Okay, I'll be honest - I did not come up with that cute little tag line in the title. I was lurking on Instagram when I saw it hashtagged under a really fit girls picture. So my naturally competitive self thought, "Hey, I can do that!" (And you know YOU want to, too!)
If you know anything about the TV show, How I Met Your Mother, you'll get the "Challenge Accepted" in the title. (Oh how I love Barney!)
In case you don't know what eating clean means per say, here's my understanding (and what I plan on doing). Eating clean means eating unprocessed, whole, natural foods such as fruits, vegetables, quinoa, and beans. Basically anything that is man-made is not "clean".
I guess I'm in an honest mood tonight because I'm going to share my food faux pas from earlier today. I may or may not have raided my student's snack cabinet at school today. So I consumed more than my usual amount of processed foods. These delicious but terrible treats included fruit snacks, rice crispie treat (oh yea, I went there), and some mini chocolates. Can you tell that I'm a little stressed at work?
I'm really excited to start this eating clean challenge. I went to the gym today but I ended up with a bad headache from all the junk I ate earlier. I had to take 4 ibuprofen to kick it. In hindsight I wish I would have just made better food choices. I could have avoided a headache AND taking medicine.
Due to my moment(s) of food weakness today I decided that I would benefit from jump starting my clean eating challenge with a detox this weekend. I plan on doing a 48hour detox that starts with drinking warm(ish) lemon water and involves juicing fruits and vegetables for main meals and drinking tea during the day to curb some of the hunger. You can also eat some Miso soup during the day if your hunger is too great. I learned about this detox from the book by Dr. Gillian McKeith, You are what you eat. I strongly suggest borrowing or buying a copy. It's an easy read and SO great. I could talk about that book for a whole post in itself, so I'll stop now before I get off track. :)
I'm going to the store on Friday after work so I can pick up what I need for my detox weekend and food for my first week of clean eating. I'll post pictures, recipes, and explanations of everything that I do/buy. Please ask questions if you have any!
Detoxing and eating clean is SO beneficial to your body. Everyone could use a good detoxing every now and again. Eating clean is a lifestyle choice that you could start with this challenge. Baby steps for now. If you are piling up on processed foods (i.e. things that you microwave and come in a cardboard box) then you might give this a try. I promise you will have more energy, better SKIN, and a whole different outlook on what food can do for you. It's the only body that you will ever get. Treat it RIGHT!
Do the right thing and SUIT UP (another HIMYM reference) with EATING CLEAN TIL HALLOWEEN!
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