Clean Eating Challenge: Day 40!!

Saturday, June 30
Day 40

 

 

 

Breakfast – Green Smoothie #29 – Strawberry Banana – today was the last day of the Green Smoothie Challenge – I had 29 smoothies in 30 days…not bad! I will definitely be continuing with the Green Smoothie – I totally loved them, and to believe 31 days ago, I had NEVER had one…Thanks Amanda for organizing this challenge and introducing me to the Green Smoothie!

Lunch – McDonald’s Breakfast Burrito Combo – no drink – on our drive north to visit my parent’s for the weekend, we stopped at McDonald’s to grab lunch – totally not clean:( and was kinda surprised at just how unhealthy a breakfast burrito could be…totally shocked to find out one sausage mcmuffin with egg has less calories and fat than two breakfast burritos. As you can see, my meal was a whopping 760 calories and 43 grams of fat…can you say d.i.s.g.u.s.t.i.n.g!

Afternoon Snack – Hard Boiled Egg and two Pumpernickel Flatbreads

Dinner – Pork Tenderloin with a Lentil, Rice, Cucumber and Tomato Salad and a Tomato and Cucumber Salad, a glass of Skim Milk

Sorry no pictures today – we were visiting my Mom out of town for the weekend and I totally forgot to take them. Oops!

Water Consumption:

6 glasses

Sleep:

4 hours – the kids did not do well sleeping at Grandma’s let’s hope for a better night tonight!!

Stay tuned for my 40 Day Clean Eating Challenge Review!

Clean Eating Challenge: Day 39

Friday, June 29
Day 39

 

 

 

Breakfast – Oatmeal Pancake with Chocolate Chips and Fresh Strawberries

Lunch – Bento Veggie Rolls I saw these being made on my way out of the gym this morning and had to have them. I love spring rolls! So good. I didn’t eat the dip though, I think it was some kind of peanutty thing, but I was a little nervous, so I totally skipped it!

Snack – 1/2 cup Vanilla Greek Yogurt and a 1/4 cup of Chocolate Love Crunch This is my new go-to snack…so good!

Dinner – Grilled Cheese Sandwich on Ancient Grains bread – too tired and too hot to cook…I guess that really just boils down to too lazy:(

Snack – Pumpernickel Flatbreads with Cheddar Cheese

Water Consumption:

9 glasses – much better today!

Sleep:

5.5 hours – another crappy night, could not fall back to sleep again. Boo!

Clean Eating Challenge: Day 38

Thursday, June 28
Day 28

 

 

 

Breakfast- Mixed Berry Banana Green Smoothie

Ingredients:
2 cups baby spinach
1 cup frozen mixed berries
1 banana
1 cup almond milk
2 tbsp ground flax

 

 

 

 

Lunch – Vanilla Greek Yogurt and Chocolate Love Crunch – not really a substantial lunch, but at least it was healthy!

Dinner – Eat Clean Waffles with Fresh Strawberries I think I’ve posted the link to this recipe before, but here it is again. These super healthy waffles are pretty tasty when topped with fresh fruit – and according o my husband – when loaded with maple syrup too!

Water Consumption:
8 glasses

Sleep:
5.5 hours – this was probably the crappiest sleep I have had in the last 38 days. Both kids were up in the night and I could not fall back to sleep after feeding Tanner…I was up from 3:15 until after 5…at least the kids slept in a bit so I could at least get some sleep!

Clean Eating Challenge: Day 37

Wednesday, June 27
Day 37

 

 

 

Breakfast – another Chocolate Banana Green Smoothie! Yep, it’s that good!

Lunch – 1/2 Grilled Chicken Breast, slice of Cheddar Cheese, a Hard Boiled Egg, Grape Tomatoes, Snap Peas and a tbsp Hummus

Dinner – 100% Pure Beef Sirloin Burger on a Red Pepper Thin Bun

Water Consumption:
8 glasses

Sleep:
8.5 hours!

Clean Eating Challenge: Day 36

Tuesday, June 26
Day 36

 

 

 

Breakfast – Chocolate Banana Green Smoothie. This is definitely my most favourite green smoothie ever! Only a few more days in my Green Smoothie Challenge… Wonder how many more of these I will have before the end of the month??? You can find the recipe here.

Lunch – Eat Clean Chicken Quesadilla Casserole. I made this dish a few weeks ago and wasn’t really that thrilled about it, so I put it in the freezer and forgot about it. Well, I pulled it out today, had a bit for lunch…with salsa, of course, and it was de-lish!

Afternoon Snack – 1/2 cup Vanilla Greek Yogurt and 1/4 cup Chocolate Love Crunch

Dinner – Grilled Chicken Wrap with Franks Hot Sauce, Lettuce, Tomato and Cheese

Evening Snack – David’s Tea – Cinnamon Hearts

Water Consumption:
4 glasses – need to work on this!

