bar and ½ banana
D:  Cottage cheese with blueberries, celery sticks, carrots, cucumber, greek no fat yogurt with cinnamon
No tea (was at work)
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Feb 6
Lemon water
B:  ½ cup cottage cheese, ½ mixed berries, 1 tbsp ground flax, 1 tsp omega oil, 12 almonds sliced
S:  Granola bar, ½ banana
L:  Okanagan Bakehouse GoodHearth bread (1 slice) toasted with mustard, topped with ½ can tuna mixed with ½ avocado and 2 sticks celery cut up and lettuce, cucumber, carrots, a couple slice of peppers, 1/4 cup no fat greek yogurt with blueberries, cinnamon and ground flax
S: veggie sticks
--------excel spin class-----------
D: roasted sweet potato (drizzle with olive oil, ½ tsp of honey and 1 tsp cinnamon ~ bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes), chicken breast (seasoned with cumin, paprika, coriander ~ bake at 375 for 20 minutes), ½ cup peas
S: ½ cup yogurt with cinnamon and blueberries
No tea (was at work again)

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Feb 7
Lemon water
B: "Healthy french toast" (TMBD book), handful of mixed berries
S:  Veggie sticks
L: same as feb 6
S:  Granola bar and ½ banana
D: roasted whole chicken seasoned with cumin, coriander, paprika and lemon.  Baked at 375 for 1.5 hours with lemons and ½ of water ~ covered.  Cauliflower MASH (cauliflower steamed, 1 tbsp olive oil and 1tsp garlic mixed in food processor).  Carrots (steamed and seasoned with thyme).
Peppermint tea and a couple prebiotic 'cookies' (ShaSha Co. Spelt Ginger Snaps with prebiotic) ~ they are about the size of a quarter and perfect for dipping in my tea:)

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Feb 8 (busy morning would have eaten more for sure ~ feeling it later on now so just keeping healthy)
Lemon water
Banana
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Cliff protein bar immediately after
L: leftover chicken breast on a rice cake (mustard and lettuce as well), veggies, ½ cup yogurt with cinnamon, flax and blueberries
S: 3/4 cup 1% cottage cheese with hemp seeds, sliced almonds and blueberries
(MADE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES FOR THE FAM AND DIDN'T EAT ANY DOUGH AND COOKIES YAH will power!!!haha)
D: Chicken Breast spinkled with paprika and baked at 350 for 15 then added mushrooms that had been sautéed and boiled in low sodium chicken cooking broth and garlic ~ baked another 12 mins ~ will top families with cheese:), heirloom rice (by lotus foods), mixed steamed veggies (peas, carrots, cauliflower, corn)
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Feb 9
Lemon water
B: half an omelette, half a mixed berry protein smoothie (shared both with husband), banana (and a small bite of paul's pancakes ~ literally one small bite hahah tasted so good!)
S:  Snack size brazilian thunder booster juice (and a nice walk around orchard park with marley:)
L:  3/4 turkey chilli and veggie sticks (thank you gran!)
S:  cliff bar
D:  veggies, 3/4 cup organic spaghetti, ½ cup homemade tomato and basil sauce, ½ cup extra lean ground beef, peas (would have replaced the beef with chicken but paul defrosted it before I knew it and so I went with it)
peppermint tea
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Feb 10
Lemon Water
B: chocolate banana protein smoothie
S:  veggie sticks
L:  Free Weight Loss Soup (see the TMBD by Dr Shulman) with tuna on a rice cake (celery, avocado and lettuce)
S:  Homemade Lemon poppyseed whole wheat muffin
D:  Chicken teriyaki stir fry with zucchini, mushrooms, peppers ~ ½ cup short grain brown rice
Peppermint tea
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Feb 11
Lemon water
B:  ½ cup 0% fat greek yogurt with ½ scoop chocolate whey protein powder, 1 sliced banana and 4 sliced walnuts
S:  veggie sticks
L: Same as Feb 10
peppermint tea
S:  ½ cup cottage cheese with blueberries and almonds, banana
----excel class----(little bite of quinoa cake:)
D: 1 tofurky sausage, ½ cup risotto, 1 cup mixed steamed veggies
1 homemade cookie for treat
Peppermint Tea
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Feb 12
Lemon water
B: ½ cup yogurt, ½ cup flax cereal (Nature's Path), ½ sliced banana  ~ all mixed up
S: veggie sticks(including some avocado), 1 small slice of cheese
L:  Same as Feb 11
S:  Banana sliced ~ topped with natural peanut butter, granola bar
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D:  steamed carrots, baked chicken (cumin, coriander, paprika),  a few organic onion ring(breaded with panko crumbs)
Peppermint tea and some digestive cookies&banana bickies
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Feb 13
