Clean Eating challengers

statwaldy

How is everyone doing?

I am doing a TERRIBLE job.  

clea

I do quite well, but I have been doing this just about a year or so already, but not 100%/

No white here - no bread, flour, sugar, potatoes, rice.

No salad dressings - just balsamic vinegar and evoo.

Very few canned foods - just pumpkin now.

I do have a few that I haven't eliminated yet, in the post above, like BBQ, and some things I'm unsure about.

I DO need help with a recipe for clean spaghetti sauce, with ingredients not from a can.  Does anyone have something?

pennypie07

I'm doing better than before, but not clean by any stretch. Example, on Saturday I went out with DH and some friends to a local burger place (all organic, local type stuff). Before would have been a cheeseburger and french fries. This time I got a turkey burger on whole wheat and had a very few sweet potato fries. And I avoided ketchup, which is a minor miracle for me.

I was generally ok when I eat at home last week, with the exception of Nature's Own whole wheat bread and organic chocolate milk.

JW28

I was about 98% clean for the first week (ketchup was my non-clean splurge on my omelets), but today is a total fail. It's our first day in a new office at work (same job, it just moved) and they provided fruit and pastries and donuts. Unfortunately I was hungry and had some pastries and donut holes, and now I feel terrible (physically and mentally). But I'll be good for the rest of the day and keep right on eating clean the rest of the week. I baked some clean biscuits and muffins over the weekend to snack on at work and they're super tasty.

lauren060306

Yeah...I am doing awful too!! So busy, combined with just bad decisions, and craving sugar, since I have been eating sugar. I am also giving into pressure from family..."You have to break your diet for MY cake. It is worth it".

I AM getting back on though. Tonight I will have salmon or steak and vegetables!

JenniferJaneC

Doing pretty good.  One thing that I've really been proud of is I cut out the sugar in my coffee.  It seems like a little thing, but at 3 or 4 cups a day, and using a pretty big amount of sugar in each one, it makes a difference.

I've also been falling in love with some CE recipes I've found, like salsa chicken.  And tomorrow, I'm trying chicken with bok choy.  I also found a few duds, like the clean eating shepherd's pie from The Gracious Pantry's site.  I liked it, but my husband and son were terrified of it, and it really looked gross. 

tinyhands

I'm doing so-so.  Since I am also doing WW,  I have been having more fruit - at least a banana and some days an apple a day.  That's better than having fruit maybe once a month like I was before.  I try to plan ahead but sometimes life gets the better of me.  Bags of frozen veggies are just so easy!    Last night was ok - steak, rice (unfortunately white) and mixed veggies.  If I at least improve by the end of the challenge I will be happy!

kimsy

Not too bad, especially considering I've been sick all week and usually eat whatever I want when I'm sick. I've eaten clean except for 1 small non-clean snack a day (usually Pepperidge Farm goldfish).