Sleep:
8 hours, but still feeling tired.

Clean Eating Challenge: Day 35

Monday, June 25
Day 35

 

 

 

Breakfast – POM, Pineapple And Green Grape Green Smoothie

Ingredients:
1/2 cup POM juice
1 cup green grapes
1 cup pineapple
2 cups spinach
1 tbsp chia seeds
1 tbsp hemp hearts
2 tbsp ground flax

 

 

 

Lunch – leftover Pizza (1 slice of Toppers Deluxe sans mushrooms, add hot peppers, and 1 slice of Toppers Turkey Pepperoni Sensation)

Dinner – Refrigerator Oats – didn’t feel like cooking and this was leftover from Sunday morning. Happy to report, tastes just as good after an extra day in the fridge.

Snack – 1/2 cup Vanilla Greek Yogurt with 1/4 cup Aloha Love Crunch.

Water Consumption:
6 glasses

Sleep:

6 hours…definitely. need. more.

Clean Eating Challenge: Day 34

Sunday, June 24
Day 34

 

 

 

Breakfast – Green Smoothie – Strawberry Banana

Ingredients:
2 cups baby spinach
1 cup Strawberries
1 banana
1 cup almond milk
2 tbsp ground flax
1 tbsp hemp hearts
1 tbsp chia seeds

 

Lunch – Refrigerator Oats – see yesterday’s post for the link to the recipe.

Dinner – 2 slices of Pizza

Water Consumption:
6 glasses

Sleep:
5 crappy hours!

Clean Eating Challenge: Day 33

Saturday, June 23
Day 33

 

 

Well, today was a bit of of a Clean Eating roller coaster! It started out pretty good, but quickly went down hill, only to get back on track for dinner, and then totally off track for dessert.

I’m feeling like I probably should have stopped this challenge after day 30…I seem to have really been struggling since then! Oh well, 7 days to go…I can do it!

Anyways, here’s what I ate today…

Breakfast – Refrigerator Oats I got his recipe from my sister. If you are interested in a delicious, no hassle, healthy breakfast, click here for the recipe. It definitely tastes a lot better than it looks!

Lunch – Big Mac Combo– yep, I figured if your gonna do it, do it right! Man was it good. However, 20 minutes later I had a bit of an upset stomach and a headache. Won’t be doing that again for a while!

Dinner – Corn on the Cob, Grilled Chicken and a Tomato and Cucumber Salad with Habanero Cheddar Cheese. I actually forgot to take a picture of my plate…these were the leftovers. Oops!

Dessert – Turtles Ice Cream Cake. We finally got around to eating Dylan’s Father’s Day cake. Wow, was it good!

Water Consumption:
8 glasses

Sleep:
8.5 hours…woohoo, family sleep in until 8:30!!!

Clean Eating Challenge: Day 32

Friday, June 22
Day 32

 

 

 

Breakfast – Green Smoothie #22 – Chocolate Banana – Yep, yesterday’s was so good, I had it again! Yummo!

Lunch – Starbucks Protein Bistro Box – lately this has been my go to for lunch on the run. With white cheddar cheese, multi grain muesli bread, honey peanut butter spread, grapes, apple slices and a hard boiled egg, it’s perfect!

Snack – 1/2 Aloha Granola and 3/4 Greek Yogurt

Dinner – Eat Clean Cobb Salad – this recipe serves 4 but I adapted it for a single serving. I also subbed out the blue cheese for goat cheese and totally skipped the dressing. Oh, and I have no idea what jicama is, so I skipped it too!

Snack – my sister came over for a visit so we sat outside on the deck and enjoyed a yummy Corona.

Water Consumption:
8 glasses

Sleep:
9.5 hours – yep, hubby got up with the kids at 6:45 and I slept in until 8:30…it was AWESOME!

Clean Eating Challenge: Day 31

Thursday, June 21
Day 31

 

 

 

Breakfast – Oatmeal Pancake with Fresh Strawberries.
Oh how I have missed you oatmeal pancake…Since starting the Green Smoothie Challenge on June 1st, I have pretty much been having smoothies to start the day. But today, shy on smoothie ingredients, I resorted to my  most favourite  breakfast ever! The Eat Clean Oatmeal Pancake.

Lunch – Green Smoothie # 21 – Chocolate Banana – can you say HELLO! This was freaking delicious! Might have to have it again tomorrow.

Ingredients:
2 cups baby spinach
1 cup almond milk
1 frozen Banana
1 tbsp cocoa
1 scoop protein powder
2 tbsp ground flax

 

Snack – Eat Clean Chocolate Chip Cookie

Dinner – Grilled Chicken, Asparagus and Red Peppers

Water Consumption:
8 glasses

Sleep:
6.5 hours. Uninterrupted which was awesome, but not enough!