Lemon Water
B: Antioxidant Berry Smoothie (TMBD book)
S: Veggie sticks
L: Sliced turkey on a rice cake with mustard and topped with lettuce, mixed vegetables and a handful of berries (treat was a homemade whole wheat chocolate chip cookie)
S: Banana and granola bar
----excel class-------
D: Veggie Turkey Chili homemade and 1 sprouted grain piece of bread topped with a tsp organic butter
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Feb 14
Ahhh thought I had filled it out ~ I was working on revamping the blog for hours upon hours.  Missed it ~ it was pretty much same as Feb 13 except I had soup from TMBD book (Free weight loss soup) and 1 cup peas for dinner and no granola bar at afternoon snack:)
A couple little dark chocolates from my husband for Valentine's:)
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Feb 15
Lemon water
B:  Mixed berry smoothie with protein
S:  Veggie sticks and blueberries
L:  Turkey slices, a couple pieces of cheese, celery sticks, carrot sticks, nut almond cracker
Small ice capp (boo will power fail gave into timmy's:(  Will do better tomorrow:)
S:  Cliff bar
D:  Smoothie and veggies (and a couple fries from my family's dinner)
Yep I think I would consider today a write off ~ got slack ~ will tighten up tomorrow ~ I am feeling it tonight ~ really can't do any crap food without getting upset stomach and nauseated which is probably good for motivation not to do it haha:)  Lesson learned!  It's funny how a couple years ago I would have an ice coffee and not feeling anything really or eat crap food and not feel great but not feel sick.  Tired perhaps.  My body's system has changed and now it simply won't accept crap at all!  Fine by me:) When I think about it right now since the day is done I think for the last 2 weeks I have been super clean and have exercised but nothing is moving on scale.  Still trying to overcome the plateau and boost my body back into it.  I am acknowledging the emotions I felt today which had something to do with letting my guard down and I'm starting fresh.  It's only human I am told:)  Lemon water to end the day and start fresh tomorrow ~ going to keep it light tomorrow to help my system get back to par and load up on veggies and yummy stuff.  It is so funny how I could say to you "oh yah ice capps are good" and think that they were and then give in and get one cause of convience and picking up coffees and donuts for my husband and his buddies.  And then when you get it it is not like it was(back before you went super clean diet).  You have this perception of what it was like before you went super clean eating and you mind still thinks that but then when you get it it is like "nope not so good".  Changing your behaviours to clean eating not only changes your internal system functioning but mentally too.  Ok acknowledged and forgiving myself right now.  Time to drink lemon water:)  Night!
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Feb 16
Lemon Water
B: ½ cup cottage cheese, blueberries, flax, sliced almonds mixed in a bowl
S: veggie sticks
L: Free weight loss soup and mixed veggies, sliced turkey
S: protein bar and ½ banana
D: Chicken and green salad
Peppermint tea
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Feb 17
Lemon water
B:  ½ cup cottage cheese, ½ mixed berries, 1 tbsp ground flax, almonds sliced
S:  Granola bar, ½ banana
L:  Okanagan Bakehouse GoodHearth bread (1 slice) toasted with mustard, topped with ½ can tuna mixed with ½ avocado and 2 sticks celery cut up and lettuce, cucumber, carrots, a couple slice of peppers, 1/4 cup no fat greek yogurt with blueberries, cinnamon and ground flax
S: veggie sticks
D: roasted sweet potato, chicken breast , mixed veggies
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Feb 18
B: mixed berry smoothie with almond milk, flax, omega oil, vanilla protein powder
S: veggies (peppers, cucumber, carrots)
L: Hard boiled egg, mixed veggies, handful blueberries, avocado on rice cake with a touch of honey
S:  Granola bar and half a banana
-------excel class-----------
D:  Ground turkey, mixed veggies, cauliflower mashed potatoes with a little garlic
Peppermint Tea
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Feb 19
B: ½ cottage cheese, mixed berries, flax and sliced almonds
S: Veggie sticks , little piece of cheese
L:  Tuna, avocado, celery mixed on rice cake (with mustard and lots of lettuce), mixed veggies
S:  Cliff bar
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D:  Turkey smokie, butternut squash risotto,  mixed veggies
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