The hubs and I decided to start an “eat clean” challenge this week. I am running it in combination with my online boot camp program which runs for another 5 weeks. The goal is not to lose weight, but to tighten up our eating and become less dependent on sugar. I am also hoping to redistribute my weight a bit  — basically, I want to be able to see my abs for bikini season.

On Sunday, we created a list of “approved” and “unapproved” food items. We also went grocery shopping and did some food prep including my favorite egg casserole. You can find the recipe on this post from my pregnancy with Cole.

Here is my list of food items for the week. I will also include a sample meal plan at the end. Please note — this is not a diet plan for you to follow. It is simply a listing of what foods I am focusing on this week. I do not count calories. I eat when I am hungry and to satisfaction. I am not working to drop pounds, (I don’t even own a scale) but rather removing nutrient void foods from my diet.

Approved foods:

• Fish
• Eggs
• Steak
• Chicken
• Tuna
• Spinach
• Green beans
• Green pepper
• Cucumber
• Onion
• Lettuce
• Oats
• Sweet potato
• Almonds
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Sugar free hard candy and popsicles
• All-natural peanut butter

Unapproved foods:

• Milk
• Yogurt
• Cheese
• Butter
• Sugar and treats
• Carbs (except complex carbs from approved foods list)
• Fruit
• And anything NOT on the approved foods list

Here is an example of what my food log looked like yesterday:

Tuesday Food Log: 

Breakfast:

• Egg casserole
• Black coffee
• Water

* I did have half an avocado as well 

Mid­-morning snack:

• 10 almonds
• Water

Lunch:

• Chicken breast
• Sweet potato
• Water

Mid-­afternoon snack:

• 10 almonds
• Peanut Butter with celery
• 2 sugar-free popsicles
• Water

Dinner:

• Steak
• Broccoli
• Water

Evening snack:

• Smoothie: 1 cup spinach, 1.5 cups of mixed berries, ½ water, 1/2 banana
• Water

* I added the smoothie because I am finishing off my berries (even though fruit is on the “unapproved” list for the week. Here is a great article referencing the importance of not eating too much fruit. Eat high carb fruits in moderation (ie: bananas).