Clean Eating Challenge Day 5

Hello everyone! I hope you all are having a great day! Today has been a somewhat lazy day due to the cloudy, misty, and cooler weather. Day 4 of my eat clean challenge went great! I ate my 5 meals throughout the day and am going strong.

This challenge has really opened my eyes to how I was eating before. It was not that I was necessarily eating bad, it was that I was not eating enough. Being able to eat a lean protein and complex carbohydrate at every meal keeps you full all day long.

Eat Clean Diet

These were my meals for today: 

1.) 1/4 cup oatmeal with unsweetened almond milk, cinnamon and half an organic apple. For protein, I had 1/2 a cup of fat free greek yogurt.

2.) Apple and almonds

3.) Organic turkey burger, spinach, broccoli, red onion, mustard

4.) greek yogurt, watermelon

5.) Organic chicken apple sausage, broccoli and sweet potato with cinnamon

Breakfast is by far my favorite meal of the day. I am slightly obsessed with oatmeal :) I will let you in on one of my secrets. The night before, I measure out my 1/4 cup of oatmeal, mixing it with 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk, 1 tablespoon ground flax and cinnamon, cover and put it in the refrigerator. When I wake up in the morning it looks like double the amount from what I had before. Then, I simply add my other 1/2 cup almond milk and heat in the microwave. If you choose, add a chopped apple (or whatever fruit you like) and tad-uh! Easy and filling! Soaking the oats allows them to be more easily digested.
Another thing, I noticed I was not doing was eating enough greens. Now, my plate is always half filled with them! 

Eat Clean Diet

This week I ate a lot of broccoli. 

Who knew Broccoli had so many health benefits along with being so simple to make. For this week, I bought a few bags from the health food store and steamed them in the microwave. 

Next time, I am going to try roasting some in the oven with some garlic and chili flakes!

Until next time, I hope you have a blessed day!

JP